Michael Gruskoff

Originally from New York, Michael Gruskoff began his career at the William Morris mail room in 1958. By 1963 Michael was an agent at Creative Management Associates (CMA) based in Los Angeles. During the course of eight years he represented such illustrious talent as Peter Sellers, Robert Redford, Steve McQueen, Natalie Wood, Faye Dunaway and Barbara Streisand. He packaged films for his Director/Producer clients including Al Ruddy's Little Faus and Big Halsey, Sydney Pollack's Jeremiah Johnson & They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, John Boorman's Point Blank, Paul Mazursky's Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Dennis Hopper's ground-breaking, Easy Rider and works from his other clients including Marvin Worth (Lenny, Malcolm X), Mary Rydell (The Reivers), Gillo Pontecorvo (Battle of Algiers). Gruskoff segued into producing with Dennis Hopper's The Last Movie followed by the environmental sci-fi adventure, Silent Running, written by Michael Cimino and Steven Bochco and directed by Douglas Trumbull. I