---
name: "Michael Besman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-besman"
fi1m_id: "michael-besman"
imdb_id: "nm0078698"
tmdb_id: 35508
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T23:49:10.711680+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Michael Besman

## Identity

Michael Besman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-besman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-besman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0078698
- **TMDB ID:** 35508
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0078698/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35508

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0078698/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35508

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*About Schmidt*](https://film.one/film/about-schmidt.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Michael Besman is a film producer. A graduate of UCLA Film School, he began his career assisting on *Wolfen* (1981) and *Trading Places* (1983) before becoming a production executive at Paramount Pictures. He later held senior production roles at Guber-Peters Entertainment and TriStar Pictures, contributing to films such as *Batman* (1989) and *Jumanji* (1995).

His producing credits include *The Opposite of Sex* (1998), *Bounce* (2000) and *About Schmidt* (2002). He was also executive producer on *Seven Years in Tibet* (1997) and *Georgia Rule* (2007). In 2013 he joined Caryn Mandabach Productions to develop and produce television content.

*Sources: imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com, cinema.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *About Schmidt* (2002), Fi1m 77, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/about-schmidt.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Absolution* (2024), Producer
- *Loving Leah* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Georgia Rule* (2007), Executive Producer
- *About Schmidt* (2002), Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/about-schmidt.md)
- *Bounce* (2000), Producer
- *The Opposite of Sex* (1998), Producer
- *As Good as It Gets* (1997), Thanks — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/as-good-as-it-gets.md)
- *Jumanji* (1995), Production Executive
- *Roselli’s Way*, Producer

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