Birthplace: Cherry Point, North Carolina, United States
biography
A champion of independent filmmaking and a devoted collaborator with some of the industry's more idiosyncratic talents (e.g., Alan Rudolph, John Sayles, Gus Van Sant Jr, Jonathan Demme), Ira Deutchman has marketed motion pictures for over two decades. Even as an undergrad at Northwestern University, the future producer was involved in the marketing for the Midwest premiere of John Cassavetes' "A Woman Under the Influence" (1974). Deutchman went on to jobs at United Artists Classics, Films Inc. and Cinema 5 Ltd. where he marketed a number of high-profile foreign films and American independent
Involved in the marketing for John Cassavetes' "A Woman Under the Influence" while still a college student (date approximate)
Worked at United Artists, Films Inc. and Cinema 5 Ltd.
Co-founded and served as president of marketing and distribution for Cinecom Entertainment Group
As president of The Deutchman Company, he provided marketing consulting services for such films as "sex, lies, and videotape", "To Sleep With Anger" and "Metropolitan"
