{{Short description|Film producer and music executive}} '''Frederick DeMann''' is a film producer, music executive, and co-founder of Maverick Records.
During his music career, he managed Michael Jackson,<ref>{{cite web |title=Freddy DeMann Hopes BevHills Mansion Is in Demand |url=https://variety.com/2015/dirt/real-estalker/freddy-demann-hopes-bevhills-mansion-is-in-demand-1201503022/ |website=Variety |date=26 May 2015 |access-date=17 September 2018}}</ref> Madonna<ref>{{cite web |title=Happy 60th Birthday, Madonna! Inside Her Forbes Cover Story |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/schifrin/2018/08/16/happy-60th-birthday-madonna-inside-her-forbes-cover-story/ |work=Forbes |access-date=17 September 2018}}</ref> and Shakira. During DeMann's tenure, Michael Jackson's albums ''Off the Wall'' and ''Thriller'' were recorded and released. DeMann managed Madonna from 1983 through 1997. He is also the former manager of Lionel Richie and Billy Idol, among others. After selling his interest in Maverick in 1999, he managed Shakira.
As a producer, he bought the rights to the book ''The Life and Death of Peter Sellers'' and turned it into a movie for HBO, which earned nine Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.
Broadway productions include ''Proof'', ''Topdog/Underdog'', ''Take Me Out'', Dear Evan Hansen<ref>{{cite web |title=Tony Awards Nominations – 'Natasha, Pierre' & 'A Doll's House, Part 2 |url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/tony-awards-nominations-2017-1202081428/ |website=Deadline |date=2 May 2017 |access-date=17 September 2018}}</ref> and ''Spring Awakening'';<ref>{{cite news |title=Sex and Rock? What Would the Kaiser Think? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/11/theater/reviews/11spri.html |work=New York Times |date=11 December 2006 |access-date=17 September 2018|last1=Isherwood |first1=Charles }}</ref> each play won the Tony Award, Pulitzer Prize, or both. Also: ''West Side Story'', and ''A Chorus Line''.
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==External links== *{{IMDB name|id=0210041|name=Freddy DeMann}}
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