MD: I had my own record label, Tweet, for a brief time during the early 80s, and Lauri
ran an independent film company and a small theater troupe in the late 80s, early 90s.
Alcon, one of the longest -
running independent film finance and production
companies in the world, has financed and produced, and / or co - financed / produced 33
films to date, including the recent critically acclaimed
film Blade Runner 2049 from Academy Award - nominated director Denis Villeneuve and starring Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford; the Academy Award - nominated Best Picture The Blind Side, which earned Sandra Bullock a Best Actress Oscar; The Book of Eli, starring Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman; Insomnia, starring Al Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hilary Swank and directed by Chris Nolan; The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants; P.S. I Love You, starring Hilary Swank; the critically acclaimed dramatic thriller Prisoners, directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Melissa Leo, Terrance Howard and Paul Dano; and the family hit Dolphin Tale starring Morgan Freeman, Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd and Kris Kristofferson.