Larry Kasanoff

Larry Kasanoff, Chairman/CEO of Threshold Entertainment Group, as a studio head or producer, makes movies, animated movies, and theme park/location based entertainment attractions.

He is the Producer or Executive Producer of "Mortal Kombat," including three number one films, a television series, an animated TV series, a platinum selling soundtrack, and a live tour starting at Radio City Music Hall, with a new "Mortal Kombat" movie coming summer 2026.

Kasanoff is Executive Producer of the box office smash film, "True Lies," starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and directed by James Cameron. "True Lies" was one of the first Western hit movies in China as well.

As President and Co-Founder of Lightstorm Entertainment, Kasanoff supervised production, marketing, publicity and merchandising for the four-time Academy-Award winning hit, "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," also directed by Cameron.

He is Executive Producer of the movies "Strange Days" and Blue Steel," both directed by Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow.

Kasanoff – as a producer or studio head – has made over 200 feature films, including "Dirty Dancing," which has the number one multi- artist soundtrack in history, and Academy Award-winning Best Picture "Platoon." He has raised well over a billion dollars in the film business.

He makes animated movies, including "LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out," and "Bobbleheads: The Movie," starring Cher. He recently announced a new venture in animation, The Cartoon Coalition, which brings together a team of animation superstars to embrace new technology and combine it with creative storytelling.

Kasanoff makes location-based entertainment, or theme park, attractions, including Star Trek the Borg Experience, Marvel Superheroes 4D, and The Amazing Adventures of Spiderman.

In the music world, Kasanoff has produced or packaged video projects with Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones and Elton John. For "Terminator 2," he produced MTV’s top fan video of the year, “You Could Be Mine,” with Guns ‘N Roses.

He produced and directed the feature documentary, "Mindfulness: Be Happy Now," starring Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and Deepak Chopra, available on Amazon.

Kasanoff is the published author of two books: "A Touch of the Madness – How to Be More Innovative by Being a Little Crazy" and a book of photography, "Malibu Blonde."

Kasanoff speaks all over the world on innovation, motivating his audiences to embrace their inner ‘madness’ to pursue excellence in creativity. He has an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Cornell University.