- Mr. Alper joined Grosvenor Park in 2008 from Relativity Media, LLC where he supervised and managed that company's single picture equity financing and production business. Under his supervision, Relativity financed and produced 3:10 to Yuma (James Mangold directing Russell Crowe and Christian Bale), The Bank Job (Roger Donaldson directing Jason Statham), The Forbidden Kingdom (Rob Minkoff directing Jet Li and Jackie Chan) and Brothers (Jim Sheridan directing Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman). Prior to Relativity, Mr. Alper served for five years as CEO and co-managing partner (along with co-managing partners Steve Tisch, Todd Black and Jason Blumenthal) at Escape Artists, LLC, an independently financed film production company. Escape Artist's most notable film was The Pursuit of Happyness (Gabriele Muccino directing Will Smith). Prior to Escape Artists, Mr. Alper held a number of posts at various studios throughout the film industry including New Line Cinema where he served as co-head of business affairs, Lorimar Motion Pictures where he served as the senior executive managing all business, administrative and acquisitions activities, Universal Pictures where he served as the senior executive managing all business and administrative activities and Twentieth Century Fox where he served as production counsel. Mr. Alper holds a B.A. and J.D. from UCLA and began his professional career with the law firm of Ervin, Cohen & Jessup where he specialized in litigation and entertainment for four years beginning in 1977. At his various positions throughout the industry, Mr. Alper has played a key role in the development, financing and production of over seventy major motion pictures.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Alexander Robb
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