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Michael Shamberg

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Biography

Michael Shamberg is a movie and TV producer and Advisor to BuzzFeed Motion Pictures. He was nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award for producing Erin Brockovich and The Big Chill. His other film credits include the science-based movies Contagion and Gattaca. Shamberg was an Executive Producer of Pulp Fiction and Django Unchained. His true story films include Freeheld, World Trade Center, and Man on the Moon. His other credits are eclectic including Out of Sight, Wish I Was Here, Get Shorty, Reality Bites, Garden State, Along Came Polly, The Skeleton Key, How High, A Walk Among the Tombstones, and A Fish Called Wanda. He was also an Executive Producer of the TV show Reno 911.

Notable films

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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Pulp Fiction

Executive Producer

Contagion

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Gattaca

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Man on the Moon

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Django Unchained

Executive Producer

Matilda

Producer

Erin Brockovich

Producer

Along Came Polly

Producer

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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The Perfect Needledrop: Ten Moments That Own the Screen

From sudden silences to euphoric choruses, these are the film moments where a song doesn't just score the scene, it becomes the scene.

10 films

When Finishing Beats Winning

A chain of films where the protagonist loses the official contest but achieves a deeper, personal victory, redefining what it means to go the distance.

8 films

The Art of the Fall

From viral infamy to quiet vindication: a chain of films about bold artists whose audacity is mistaken for failure, tracing the same arc that turned Raygun from...

8 films

When the World Catches Cold

From Contagion's clinical dread to the surreal end of days, a chain of films about outbreaks, science, and the fraying of society.

7 films

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