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John Lesher was born on May 12, 1966. He is best known for his Academy Award for the movie Birdman. He is married to Christina Liao. He is a producer for an independent studio which is known as LBI Entertainment. His first credit as a producer was for a cop-drama in 2012, directed by David Ayer David Ayer is an America based director, producer >> Read More... . From this, his journey began and had only been going upwards since. The movie he is known for, Birdman was a critically acclaimed film. There was a new challenge cropping up every day on the set of Birdman. The director was trying to achieve a very difficult feat and that too in New York Click to look into! >> Read More... , which was one of the most difficult places to shoot in. Lesher talked about the difficulties they faced and meticulous preparations they had to do to get the movie made.

He said that when one is trying to do something that hasn’t been done before there is a big challenge in one’s way. They wanted to cast Micheal Keaton, a remarkable actor, but who had not been a part of any big movie in a while. Due to it being so new and challenging, it was difficult for people to take a leap of faith. The film was made only because three people came in with one third of the money. These were Searchlight, New Regency and Worldview Entertainment. It was the director’s plan to shoot the movie in a way in which the audience would feel they are in the position of Micheal Keaton’s character. They met with Chivo, who was the master of long takes. He said they would be required to rehearse perfectly. Hence they had to get the cast to give free rehearsal time. Everybody agreed to this, and without that, the movie could not have been a success.

They shot the entire movie, within 29 days. Both the director Alejandro and Lesher worked on rehearsal with stand-ins and the actual cast. They did table reads and two rehearsal schedules. One was in Los Angeles and the other in New York. It was a movie, which was shot like a play and hence required a lot of planning and training. It required all the elements of design, costume, and other things working together perfectly. It was a difficult process, made to seem effortless by the work of John Lesher. Before this big break he did End of Watch and fury. They both began almost at the same time for him. He was approached by David Ayer who said that he wanted a World War 2 film, as realistic as the men in the actual war saw it.

He told Lesher the plot and he agreed to do it. Lesher then asked David what he was doing then. He said that he had been writing a little found footage of a cop movie. This became End of Watch, and marked the beginning of his career. Even before the movie was done, David was done writing 40 pages of the script of Fury. Upon going to his office Lesher saw this project was everything David had worked for. After End of Watch, they both got involved in few more projects, which were also associated with Arnold Schwarzenegger “I am back!” His career will always seem to come t >> Read More... . Soon, a lot of people got involved and the script progressed. The first thought for the film was Brad Pitt.

Lesher knew him from a lot of years and hence approached him for the script. He read it in 24 hours and called David in a few days. He committed to it and they even discussed the terms of his negotiations. He also talks about the process of getting every actor on board for the film, which happened quite easily. These are the qualities that make Lesher such a great producer. He also produced the movie ‘ Black Mass Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ which was directed by Scott Cooper Born in Abingdon, Virginia, Scott Cooper is an act >> Read More... . Even though this movie did not make it that big, it is still a powerful movie.John Lesher is a powerful producer, who has only just begun. We can hope for some big action from him in the future.

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