Bill Pohlad
Bill Pohlad is an American film producer and director. He is the son of Mary Eloise (O'Rourke) and billionaire financier Carl Pohlad, who owned the Minnesota Twins baseball franchise from 1984 until his death in 2009.
Bill Pohlad
- Name
- Bill Pohlad
- Occupation
- Film producer, film director
- Known for
- River Road Entertainment
- Born
- 1955 · Minnesota.
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Bill Pohlad is an American film producer and director. He is the son of Mary Eloise (O'Rourke) and billionaire financier Carl Pohlad, who owned the Minnesota Twins baseball franchise from 1984 until his death in 2009.
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Bill Pohlad (born 1955) is a director, film producer and screenwriter, of American nationality. The director was born in Minnesota.
Among the works is Love and Mercy. Languages used include English.
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• Name — Bill Pohlad • Occupation — Film producer, film director • Years Active — 1990–present • Known for — River Road Entertainment • Notable Works — Love & Mercy (2014)
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Life and career
Pohlad was the executive producer of the movies Brokeback Mountain, A Prairie Home Companion, and Food, Inc., and a producer of Into the Wild and 12 Years a Slave. On January 24, 2012, he was nominated for an Academy Award (as producer) for the film The Tree of Life. Almost 25 years after his directorial debut with Old Explorers (1990), Pohlad's biopic of Brian Wilson, Love & Mercy, was screened at the 2014 Toronto Film Festival. It stars Paul Dano as the younger Wilson and John Cusack as the older Wilson, along with Paul Giamatti as Dr. Eugene Landy and Elizabeth Banks as Wilson's second wife, Melinda Ledbetter. Shooting on the film wrapped on August 27, 2013. It was distributed internationally by Lions Gate Entertainment and in the United States by Roadside Attractions on June 5, 2015. Pohlad is the President of the River Road Entertainment company, which he founded in 1987. Pohlad supported Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the run-up for the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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• Old Explorers (1990) – director, writer, producer • Brokeback Mountain (2005) – executive producer • Fur (2006) – producer • Chicago 10 (2007) – executive producer • Into the Wild (2007) – producer • Food, Inc. (2008) – executive producer • The Runaways (2010) – producer • Fair Game (2010) – producer • The Tree of Life (2011) – producer • 12 Years a Slave (2013) – producer • Wild (2014) – producer • Love & Mercy (2014) – director, producer • Time Out of Mind (2014) – producer • A Monster Calls (2016) – executive producer • American Utopia (2020) – executive producer • Dreamin' Wild (2022) – director, writer, producer • Unicorns (2023) – producer • Miles & Juliette (TBA) – director, producer
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