Brian Oliver (producer)

Brian Oliver is an American film producer, veteran film executive and founder of New Republic Pictures.[1] He was nominated for an Academy Award and BAFTA Film Award in 2010 for Black Swan.

Education

Oliver holds a bachelor's degree from the UC Berkeley, as well as a J.D. from Whittier College School of Law. In college Oliver was an All-Conference infielder on the baseball team.[2]

Career

Oliver started his career at Paramount Pictures, followed by a stint in the Motion Picture department at the William Morris Agency (WMA). He left WMA to become President of Production at Propaganda Films, where he oversaw development and production of their film slate. He then produced Paul Schrader's Auto Focus. Oliver founded Samuels Media (Michael Clayton) before teaming up with Timmy and Tyler Thompson to launch Cross Creek Pictures.

Oliver is an Oscar nominated Producer with three of the films he produced receiving Academy Award nominations for Best Picture: Darren Aronofsky's psychological ballet thriller Black Swan. which he also won the Best Feature Film Award at the 2011 Independent Spirit Awards for Black Swan, and was nominated for a Golden Globe and for the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Picture of the Year. Oliver produced CCP's The Ides of March and received a second Producer's Guild of America Producer of the Year Award nomination for Best Picture of the Year. Additional CCP credits include The Woman in Black, starring Daniel Radcliffe, and Ron Howard’s Formula One racing biopic, Rush. Other credits include A Walk Among the Tombstones, Everest, and Black Mass. Oliver is the producer of World War II film Hacksaw Ridge, directed by Mel Gibson, and American Made, starring Tom Cruise. In 2017 Brian left Cross Creek Pictures to form New Republic Pictures. The first two films he produced at New Republic Pictures were Rocketman directed by Dexter Fletcher and 1917 directed by Sam Mendes. The Films were nominated for Nine Academy Awards and four Golden Globes including Best Picture and won all four Golden globes and four Academy Awards.

To date, the films that Oliver has produced have been nominated for twenty-two Academy Awards, fourteen Golden Globes and thirty three BAFTAs, and have grossed over $3 billion worldwide.

In March 2017, Oliver and Filmula's Johnny Lin acquired rights to the sci-fi project Rise.[3] In September 2017, Oliver and Lin announced production of the horror film Sacrifice.[4]

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film
Year Film Credit
2002Bark!Co-producer
The BadgeExecutive producer
Auto Focus
2005Half LightExecutive producer
2009Give 'Em Hell, Malone
2010Black Swan
2011The Ides of March
2ND Take
2012The Woman in Black
Arthur Newman
Aftershock
2013Rush
The Young and Prodigious T.S. SpivetExecutive producer
2014A Walk Among the Tombstones
Clown
2015Everest
Legend
Black Mass
2016Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Hacksaw Ridge
2017American Made
Roman J. Israel, Esq.Executive producer
FlatlinersExecutive producer
2018The VanishingExecutive producer
2019RocketmanExecutive producer
1917
2021Coming 2 AmericaExecutive producer
RumbleExecutive producer
InfiniteExecutive producer
The Tomorrow WarExecutive producer
The Loud House MovieExecutive producer
Untitled My Little Pony filmExecutive producer
Clifford the Big Red DogExecutive producer
Snake EyesExecutive producer
Mission: Impossible 7Executive producer
2022ScreamExecutive producer
LuckExecutive producer
Sonic the Hedgehog 2Executive producer
Dungeons and DragonsExecutive producer
Under the BoardwalkExecutive producer
Mission: Impossible 8Executive producer
SpellboundExecutive producer
TBA
Family Jewels
Without Remorse
Ambulance
Horrorstör
Sacrifice
The Creed of Violence

Television
Year Title
2005Man vs. Vegas
2003−07Firsthand

References
  1. "Brian Oliver exits Cross Creek Pictures, lines up next venture". Screen. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
  2. "DIAMOND VISION: Brian Oliver Brings A Ballplayer's Instincts To Producing Feature Films".
  3. Busch, Anita (2017-03-03). "Filmula's Johnny Lin & Brian Oliver Acquire Rights To 'Rise' From Warner Bros". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  4. N'Duka, Amanda (2017-09-25). "Johnny Lin & Brian Oliver Prep Horror Film 'Sacrifice', Paul Johansson Directing". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2017-10-03.

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