George Drakoulias

George Drakoulias

George Drakoulias

(Syosset, New York, USA)

George Drakoulias (born 1965) is a Greek-American music producer and a former A&R executive at the American Recordings label. He is often considered a protégé of Rick Rubin. Drakoulias grew up in Syosset, New York and attended Syosset High School where he started his musical career with a band called Lifeline. He went to college at New York University (NYU), where he majored in music and business. There he befriended Rick Rubin, whom he met after he started dating an ex-girlfriend of Rubin's. He became one of the first hires for Rubin's Def Jam label. As an A&R man, he discovered L.L. Cool J and the Beastie Boys. After Rubin left Def Jam to move to Los Angeles and form the Def American label, which was later retitled American Recordings, Drakoulias moved with him and became a producer. Drakoulias signed The Black Crowes, The Jayhawks and The Freewheelers to American Recordings, and produced albums for all three. He has also produced albums for artists including Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Maria McKee, Primal Scream, Madrugada and Screaming Trees. He has also produced tracks for Kula Shaker and served as a music supervisor for a number of movies, including Blades of Glory, School of Rock, Star Trek, Team America: World Police, Tropic Thunder, The Runaways, Zodiac, The Hangover, The Hangover Part II and Super 8. George also plays bass guitar on the Glenn Danzig and the Power & Fury Orchestra song "Less Than Zero".

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Cast

White Noise (2022)

IMDB: 5.8 (20197 votes)

Crew

The Batman (2022)

IMDB: 7.8 (640633 votes)
Marriage Story (2019)

IMDB: 7.9 (314794 votes)
Ad Astra (2019)

IMDB: 6.6 (149,683 votes)
Father Figures (2017)

IMDB: 5.5 (16382 votes)
Detroit (2017)

IMDB: 7.3 (43954 votes)
The Intern (2015)

IMDB: 7.1 (205321 votes)
Top Five (2014)

IMDB: 6.4 (25229 votes)
Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)

IMDB: 7.4 (451105 votes)
Super 8 (2011)

IMDB: 7.0 (358,152 votes)
Greenberg (2010)

IMDB: 6.1 (35077 votes)
Never Let Me Go (2010)

IMDB: 7.1 (133198 votes)
Due Date (2010)

IMDB: 6.5 (313910 votes)
Zodiac (2007)

IMDB: 7.7 (426087 votes)
Margot at the Wedding (2007)

IMDB: 6.0 (18906 votes)
Starsky and Hutch (2004)

IMDB: 6.1 (129,973 votes)
Zoolander (2001)

IMDB: 6.5 (238161 votes)