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Executive Producer

William Horberg

Bio

WILLIAM HORBERG (Executive Producer) has been President of Production at Sidney Kimmel Entertainment since August 2005. During his tenure, the company has made “UNITED 93, BREACH, DEATH AT A FUNERAL, CHARLIE BARTLETT, MARRIED LIFE, TALK TO ME, LARS AND THE REAL GIRL, and the upcoming ADVENTURELAND, and MANAGEMENT. Horberg also produced the Dreamworks/ Paramount Vantage release, THE KITE RUNNER, which was co-financed by Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions, and is an Executive Producer on Gus Van Sant’s MILK for Focus Features. William came to Sidney Kimmel Entertainment after two years heading Wonderland Films, his independent production company that had a first look deal with DreamWorks SKG. Prior to Wonderland, Horberg was partnered with Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella in their film and television production company Mirage Enterprises for eleven years. During his tenure at Mirage, he produced Mr. Minghella’s COLD MOUNTAIN, his earlier film THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, as well as THE QUIET AMERICAN, HEAVEN, SLIDING DOORS, BLOW DRY, and SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER. In television, he was Executive Producer of Poodle Springs, directed by Bob Rafelson for HBO, and was the creator and producer of Fallen Angels, an anthology series of hard-boiled crime stories for Showtime. He also produced Chicago Blues, a thirteen part series on blues legends Muddy Waters, Bobby Blue Bland, Buddy Guy and others for cable TV, as well as Cheap Trick at ChicagoFest for MTV, and PokerTown, a documentary on the 1984 World Series of Poker Championships at Binion’s Horseshoe Casino for PBS. Prior to working at Mirage, Horberg joined Paramount Pictures in 1987 as a Creative Executive and was eventually promoted to Senior Vice-President of Production. During his tenure at Paramount he oversaw the development and production of such films as THE ADDAMS FAMILY, DEAD AGAIN, REGARDING HENRY, NAKED GUN 2 1/2, SOAPDISH, GODFATHER III, and GHOST, among others. Prior to joining Paramount, he was an Associate Producer on MIAMI BLUES for Orion and an Executive Producer on A RAGE IN HARLEM for Miramax. The films he has produced or executive produced have garnered 14 Academy Award nominations, 16 Golden Globe nominations, and 25 BAFTA nominations, as well as nominations for the Golden Palm at Cannes, the Golden Bear in Berlin, the European Film Award, and a Special Jury Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival. In addition he has been nominated as Motion Picture Producer of the Year by the Producers Guild of America.

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.