List of film producers
Following is a list of notable film producers, some of whom have also worked in other media.
(list is sorted alphabetically by surname)
A–M
- J. J. Abrams – Lost, Cloverfield, Alias, Mission: Impossible III, Star Trek, Fringe
- Caroline Amiguet – Love All You Have Left
- James Amuta – Your Excellency, Oloture
- Darla K. Anderson – A Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc., Toy Story 3, Coco
- Superbad, Freaks and Geeks
- Avi Arad – Spider-Man, X-Men, Blade
- Bonnie Arnold – Toy Story, Tarzan, Over the Hedge, How to Train Your Dragon, How to Train Your Dragon 2, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
- Syed Aman Bachchan – Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu, Edegarike, Thamassu, Aa Dinagalu
- Pandro S. Berman – The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Armyan Bernstein – Air Force One, The Hurricane, Children of Men, Bring It On
- Molly Beucher – IRL
- Drew Barrymore – Charlie's Angels, Donnie Darko, He's Just Not That Into You, Whip It
- Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty, Detroit
- The Lost Weekend, Sunset Boulevard, The King and I
- James Bond film series
- 84 Charing Cross Road, Young Frankenstein
- Jerry Bruckheimer – Top Gun, Crimson Tide, The Rock, Con Air, National Treasure, Pirates of the Caribbean film series
- All About Steve, George Lopez (TV series)
- Tim Burton – The Nightmare Before Christmas, Cabin Boy, James and the Giant Peach, 9
- Frank Capra – It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Lost Horizon, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life, State of the Union
- Jim Carrey – Bruce Almighty, Fun with Dick and Jane
- Charlie Chaplin – City Lights, Modern Times, The Great Dictator, Limelight
- Diablo Cody – Jennifer's Body, Young Adult, Ricki and the Flash, Tully
- No Country for Old Men
- Harry Cohn – It Happened One Night, Twentieth Century, Lost Horizon
- Tom Cruise – Mission: Impossible, Vanilla Sky, Narc, The Others, Minority Report, War Of The Worlds, The Last Samurai
- Cecil B. DeMille – Samson and Delilah, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Ten Commandments, The Buccaneer
- Jeff Deverett – Full Out, Kiss and Cry, The Samuel Project
- Dean Devlin – Independence Day, Godzilla, The Patriot
- Walt Disney – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Mary Poppins
- Lorenzo di Bonaventura – Constantine, Shooter, Transformers
- Leonardo DiCaprio – The Aviator, The 11th Hour
- Kirk Douglas – Paths of Glory, Spartacus
- Michael Douglas – Romancing the Stone, Jewel of the Nile, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
- Ava DuVernay – This Is the Life, I Will Follow, Middle of Nowhere, 13th
- Robert Evans – Love Story, The Godfather, Chinatown, The Saint
- Megan Ellison – Zero Dark Thirty, Her, American Hustle, Sausage Party, Spring Breakers, Phantom Thread, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, If Beale Street Could Talk, Vice, Booksmart, House of Gucci
- Robin Hood, The Thief of Bagdad
- Tina Fey – Sisters, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
- Wendy Finerman – Forrest Gump, The Devil Wears Prada, Stepmom, One for the Money, P.S. I Love You, Love by the 10th Date
- Arthur Freed – Meet Me in St. Louis, An American in Paris, Singin' in the Rain
- Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird, Little Women, Mistress America, Nights and Weekends
- Mel Gibson – Braveheart, The Passion of the Christ
- Brian Grazer – Splash, The Paper, Apollo 13, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man, The Cat in the Hat, The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, Frost/Nixon, Rush, In the Heart of the Sea, Inferno
- D. W. Griffith – The Birth of a Nation, Intolerance, Abraham Lincoln
- Richard N. Gladstein – Finding Neverland, The Bourne Identity, Pulp Fiction, The Cider House Rules
- Samuel Goldwyn – Ball of Fire, The Best Years of Our Lives, Hans Christian Andersen
- Daniel Grodnik, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Bobby, Powder, Moose
- Paul Haggis – Crash, Million Dollar Baby, Letters from Iwo Jima
- Don Hahn – Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Emperor's New Groove, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, The Haunted Mansion, Frankenweenie, Maleficent, Beauty and the Beast (2017 film), Wonder Park
- The Pacific
- Harry Potter film series
- Alfred Hitchcock – Strangers on a Train, North by Northwest, Psycho, The Birds
- Ron Howard – The Alamo, Curious George, Restless, Cowboys & Aliens, The Good Lie, In the Heart of the Sea
- Howard Hughes – Hell's Angels, Scarface, The Outlaw
- Gale Anne Hurd – Aliens, Armageddon, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,Æon Flux, The Incredible Hulk
- Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings film series, King Kong, District 9, The Hobbit film series
- Nina Jacobson – The Hunger Games, Crazy Rich Asians, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Goldfinch
- Joseph Janni – film producer of over fifty films, including Far from the Madding Crowd, A Kind of Loving, Romeo and Juliet, and Yanks. Worked closely with John Schlesinger.
- Alex Kahuam – Forgiveness, Failure!
- Howard Kazanjian – Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the Jedi
- Jeffrey Katzenberg – The Prince of Egypt, The Road to El Dorado, Shark Tale
- Buster Keaton – Sherlock Jr., The General, Speak Easily
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
- Alexander Korda – Things to Come, The Thief of Bagdad, The Third Man
- Kristie Macosko Krieger – Bridge of Spies, The BFG, The Post, Ready Player One, The Trial of the Chicago 7, West Side Story (2021 film), The Fabelmans
- 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, Eyes Wide Shut
- Gary Kurtz – Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, The Dark Crystal
- Carl Laemmle – The Phantom of the Opera, The Man Who Laughs
- Carl Laemmle Jr. – Dracula, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein
- Jesse L. Lasky – Sergeant York, The Adventures of Mark Twain
- Jennifer Lee – Ralph Breaks the Internet, Raya and the Last Dragon, Encanto, Strange World
- The Wizard of Oz, The Bad Seed
- Val Lewton – Cat People, The Body Snatcher
- Harold Lloyd – Speedy, Movie Crazy, Professor Beware
- Phil Lord and Christopher Miller – Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, The Lego Batman Movie, The Lego Ninjago Movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, America: The Motion Picture
- Ernst Lubitsch – The Merry Widow, Ninotchka, Heaven Can Wait
- George Lucas – Star Wars, Indiana Jones
- Branko Lustig – Schindler's List, Gladiator
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz – A Christmas Carol, The Philadelphia Story
- Louis B. Mayer – Greed, Ben-Hur, I Take This Woman
- Rick McCallum – Star Wars
- Shannon McIntosh – Grindhouse, Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Patrick Millsaps – I'll See You in My Dreams
- Walter Mirisch – West Side Story, The Sound of Music
- Whisper of the Heart
- Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy
N–Z
- Geoffrey Notkin – Radio Free Albemuth, Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously, Revenge of Zoe, First to the Moon
- Michael Nozik – Syriana, The Motorcycle Diaries, Quiz Show, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Mississippi Masala
- Christine Oestreicher – A Shocking Accident (Oscar winner)
- Tony Olmos – South of 8, Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea
- Alan J. Pakula – To Kill a Mockingbird, Klute, Starting Over
- Nate Parker – Birth Of A Nation (2016),Eden,Portion[1]
- Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Madea's Family Reunion
- Julia Phillips – The Sting, Taxi Driver, Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- The Blue Angel
- Carlo Ponti – Doctor Zhivago, War and Peace, Attila
- Chris Pratt – The Tomorrow War
- Norman Priggen – The Servant, Accident, The Go-Between, The Assassination of Trotsky
- Onward
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
- Brett Ratner – Double Take, Paid in Full, Santa's Slay, Code Name: The Cleaner, Horrible Bosses, Mirror Mirror, Rules Don't Apply, Georgetown
- Matthew Rhodes – Cherry, Mile 22, The Voices, Shot Caller
- Jonas Rivera – Up, Inside Out, Toy Story 4
- Hal Roach – Sons of the Desert
- Robert Rodriguez – El Mariachi, Desperado, From Dusk till Dawn, Grindhouse
- Win Rosenfeld – BlacKkKlansman, Candyman, Wendell & Wild
- Jane Rosenthal – Wag the Dog, Meet the Parents, The Good Shepherd, The Irishman, Bohemian Rhapsody, The War with Grandpa
- Kerry Rossall – Movin' Too Fast, Friend of the World
- Albert S. Ruddy – The Godfather, Million Dollar Baby, The Longest Yard
- Clueless
- Harry Saltzman – James Bond, Battle of Britain, The Ipcress File
- I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
- Rob Savage – Strings, Host, Dashcam
- Joseph M. Schenck – Our Hospitality, The General
- Jane Schoenbrun – Chained for Life
- Martin Scorsese – The Grifters, Naked in New York, The Aviator
- David O. Selznick – King Kong, Gone with the Wind, Rebecca, The Third Man
- Mack Sennett – Keystone Cops
- Dean Silvers – Flirting with Disaster, Spanking the Monkey, Manny & Lo
- Don Simpson – Beverly Hills Cop, Flashdance, Top Gun
- Mireille Soria – Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, Home, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
- Clark Spencer – Lilo & Stitch, Meet the Robinsons, Bolt, Winnie the Pooh, Wreck-It Ralph, Zootopia, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Encanto
- Sam Spiegel – The African Queen, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia
- Steven Spielberg – The Goonies, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Poltergeist, Transformers (executive)
- David Sproxton – Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Flushed Away, Arthur Christmas, The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!, Shaun the Sheep Movie, Early Man, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
- Ben Stiller – Blades of Glory, Zoolander, The Ruins, Tropic Thunder
- Erich von Stroheim – Blind Husbands, The Wedding March
- Josef von Sternberg – The Docks of New York, The Scarlet Empress
- Stan and Ollie, My Zoe (2018)
- Quentin Tarantino – From Dusk till Dawn, Hostel, Grindhouse
- Irving Thalberg – Freaks, Grand Hotel, Mutiny on the Bounty
- The Dark Knight Trilogy, Man of Steel, Inception, Interstellar, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Dunkirk, Justice League, Tenet
- Walter Wanger – Stagecoach, Joan of Arc, Cleopatra
- Hal B. Wallis – The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, True Grit
- Halo
- Aron Warner – Antz, Shrek, Shrek 2, Shrek the Third, Shrek Forever After, Wish Dragon
- Jack L. Warner – Yankee Doodle Dandy, Casablanca, My Fair Lady
- Robert Watts – Return of the Jedi, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, You Only Live Twice
- Bob Weinstein – Restoration, Mimic, Reindeer Games, Bad Santa
- Harvey Weinstein – Shakespeare in Love, Gangs of New York, Nine, My Week with Marilyn, Tulip Fever
- Orson Welles – Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Lady from Shanghai, Touch of Evil
- Ralph Winter – Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, X-Men, Fantastic Four, X2: X-Men United
- Janet Yang – The Joy Luck Club (film), The People vs. Larry Flynt, Dark Matter (film), Zero Effect, Shanghai Calling
- Ezz El-Dine Zulficar – Among the Ruins, Struggle of the Heroes, Appointment with Life, Appointment with Happiness
- Saul Zaentz – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, The English Patient
- Darryl F. Zanuck – The Public Enemy, All About Eve, The Longest Day
- Matchstick Men, Monster House
- Chloé Zhao – Nomadland, Eternals, Songs My Brothers Taught Me
- Warren Zide – American Pie franchise, Final Destination franchise, Cats & Dogs, The Big Hit, High School
- Adolph Zukor – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Shanghai Express, Souls at Sea
- Salah Zulfikar – The Second Man, My Wife, the Director General, A Taste of Fear, The Other Man, I Want a Solution
See also
- Film director
- Filmmaking
- Lists of film topics
- List of television producers
- Producers Guild of America
References
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- The Producer's Business Handbook by John J. Lee, Jr., Focal Press (2000)
- From Reel to Deal by Dov S-S Simens, Warner Books (2003)