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David Ellison

Producer, Actor, DirectorBorn January 9, 1983 (43 years)
David Ellison (born January 9, 1983) is an American film producer serving as chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Paramount Skydance since August 2025. He is the son of Oracle Corporation co-founder Larry Ellison, a centibillionaire.

He founded Skydance Media in 2006 and served as its CEO until 2025, and has produced the films, including Terminator Genisys (2015), Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), Life (2017), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022), with the latter nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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Known For

  • 6 Underground
  • Annihilation
  • Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
  • Life
  • Terminator: Dark Fate
  • Altered Carbon
  • Mission: Impossible - Fallout
  • Ghosted
  • Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
  • The Gorge
  • Grace and Frankie
  • Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
  • Foundation (2021)
  • G.I. Joe: Retaliation
  • The Old Guard
  • Geostorm
  • Gemini Man
  • The Tomorrow War
  • Flyboys
  • Terminator Genisys
  • The Adam Project
  • Air
  • Snake Eyes
  • Top Gun: Maverick

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2027
    2026
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    Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War · as Executive Producer
    2026
    2026
    2025
    Elway · as Executive Producer
    2025
    2025
    The Runarounds (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2025
    America's Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2025
    Taurasi (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2025
    One Night in Idaho: The College Murders (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2025
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    2025
    2025
    2024
    Aaron Rodgers: Enigma (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2024
    2024
    2024
    Cross (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2024
    Terminator Zero (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2024
    WondLa (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2024
    NFL DRAFT: The Pick Is in · as Executive Producer
    2023
    2023
    2023
    Kelce · as Executive Producer
    2023
    2023
    2023
    2023
    Transformers: Rise of the Beasts · as Executive Producer
    2023
    FUBAR (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2023
    2023
    2023
    The Big Door Prize (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2023
    Bad Luck Spot · as Executive Producer
    2022
    The Checkup with Dr. David Agus (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2022
    Good Rivals (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2022
    2022
    2022
    2022
    2022
    Reacher (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2021
    Blush · as Executive Producer
    2021
    Foundation (2021) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2021
    Snake Eyes · as Executive Producer
    2021
    2021
    Without Remorse · as Executive Producer
    2020
    2019
    2019
    2019
    2018
    Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2018
    2018
    Condor (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2018
    Dietland (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2018
    Annihilation · as Executive Producer
    2018
    Altered Carbon (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2017
    2017
    Ten Days in the Valley (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2017
    Baywatch · as Executive Producer
    2017
    2016
    Jack Reacher: Never Go Back · as Executive Producer
    2016
    Star Trek Beyond · as Executive Producer
    2015
    2015
    2015
    Grace and Frankie (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2014
    Manhattan (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2014
    Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit · as Executive Producer
    2013
    World War Z · as Executive Producer
    2013
    Star Trek Into Darkness · as Executive Producer
    2013
    G.I. Joe: Retaliation · as Executive Producer
    2012
    Jack Reacher · as Executive Producer
    2012
    The Guilt Trip · as Executive Producer
    2011
    Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol · as Executive Producer
    2010
    True Grit · as Executive Producer

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