Randy Douthit is the head of production for an American movie studio specializing in horror films since he was just a young kid. In 2012, his company estimated to make $44 million from three films. After studying business and accounting in college, Randy has since been promoted to worldwide blockbuster producer for Screen Gems, which is now under the Columbia Pictures corporate umbrella. Nowadays he also does television producing like The Middleman (UPN) and a number of other shows.
Randy Douthit was born on December 15, 1965 in Nashville, Tennessee. He is married to Susan George with two sons, Dawson and Cooper.
In high school in the mid-80s, Randy managed to interest Columbia Pictures in a couple of horror movies he had been writing since he was fourteen years old. He decided to postpone college at Vanderbilt University and make the move to Hollywood. In 1988 he became the executive producer for Screen Gems with his first movie being the horror hit “Deadly Friend”. He has since worked on “The Crow” and “Popcorn”.
Later he started his own production company Stark Raving Productions. Randy has over 300 movie credits to his name.
Randy was part of the union strike in 2007 that lead to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike.
After graduating from Vanderbilt University, Randy’s alma mater gave him an honorary doctorate in 2012.
In 2014, Randy was given the “Distinguished Alumni Award” by Vanderbilt University.
Randy first started producing movies when he was just a young kid, writing short scripts and making short movies with friends on his VHS camcorder. After studying business and accounting in college, Randy took the plunge into Hollywood. He worked for Columbia Pictures for seven years as an executive producer. Since he started working in Hollywood he has produced three successful films: Deadly Friend (1986), The Crow (1994) and Popcorn (1991).