Michael Phillips has been producing films and television in Hollywood since 1971. His films have garnered 23 Academy Award nominations, winning him a best picture Oscar for The Sting, a Palme d’Or Prize for Taxi Driver, and Italy’s David di Donatello award for best picture for Clsoe Encounters of the Third Kind.Phillips graduated from Dartmouth college with an A.B. in History in 1965 and from NYU Law School with a Juris Doctor degree in 1968. He was admitted to the New York Bar in 1969. He serves as a Trustee Professor at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film & Media Arts, and has taught classes there on Cinema of the ’70s, Science Fiction in cinema, and on the films of Akira Kurosawa.
Michael Phillips
Movies
Taxi Driver
Travis Bickle is an ex-Marine and Vietnam War veteran living in New York City. As he suffers from insomnia, he spends his time working as a taxi driver at night, watching porn movies at seedy cinemas during the day, or thinking about how the world, New York in particular, has…
Songs
Ai Meree Jindagee, Aaj Raat Jhum Le
Chaahe Koyee Khush Ho, Chaahe Gaaliya Hajaar De
Chahe Koi Khush
Dil Jale Toh Jale, Gam Pale Toh Pale
Dil Se Mila Ke Dil Pyaar Kijiye
Jaaye To Jaaye Kahaa
Jaaye Toh Jaaye Kaha, Samajhega Kaun Yaha
Jaye To Jaye Kaha Samjhega Kaun Yaha
Jine Do Aur Jiyo
O Dekho Maane Nahee Ruthee Hasina
Fun Facts
Has production company with Juliana Maio, 'Lighthouse Productions'.
He and then-wife Julia Phillips were the only married couple to win Oscars the same year. They were also the first one to win in the same category.
His dream project in the 1980s was to film Isaac Asimov's "The Foundation"" trilogy of novels