Randall Emmett

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

Emmett is best known for pioneering the geezer teaser, a genre of low-budget action movies "teased" as starring a "geezer" (Usually an older action star considered to be past their prime, notable examples of Emmett produced Geezer Teaser "Geezers" include: Bruce Willis, Nicolas Cage, Mel Gibson, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Sylvester Stallone and Matthew Modine.) and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Emmett is also a highschool alumnus of New World School of the Arts. In 1996 Emmett moved to Los Angeles and worked as an assistant at International Creative Management. Emmett approached Wahlberg about the possibility of him producing movies but was turned down. Later that year, Christopher Eberts, who gave Emmett a credit on The Wicker Man, was found guilty on federal wire-fraud and money-laundering charges, while Emmett's co-producer on Speed Kills, Guy Griffithe, was found guilty of selling fictitious interests in a legal marijuana business.

In 2023, Emmett was the subject of the documentary The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump, exposing allegations against him for racial discrimination and employment abuse at EFO.

Emmett began using Ives, his middle name, as a pseudonym, beginning with the film Cash Out.

Poker Emmett has been playing poker since 2012. He has won four tournaments, which include two victories in $10,000 buy-in high roller tournaments at Aria Resort and Casino. and two cashes on the World Poker Tour. As of February 2021, his live tournament winnings exceed $590,000.

Personal life In 2009, Emmett married actress Ambyr Childers, 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 Vanderpump Rules. On March 15, 2021, their daughter, Ocean, was born. Kent ended their relationship in October 2021, after news broke of Emmett's cheating.

Filmography Producer

Feature film Eyes Beyond Seeing (1995) Speedway Junky (1999) Escape to Grizzly Mountain (2000) After Sex (2000) Ticker (2001) Good Advice (2001) Gentlemen of the Hunt (2002) Blind Horizon (2003) Unstoppable (2004) (co-producer) Edison (2005) The Tenants (2005) Before It Had a Name (2005) 16 Blocks (2006) The Wicker Man (2006) Home of the Brave (2006) King of California (2007) 88 Minutes (2007) Shortcut to Happiness (2007) (Associate producer) Borderland (2007) Righteous Kill (2008) Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) Catch .44 (2011) Lay the Favorite (2012) Playback (2012) Alex Cross (2012) Broken City (2013) The Frozen Ground (2013) Escape Plan (2013) 2 Guns (2013) Lone Survivor (2013) The Prince (2014) 90 Minutes in Heaven (2015) Heist (2015) Extraction (2015) Precious Cargo (2016) Marauders (2016) Silence (2016) Aftermath (2017) Inconceivable (2017) First Kill (2017) Acts of Violence (2017) A Vigilante (2017) Gotti (2018) The Row (2018) Reprisal (2018) Backtrace (2018) The Irishman (2019) 10 Minutes Gone (2019) Trauma Center (2019) Survive the Night (2020) Force of Nature (2020) Hard Kill (2020) Boss Level (2021) American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally (2021) Midnight in the Switchgrass (2021) Out of Death (2021) Survive the Game (2021) Fortress (2021, also story writer) Fortress: Sniper's Eye (2022, also story writer) Hot Seat (2022) Wrong Place (2022) Wire Room (2022) Detective Knight: Rogue (2022) Savage Salvation (2022) Detective Knight: Redemption (2022) Detective Knight: Independence (2023) Armor (2024) Alarum (2025) Direct-to-video Held for Ransom (2000) Out for a Kill (2003) Belly of the Beast (2003) Control (2004) Submerged (2005) Today You Die (2005) Mercenary for Justice (2006) The Contract (2006) Day of the Dead (2008) Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous (2008) Thick as Thieves (2009) Streets of Blood (2009) Caught in the Crossfire (2010) Gun (2010) All Things Fall Apart (2011) Setup (2011) Freelancers (2012) Fire with Fire (2012) Empire State (2013) Vice (2015) Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018) Backtrace (2018) Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019) Out of Death (2021)

Executive producer

Feature film Narc (2002) The Badge (2002) All I Want (2002) Half Past Dead (2002) (Co-executive producer) Wonderland (2003) A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004) Loverboy (2005) (Co-executive producer) The Amityville Horror (2005) (Co-executive producer) Lonely Hearts (2006) Shortcut to Happiness (2007) (Co-executive producer) White Air (2007) Finding Rin Tin Tin (2007) Rambo (2008) The Bleeding (2009) The Tomb (2009) Double Identity (2009) Once Fallen (2010) End of Watch (2012) Mississippi Grind (2015) Everest (2015) Exposed (2016) Amityville: The Awakening (2017) Speed Kills (2018) Mile 22 (2018) The War with Grandpa (2020) Desperation Road (2023) Direct-to-video Hard Cash (2002) Blood Out (2011) Gunner (2024) Hellfire (2026)

Television Cutaway (2000) (Co-executive producer) (TV movie) Andrew Dice Clay: I'm Over Here Now (2000) (TV special) SAF3 (2013–14) Power (2014–20)

Director Midnight in the Switchgrass (2021) Savage Salvation (2022)

'''Under the pseudonym "Ives"