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David Ellison
Actor · Director · Producer
Santa Clara, California, USA
January 9, 1983
Biography
David Ellison (born January 9, 1983) is an American film producer serving as chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Paramount Skydance since August 2025. He is the son of Oracle Corporation co-founder Larry Ellison, a centibillionaire. He founded Skydance Media in 2006 and served as its CEO until 2025, and has produced the films, including Terminator Genisys (2015), Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), Life (2017), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022), with the latter nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Ellison, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
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Top Gun: Maverick
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The Gorge
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