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Executive Producer

Todd Hallowell

Bio

TODD HALLOWELL most recently served as executive producer and second-unit director on Ron Howard’s Frost/Nixon, The Da Vinci Code, Cinderella Man and the Academy Award®-winning A Beautiful Mind. Hallowell started his career as assistant art director (and Ron Howard’s photo double) on Roger Corman’s Grand Theft Auto, Howard’s 1978 directorial debut. He subsequently served as art director on Back to the Future, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Fletch and the pilot for Michael Mann’s groundbreaking TV series Miami Vice. Hallowell moved up to production designer on Adventures in Babysitting, Burglar, Vital Signs, The Dream Team, Class Action and Howard’s Parenthood. He directed the second-unit sequences in Striking Distance, Adventures in Babysitting and Money Train. Continuing his collaboration with Howard, Hallowell served as associate producer/second-unit director on Backdraft and Far and Away, and on The Paper, he multitasked as executive producer, production designer and second-unit director. For Howard’s award-winning Apollo 13, he repeated his duties as executive producer/second-unit director and received, along with producer Brian Grazer, Producer of the Year honors from the Producers Guild of America. He also worked as executive producer/second-unit director on Howard’s projects Ransom, EDtv, The Missing and the box-office hit Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Executive Producer- Job Description

The credit given to someone who either contributes or raises the majority of finaces for a production or is responsible for creative input such as writing the screenplay.