Mandt Bros. Productions
American production company
Mandt Bros. Productions is a Los Angeles-based production company founded by brothers Neil and Michael Mandt.
The brothers are partners in the Los Angeles based creative studio and are the Producers of the Golden Globe Awards. The company was formed in 2001 and has experience of television, film, internet, immersive and mobile audiences. In addition to creating traditional content, the brothers have built and operated multiple turn-key production facilities and are in virtual and augmented reality content creation.
Some of the company’s notable credits include the development and creation of the hit ESPN series, Jim Rome is Burning, the Syfy Channel series Destination Truth, The Shed for Food Network, The Car Show with Adam Carolla for Speed, Strangers in Danger for Fuel, My Crazy Life for E!, Sports Jobs with Junior Seau for Versus, Next Stop for Charlie for Showtime and the production of ABC’s Frozen Christmas Parade.
On the feature film side, the Mandt Brothers were Co-producers of Walt Disney Picture’s Million Dollar Arm starring Jon Hamm and Alan Arkin. The movie's crew was made up of many big names in Hollywood, including director Craig Gillespie (I Tonya, Lars and The Real Girl,) Oscar Winning screenwriter Tom McCarthy, prolific producers Joe Roth, Mark Ciardi & Gordon Gray, and two-time Oscar winning composer A.R. Rahman. In 2018, A24 and DirecTV partnered to release the brother's latest movie, The Last Movie Star. The picture starred Hollywood legend Burt Reynolds in his last leading role and received both critical and audience acclaim.
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