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name: "Donald Kushner"
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roles: ["Producer"]
born: "2 March 1945"
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updated: "2026-10-02T22:10:31.889964+00:00"
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# Donald Kushner

## Identity

Donald Kushner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/donald-kushner
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** donald-kushner
- **IMDb ID:** nm0476291
- **TMDB ID:** 6889
- **Wikidata ID:** Q14946778
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Kushner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14946778, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0476291/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6889

Producer. Born 2 March 1945 in Providence.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 2 March 1945, Providence
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Kushner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14946778, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0476291/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6889

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Brave Little Toaster*](https://film.one/film/the-brave-little-toaster.md) (77)

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## Biography

Donald Kushner is an American film, television and theatre producer. Born on 2 March 1945 in Providence, Rhode Island, he studied at Syracuse University and Boston University School of Law before practising law and producing stage plays in Boston.

In 1977 he partnered with Steven Lisberger and later co-founded The Kushner-Locke Company with Peter Locke. His early credits include the animated film *Animalympics* (1980) and the live-action feature *Tron* (1982). He produced the animated film *The Brave Little Toaster* (1987) and served as executive producer on its sequels and on *Tron: Legacy* (2010). Other notable productions include *The Adventures of Pinocchio* (1996), *But I'm a Cheerleader* (2000) and *Monster* (2003).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Brave Little Toaster* (1987), Fi1m 77, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-brave-little-toaster.md)

## Complete filmography (86)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Back on the Strip* (2023), Producer
- *Breaking Brooklyn* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Blitz* (2011), Producer
- *TRON: Legacy* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Pistol Whipped* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Normal Adolescent Behavior* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud* (2007), Producer
- *Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes* (2006), Producer
- *Hard Luck* (2006), Producer
- *Incubus* (2006), Producer
- *Second in Command* (2006), Producer
- *The Detonator* (2006), Producer
- *True True Lie* (2006), Executive Producer
- *The Marksman* (2005), Producer
- *Snuff-Movie* (2005), Producer
- *The Hard Corps* (2005), Executive Producer
- *7 Seconds* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys* (2004), Executive Producer
- *Method* (2004), Producer
- *Blessed* (2004), Producer
- *Monster* (2003), Producer
- *Wolf Girl* (2001), Executive Producer
- *Harvard Man* (2001), Executive Producer
- *Train Quest* (2001), Executive Producer
- *Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula* (2000), Executive Producer
- *The Last Producer* (2000), Executive Producer
- *They Nest* (2000), Executive Producer
- *But I'm a Cheerleader* (2000), Executive Producer
- *Picking Up the Pieces* (2000), Executive Producer
- *Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby* (2000), Executive Producer
- *Mambo Café* (2000), Executive Producer
- *Gun: Fatal Betrayal* (2000), Producer
- *Search for the Jewel of Polaris: Mysterious Museum* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Teen Sorcery* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Blood Dolls* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Aliens in the Wild, Wild West* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Witchouse* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Dragonworld: The Legend Continues* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Beowulf* (1999), Executive Producer
- *The Excalibur Kid* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Phantom Town* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Murdercycle* (1999), Executive Producer
- *X-Treme Teens* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Ringmaster* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Susan's Plan* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Talisman* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Basil* (1998), Executive Producer
- *The Shrunken City* (1998), Executive Producer
- *The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars* (1998), Producer
- *The Secret Kingdom* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Little Ghost* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard* (1997), Executive Producer
- *The Midas Touch* (1997), Executive Producer
- *The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue* (1997), Producer
- *Goobers!* (1997), Executive Producer
- *The Last Time I Committed Suicide* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Gun* (1997), series, Executive Producer
- *Echo* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Unlikely Angel* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Small Time* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Every Woman's Dream* (1996), Producer
- *The Whole Wide World* (1996), Executive Producer
- *The Adventures of Pinocchio* (1996), Executive Producer
- *A Husband, a Wife and a Lover* (1996), Executive Producer
- *The Grave* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Serpent's Lair* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Last Gasp* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Jack Reed: One of Our Own* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Lady Killer* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Dangerous Intentions* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Lady in Waiting* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Andre* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Getting Gotti* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Father & Son: Dangerous Relations* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Fire in the Dark* (1991), Executive Producer
- *Murder C.O.D.* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Aladdin* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Sweet Bird of Youth* (1989), Executive Producer
- *Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw* (1988), Producer
- *BraveStarr* (1987), series, Creator
- *The Brave Little Toaster* (1987), Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-brave-little-toaster.md)
- *Nutcracker: The Motion Picture* (1986), Producer
- *Automan* (1983), series, Producer
- *Tron* (1982), Producer
- *Animalympics* (1980), Producer

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