Award-Winning Filmmaker Known for "Mortal Kombat" Franchise; Founder & CEO of Threshold Entertainment & The Cartoon Coalition
Larry Kasanoff Biography
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.
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Larry Kasanoff Speaking Topics
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A TOUCH OF THE MADNESS
Based on his book of the same name, this keynote speech on innovation, motivates audiences to embrace their inner ‘madness’ to pursue excellence in creativity. Larry Kasanoff does this via entertaining stories from his life in the movie and entertainment businesses. This works for companies in tech, gaming, entertainment, travel, consumer products and even banking. His talks are not the same old thing, and are most often graded by audiences as ‘inspiring and fun.’
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AI – THERE IS GREAT OPPORTUNITY BEFORE THE MACHINES TAKE OVER
This speech -- on AI, specifically, and innovation in technology, generally -- espouses the great opportunities before us with tech. It is optimistic and promising. Larry Kasanoff has been at the forefront of many tech innovations in the movie business – first million-selling home video ("Making Michael Jackson’s 'Thriller'"); first movie to extensively use morphing/digital visual effects ("Terminator 2") and first hit movies from a video game ("Mortal Kombat").
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Larry Kasanoff is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as A TOUCH OF THE MADNESS, AI – THERE IS GREAT OPPORTUNITY BEFORE THE MACHINES TAKE OVER and BESPOKE KEYNOTE. The estimated speaking fee range to book Larry Kasanoff for your event is $30,000 - $50,000. Larry Kasanoff generally travels from Los Angeles, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Andrew Gordon, Michael Shaun Conaway, Mike Scully, Karen Palmer and Ruth E. Carter. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Larry Kasanoff for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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