Bill BlockFounder

United States - Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

► CAREER OVERVIEW
A renowned executive, producer and studio head who has extensive experience across multiple platforms with a track record of successful startups, turnarounds, and profitability. Expertise in navigating complex financial deals including the debt restructuring and operational overhaul of Miramax studio with BeIN Entertainment to the leveraged buyout of the publicly traded Live Entertainment with Bain Capital.

► OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Produced, financed, acquired, and distributed dozens of theatrical feature films, and worked with some of the world's most iconic filmmakers, including Peter Jackson, Oliver Stone, Steven Soderbergh, Jon Favreau, David Koepp, Darren Aronofsky, Christopher McQuarrie and Woody Allen.
• Guy Ritchie's THE WRATH OF MAN starring Jason Statham.
• HE'S ALL THAT directed by Mark Waters and starring Addison Rae.
• Guy Ritchie's THE GENTLEMEN, starring Matthew McConaughey, Hugh Grant, Henry Golding and Colin Farrell.
• David Gordon Green's box office smash hit HALLOWEEN with Blumhouse and Universal
• BAD MOMS, starring Mila Kunis and Christina Applegate, written and directed by Lucas
& Moore
• DIRTY GRANDPA, starring Robert DeNiro and Zac Efron, directed by Dan Mazer.
• David Ayer’s FURY starring Brad Pitt, Neill Blomkamp’s DISTRICT 9
and ELYSIUM, and Oliver Stone's W., starring Josh Brolin.
• THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT; THE BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB; Darren Aronofsky's PI and REQUIEM FOR
A DREAM; THE LIMEY directed by Steven Soderbergh and THE NINTH GATE starring Johnny Depp and
directed by Roman Polanski.

► WRAPPED PRODUCTION ON RECENT FILMS INCLUDING:
• HERE, a film written, produced and directed by Robert Zemeckis that reunites the creative force behind FOREST GUMP (Academy-Award winning actor Tom Hanks, Golden Globe winner Robin Wright and Academy-Award Winning screen writer Eric Roth.
• THE HOLDOVERS, written and directed by Academy-Award winner Alex Payne and starring
Academy-Award nominee Paul Giamatti

► RELAUNCHED MIRAMAX TELEVISION DIVISION with the hiring of Marc Helwig. Current projects in various stages of development, production and distribution:
• THE GENTLEMAN Netflix series, executive produced by Guy Ritchie based on the film by the same name, for the expansion of the Guy Ritchie universe.
• Reboot of PROJECT GREENLIGHT produced and hosted by Issa Rae with HBO Max.
• Recently announced series adaptation of GANGS OF NEW YORK produced by Academy-Award winning director Martin Scorsese.