Hollywood Exec Chris McGurk Asking $8M for Oceanfront Estate in Malibu

Published: September 3, 2016 | By: American Luxury Staff

Chris McGurk, the studio veteran who’s helmed Walt Disney Studios, Universal Pictures, Overture Films, Anchor Bay Entertainment and—since 2011—Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp., recently re-listed his home in Malibu for $7.95 million. Earlier this year, he raked in about double that with the off-market sale of his Beverly Hills estate.

The Encinal Bluffs-area house—perched on an oceanside plot with 65 feet of shore frontage—has a striking geometric design in a beach-washed pale yellow with a ridged, copper roof and a motor court featuring a weathered wood insert.

5,650 square feet of interior space fits a dramatically windowed living area, a dining room with a one-of-a-kind polished wood table and gray brick accent walls and a stainless and slab eat-in kitchen with chrome-handled white cabinets. The bold designs were thought up by Marshall Lewis, the Los Angeles painter and architect.

Other amenities include a steel-clad fireplace, an elevator, a lower-level entertainment room, an indoor lap pool, a Jacuzzi, a sauna, six bedrooms and seven bathrooms.

In the master suite, a gray-brick fireplace with built-in television shelf leaves plenty of room for a sitting area and a desk, and the oversized black granite bath is split into two distinct rooms connected by a hall with floor-to-ceiling cabinets. The bedroom also opens to a private balcony—one of four with ocean views on the home’s back side.

McGurk reportedly purchased the home over a decade ago for $6.675 million. Among the other highlights of his illustrious career is time as the COO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Senior Adviser of New Ventures at Starz Media LLC. In addition to his current role at Cinedigm, he also serves as Director of Cookie Jar Entertainment Holdings and the Foundation of Motion Picture Pioneers and sits on the American Cinematheque Board of Directors and the Entertainment Industries Council Board of Trustees.

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