---
name: "Michael Polaire"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-polaire"
fi1m_id: "michael-polaire"
imdb_id: "nm0688789"
tmdb_id: 5626
wikidata_id: "Q25659049"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 19
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 18
updated: "2026-10-05T00:37:15.109218+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 Polaire

## Identity

Michael Polaire

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-polaire
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-polaire
- **IMDb ID:** nm0688789
- **TMDB ID:** 5626
- **Wikidata ID:** Q25659049
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25659049, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0688789/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5626

Producer. Born in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 1994–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 19: 18 producing, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Steven Soderbergh](https://film.one/person/steven-soderbergh.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as producer, over 18 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 77 (4), 2000s 69 (4), 2010s 72 (9), 2020s 66 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 69 across 18 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 8 at 60–79, 4 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 13, Comedy 6, Crime 6, Thriller 6, Mystery 3, Science Fiction 3
- **Screen time:** 29 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $870m across 14 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25659049, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0688789/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5626

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Behind the Candelabra*](https://film.one/film/behind-the-candelabra.md) (81), [*Kimi*](https://film.one/film/kimi.md) (77)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Knick*](https://film.one/tv/the-knick.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Michael Polaire is an American film and television producer and unit production manager. He has worked extensively with director Steven Soderbergh.

His producing credits include *Behind the Candelabra* (2013), *Kimi* (2022), *Mulholland Drive* (2001) and *Team America: World Police* (2004). He has served as executive producer on films such as *Contagion* (2011), *Side Effects* (2013) and *Logan Lucky* (2017), and as producer or co-executive producer on television series including *Westworld* (2016) and *Yellowstone* (2018–2022). He has also held unit production manager roles on numerous projects dating back to the 1990s.

Polaire won a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on *Behind the Candelabra*.

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

## On Fi1m (19)

### Produced (18) — the average rests on these

- *The Nun II* (2023), Fi1m 55, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-nun-ii.md)
- *Kimi* (2022), Fi1m 77, Producer, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/kimi.md)
- *The Laundromat* (2019), Fi1m 48, Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/the-laundromat.md)
- *Logan Lucky* (2017), Fi1m 76, Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/logan-lucky.md)
- *Westworld* (2016), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/westworld-2016.md)
- *The Knick* (2014), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-knick.md)
- *Behind the Candelabra* (2013), Fi1m 81, Unit Production Manager, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/behind-the-candelabra.md)
- *Side Effects* (2013), Fi1m 70, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/side-effects.md)
- *Contagion* (2011), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/contagion.md)
- *Haywire* (2011), Fi1m 74, Unit Production Manager, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/haywire.md)
- *The Informant!* (2009), Fi1m 71, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-informant.md)
- *Full Frontal* (2002), Fi1m 40, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/full-frontal.md)
- *Solaris* (2002), Fi1m 74, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/solaris.md)
- *Mulholland Drive* (2001), Fi1m 92, Unit Production Manager, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/mulholland-drive.md)
- *The Straight Story* (1999), Fi1m 88, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-straight-story.md)
- *A Simple Plan* (1998), Fi1m 86, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-simple-plan.md)
- *Flubber* (1997), Fi1m 50, Unit Production Manager, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/flubber.md)
- *Ed Wood* (1994), Fi1m 84, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/ed-wood.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Unsane* (2018), Fi1m 64, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/unsane.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *Man on Fire* (2026), series, Executive Producer
- *The Nun II* (2023), Executive Producer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-nun-ii.md)
- *Kimi* (2022), Unit Production Manager, Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/kimi.md)
- *The Laundromat* (2019), Unit Production Manager, Executive Producer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/the-laundromat.md)
- *Unsane* (2018), Thanks — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/unsane.md)
- *Mosaic* (2018), series, Executive Producer
- *Logan Lucky* (2017), Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/logan-lucky.md)
- *Westworld* (2016), series, Producer, Unit Production Manager, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/westworld-2016.md)
- *The Knick* (2014), series, Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-knick.md)
- *Behind the Candelabra* (2013), Unit Production Manager, Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/behind-the-candelabra.md)
- *Side Effects* (2013), Executive Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/side-effects.md)
- *Haywire* (2011), Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/haywire.md)
- *Contagion* (2011), Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/contagion.md)
- *The Informant!* (2009), Co-Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-informant.md)
- *Team America: World Police* (2004), Unit Production Manager, Producer
- *Solaris* (2002), Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/solaris.md)
- *Full Frontal* (2002), Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/full-frontal.md)
- *Speaking of Sex* (2001), Executive Producer
- *Mulholland Drive* (2001), Producer, Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/mulholland-drive.md)
- *CQ* (2001), Co-Producer
- *The Straight Story* (1999), Executive Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-straight-story.md)
- *A Simple Plan* (1998), Co-Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/a-simple-plan.md)
- *Flubber* (1997), Unit Production Manager, Co-Producer — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/flubber.md)
- *Eye for an Eye* (1996), Co-Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Ed Wood* (1994), Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/ed-wood.md)
- *Monolith* (1993), Line Producer
- *Guilty by Suspicion* (1991), Unit Production Manager
- *Music Box* (1989), Production Manager
- *You Talkin' to Me?* (1987), Producer

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