Randall Emmett (born March 25, 1971) is an American film producer and television personality. He is the chairman and co-founder of production company

Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films Emmett/Furla Oasis Films (EFO Films), previously known as Emmett/Furla Films and Oasis Ventures Entertainment separately, is an American film and television production and financing company founded by Randall Emmett and George Furla in 1998. It is ...

. Emmett is best known as the producer of the films '' 2 Guns'', ''

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'', ''Lone'' ''Survivor'' and ''

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''. He appeared in eighth and ninth seasons of the

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reality television series ''

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''.

Early life and education

Emmett was born to a Jewish family in

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, according to Emmett, a "distant cousin", through his mother, of

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, and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the

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in New York City.

Career

In 1995, Emmett began his Hollywood career as a personal assistant to

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. Later he met George Furla, with whom he co-founded Emmett/Furla Films in 1998. In 2013, the company was joined by Dubai-based film financier Oasis Ventures Entertainment to become Emmet Furla Oasis Films (EFO). On June 29, 2022, the '' LA Times'' released an article accusing Emmett of offering women movie roles in exchange for sex. The article also claimed that Emmett paid a woman a $200,000 settlement for inappropriate contact, and knocked his ex-fiance to the ground after she attempted to grab his phone.

Poker

Emmett has been playing poker since 2012. He has won four tournaments which include two victories in $10,000 buy-in

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tournaments at

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. He has one

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cash in 2019 and two cashes on the

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. As of February 2021, his live tournament winnings exceed $590,000. Emmett has made regular TV poker appearances on PokerGO shows including World Series of Poker coverage, ''

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'', and ''Friday Night Poker''.

Personal life

In 2009, Emmett married actress

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, with whom he has two daughters. Emmett filed for separation from Childers in April 2015, but dismissed the petition the following year. Childers filed for divorce in January 2017. It was finalized in December 2017. Emmett was engaged to Lauren "Lala Kent" Burningham from ''

''. On March 15, 2021, their daughter was born. The couple split in November 2021.

Filmography

Producer

Executive producer

Director

* ''

Midnight in the Switchgrass ''Midnight in the Switchgrass'' is a 2021 American crime thriller film directed by Randall Emmett in his directorial debut from a screenplay by Alan Horsnail. It stars Megan Fox, Bruce Willis, Emile Hirsch, Lukas Haas, Colson Baker and Lydia Hul ...

'' (2021) * ''

Wash Me in the River ''Savage Salvation'' (also titled ''Savage Justice'' and ''Wash Me in the River'') is a 2022 American thriller film directed by Randall Emmett and starring Jack Huston, Robert De Niro, and John Malkovich. Premise After losing his fiancée to ...

'' (2022) * ''

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'' (TBA)

Special thanks

* '' Out of Death'' (2021) * ''3 Days Rising'' (TBA)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Emmett, Randall 1971 births Living people American film producers 20th-century American Jews 21st-century American Jews