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David Ellison
وُلِدَ9 يناير 1983 (العمر 42 سنة)
Santa Clara County, California, U.S.
التعليمUniversity of Southern California (dropped out)
المهنة
  • Film producer
  • actor
سنوات النشاط2005–present
العنوانFounder and CEO, Skydance Media
الزوج
Sandra Lynn Modic
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(m. 2011)​
الأنجال2
الوالدان
العائلةMegan Ellison (sister)

David Ellison (born January 9, 1983) is an American film producer, former actor, and the founder and CEO of Skydance Media. He is the son of multibillionaire and Oracle Corporation co-founder Larry Ellison. He received an Academy Award nomination for the Best Picture for Top Gun: Maverick (2022). Starting in August 2025, Ellison will serve as Chairman and CEO of Paramount Skydance Corporation.

Early life and education

David Ellison was born in Santa Clara County, California. He is the son of billionaire Oracle Corporation co-founder and chairman Larry Ellison and his ex-wife, Barbara Boothe Ellison. His father is of Italian and Jewish heritage.[1] Ellison grew up in Woodside, California with his mother, who nurtured his love for film.[2] He attended the University of Southern California, but dropped out of its film school in 2005 to make his first movie, Flyboys.[3][4] David Ellison was influenced by businessman Steve Jobs, a friend of his father, and pitched Jobs his idea for Skydance Media before revising it under Jobs' advice.[2] He has one sister, film producer Megan Ellison, who founded Annapurna Pictures.[1]

Career

Ellison is the CEO and founder of Skydance Media. The company's films include Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Annihilation, World War Z, True Grit, Jack Reacher, Star Trek Into Darkness, Star Trek Beyond. Ellison was named to Variety's Dealmaker list for 2010[5] and the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2011.[6] Ellison was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for Top Gun: Maverick.

As an actor, Ellison has performed in the films Flyboys, Little Fish, Strange Pond, and Hole in One.

Ellison's company Skydance Media expanded in 2013 with the launch of its television division. He has executive produced shows such as Altered Carbon and Grace and Frankie.

In 2014, Ellison launched a new line of men's clothing, called the "LANAI Collection."[7]

In 2017, Ellison helped launch Skydance Animation in partnership with Spain's Ilion Animation Studios. He hired the former Pixar CCO John Lasseter to run Skydance Animation.[8]

In 2018, he announced that Skydance Media had partnered with Tencent Holdings Limited.[9]

Paramount Skydance Corporation

In January 2024, it was reported that Ellison was interested in merging Skydance Media with Paramount Global and buying the latter's parent company National Amusements from Shari Redstone.[10] The merger received approval from the FCC in July of 2025. The merger is set to be complete by August 7, 2025 and Paramount Skydance Corporation will form. Ellison will serve as CEO of the merged company.[11]

Personal life

Ellison is a licensed pilot with instrument ratings for helicopter aviation, aerobatics, commercial aviation, fixed-wing aircraft, and multi-engine aircraft. In 2003, aged 20, he was selected to perform as part of Sean D. Tucker's "Stars of Tomorrow" aerobatic team at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.[12]

Ellison is a member of the Producers Guild of America and Television Academy.[13]

He married Sandra Lynn Modic, an actress and singer, on October 1, 2011, in Palm Springs, California.[14] The couple has two children.[15]

Filmography

Film

Executive producer

Producer

Actor
Year Film Role Notes
2005 The Chumscrubber Student #1
When All Else Fails Mike Williams Short film
2006 Flyboys Eddie Beagle
2009 Hole in One Tyler Hayden
Little Fish, Strange Pond Romeo Direct-to-video
Director
Year Film Notes
2005 When All Else Fails Short film
Writer
Year Film Notes
2005 When All Else Fails Short film
Thanks
Year Film Notes
2013 Phantom Special thanks

Television

Executive producer
Actor
Year Title Role Notes
2008 Blank Slate Blake Feltzer Television film
2010 Leverage Ballard

References

  1. ^ أ ب Matthew Symonds, Larry Ellison. Software: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle Simon and Schuster, 2004. pp332-333
  2. ^ أ ب "David Ellison's journey from trust fund kid to media mogul vying to buy Paramount". Los Angeles Times. أبريل 22, 2024. Retrieved مارس 21, 2025.
  3. ^ Fritz, Ben, "Ellison: more than a trust fund kid?", Los Angeles Times, February 22, 2011.
  4. ^ Masters, Kim, "How David Ellison, Son of Larry Ellison, Scored Big With 'True Grit'" Archived أبريل 29, 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Hollywood Reporter, March 1, 2011.
  5. ^ Lowry, Tom. "Paramount-Skydance deal: Dealmakers Impact Report 2010", Variety.com, December 9, 2010.
  6. ^ Dorothy Pomerantz, Michael K. Ozanian and David M. Ewalt. "Forbes 30 Under 30" Archived فبراير 6, 2012 at the Wayback Machine, "Forbes.com", December 19, 2011.
  7. ^ Bort, Julie (ديسمبر 4, 2014). "Larry Ellison's Son Launches A Clothing Line Inspired By His Dad's Hawaiian Island". Business Insider. Retrieved ديسمبر 7, 2014.
  8. ^ McNary, Dave (مارس 16, 2017). "David Ellison's Skydance Launching Animation Division With Spain's Ilion". Variety (in الإنجليزية). Archived from the original on أغسطس 29, 2022. Retrieved مايو 3, 2019.
  9. ^ "Skydance Media Announces Strategic Investment by Tencent Holdings Limited". www.businesswire.com (in الإنجليزية). يناير 25, 2018. Archived from the original on مايو 3, 2019. Retrieved مايو 3, 2019.
  10. ^ "David Ellison Makes Offer for Redstone Family's Media Empire". Bloomberg.com (in الإنجليزية). يناير 24, 2024. Archived from the original on يناير 25, 2024. Retrieved يناير 26, 2024.
  11. ^ FCC Approves Skydance's Acquisition of Paramount CBS
  12. ^ EAA News Archived ديسمبر 14, 2010 at the Wayback Machine; accessed October 26, 2015.
  13. ^ "Execs Archive". Skydance Media (in الإنجليزية الأمريكية). Archived from the original on مايو 27, 2022. Retrieved مايو 3, 2019.
  14. ^ "Tom Cruise Wedding Dance Battle...Caught On Tape". TMZ. يونيو 10, 2011. Archived from the original on مايو 30, 2022. Tom and Katie were in Palm Springs this weekend celebrating the wedding of Sandy Modic and David Ellison.
  15. ^ Farah, Lynn (مارس 21, 2024). "Meet Larry Ellison's Hollywood children, David and Megan: the heirs to the Oracle co-founder's billion-dollar fortune are nepo babies in film, but remain largely behind-the-scenes". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on أكتوبر 18, 2024.

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