Charles Mulvehill shares producing credit on "DOLORES CLAIBORNE" with director Taylor Hackford. Working closely with his unit production manager, Joseph Boccia, Mulvehill is the prime enabler of the film in production, the man who makes the director's vision possible within the brutal realities of a budget and schedule.
Raised in Honolulu, Charles Mulvehill began his career in 1965 as a production assistant on the film adaptations of James Michener's "Hawaii" and "The Hawaiians" for The Mirisch Company, one of the most successful independent production entities of the '60s and '70s and the dominant supplier of movies for release by United Artists.
Mulvehill rose to head of production in the course of five years with The Mirisch Company. One of the last projects he supervised there was the black comedy "The Landlord," which led to a long and fruitful collaboration with that film's director, Hal Ashby, for whom he would strike out on his own to produce the classic "Harold and Maude." Their mutual ventures have included "Being There," "Coming Home," "Bound for Glory," "The Last Detail" (all of which he served as associate producer) and "Eight Million Ways to Die" (which he co-produced).
Francis Coppola recruited Mulvehill to join him and Fred Fuchs in producing Bram Stoker's "Dracula" following their experience together on "The Godfather, Part III," which Mulvehill co-produced on location in Rome. In the summer of 1993, Mulvehill returned to the Eternal City to produce "Only You," starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Marisa Tomei, for director Norman Jewison and Tri-Star Pictures.
Castle Rock Entertainment invited Mulvehill to join the producing team on "Malice," starring Alec Baldwin and Nicole Kidman, following his work as executive producer of such features as "Frankie and Johnny," starring Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer and "In Country," starring Bruce Willis. He worked with Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange on Bob Rafelson's "The Postman Always Rings Twice," which he produced, and continued his association with Lange on her Patsy Cline project, "Sweet Dreams," which he co-produced, and her break-through film, "Frances," on which he was associate producer.
Mulvehill's additional credits include "The Milagro Beanfield War," which he co-produced for Robert Redford, and Jonathan Demme's "Swing Shift," on which he was credited as associate producer.
Immediately following principal photography on "DOLORES CLAIBORNE," he began prepping "City Hall," starring Al Pacino and directed by Harold Becker for Castle Rock.
