Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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Producer

David Heyman

Bio

DAVID HEYMAN (Producer) is the producer behind all of the film adaptations of J.K Rowling's hugely successful Harry Potter books. The much-`anticipated adaptation of the seventh and final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, commenced production in February of this year and will be released in two parts, in November 2010 and in the summer of 2011. Heyman's other recent productions include the comedy "Yes Man," starring Jim Carrey; Francis Lawrence's hit science fiction thriller "I Am Legend," starring Will Smith; Mark Herman's acclaimed drama "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas," starring Vera Farmiga and David Thewlis; and, most recently, the independent drama "Is Anybody There?," directed by John Crowley and starring Michael Caine. Educated in England and the United States, Heyman began his career as a production runner on Milos Forman's "Ragtime" and David Lean's "A Passage to India." In 1986, Heyman went to Los Angeles to become a creative executive at Warner Bros., where he worked on such films as "Gorillas in the Mist" and "Goodfellas." He moved on to become a Vice President at United Artists in the late 1980s. Heyman subsequently embarked on a career as an independent producer, making several films, including Ernest Dickerson's "Juice," starring Tupac Shakur and Omar Epps, and the low-budget classic "The Daytrippers," directed by Greg Mottola and starring Liev Schreiber, Parker Posey, Hope Davis, Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scott. Having spent many years working in the States, Heyman returned to the U.K. in 1996 to set up Heyday Films, with the intention of building on his unique relationships in the U.S. and Europe to produce international films and television programs. Heyman won ShoWest's Producer of the Year Award in 2003, becoming the first British producer to have ever been honored with this accolade.

Producer- Job Description

The chief of a movie production in all matters save the creative efforts of the director. A producer is responsible for raising funding, hiring key personnel, and arranging for distributors.