Doug Liman Net Worth

What is Doug Liman's Net Worth and Salary?

Doug Liman is an American filmmaker who has a net worth of $30 million. Doug Liman is known for directing such films as "Swingers," "Go," "The Bourne Identity," "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," and "Edge of Tomorrow." He has also directed episodes of various television shows, including "The O.C.," "I Just Want My Pants Back," "Impulse," and "The Recruit."

The Instigators Salary

Doug earned a career-high $15 million to direct the Matt Damon/Casey Affleck movie "The Instigators." The movie skipped theaters and went straight to Apple TV+ in August 2024. Today, it has a 40% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Early Life and Education

Doug Liman was born on July 24, 1965 in New York City to Ellen, a painter and writer, and Arthur, a lawyer. He is Jewish and has an older brother named Lewis who became a US district judge in the Southern District of New York.

After studying at the International Center of Photography in Manhattan, Liman attended Brown University, where he co-founded the student-run Brown Television cable station as well as the National Association of College Broadcasters. He went on to attend graduate school at the University of Southern California.

Film Career

Liman made his feature directorial debut with the black comedy "Getting In," which was released straight to video in late 1994. He had his breakthrough with his second film, "Swingers," which came out in 1996; Liman both directed the film and served as its cinematographer. Written by Jon Favreau and based on his experiences in the Los Angeles club scene, "Swingers" was both a critical and commercial success and helped launch the careers of actors Vince Vaughn and Ron Livingston. Liman's next film was the 1999 crime comedy "Go," about multiple characters caught up in a drug deal gone awry. He followed that with the spy action thriller "The Bourne Identity," based on the novel by Robert Ludlum. Starring Matt Damon and released in 2002, the film was a major box-office hit, spawning a franchise. Liman had another commercial success with his 2005 spy action comedy "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as married assassins who are secretly assigned to kill each other. His final film of the decade was the 2008 science-fiction action film "Jumper," based on Steven Gould's novel of the same name and starring Hayden Christensen.

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In 2010, Liman premiered his film "Fair Game" at the Cannes Film Festival. Starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn, the biographical political drama revolves around the 2003 Plame affair. Liman directed the film and was also the cinematographer. He went on to direct the science-fiction action film "Edge of Tomorrow," based on Hiroshi Sakurazaka's novel "All You Need is Kill" and starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt. It was released in 2014. Three years later, Liman had two films: the war thriller "The Wall," starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and John Cena, and the action comedy "American Made," starring Tom Cruise as airline pilot-turned-drug smuggler Barry Seal. Liman continued releasing two movies a year after that. In 2021, he had the romantic comedy heist film "Locked Down," with Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor, and the dystopian science-fiction thriller "Chaos Walking," with Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland. Next, in 2024, Liman released a remake of the action film "Road House," starring Jake Gyllenhaal, and the heist comedy "The Instigators," starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck. He also ventured into documentary filmmaking with "Justice" (2023), about the accusations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Television Career

Liman branched out to television in 2003 when he directed the first two episodes of the Fox teen drama series "The O.C." He went on to direct the pilot episode of the short-lived NBC crime drama series "Heist," which premiered in 2006. Liman also served as an executive producer on these shows through his production company Hypnotic. He was subsequently an executive producer on the rebooted "Knight Rider" from 2008 to 2009 and on "Covert Affairs" from 2010 to 2014. Meanwhile, in 2011, Liman directed the pilot episode of the MTV series "I Just Want My Pants Back"; he directed a second episode of the ultimately short-lived show in 2012. The next series he directed for was the science-fiction drama "Impulse," a spinoff of his 2008 film "Jumper." Liman directed the show's pilot episode in 2018 and the season-two premiere in 2019. He went on to direct two episodes of the Netflix spy series "The Recruit" in 2022. Elsewhere on television, Liman served as an executive producer on "Suits," "Captive," and "Pearson."

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