Broderick Johnson

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Broderick Johnson at a panel for the movie Blade Runner 2049 at Comic-Con in San Diego 2017

Broderick Johnson (* in Athens , Georgia ) is an American film producer , co-founder and co- CEO of Alcon Entertainment .

life and career

Broderick Johnson was in Athens in the State of Georgia born and closed the Sidney Lanier High School in Montgomery ( Alabama ) from. While studying economics at Princeton University , he met his future colleague Andrew Kosove . The two share a common interest in film production . After graduation, Johnson worked on Wall Street for a while . For the next three years he and Kosove tried to develop a film about the New York gangster Richard Kirkland with the help of an experienced producer. Even though the film was never made, the experiences they gained encouraged them to make their dreams come true.

So they moved to Los Angeles . There the two met Frederick W. Smith , the founder and president of FedEx , which they a plan for their independent - film production company vorlegten. Smith liked the idea and financially supported Johnson and Kosove in founding Alcon Entertainment in 1997 . The company is designed to cover the production costs and a film studio to market and distribute the film. The profit and the film rights remain with Alcon. The first film, the romantic comedy Get The Dog - Something About Love with David Spade and Sophie Marceau in the lead roles, was a box office earnings of 6.5 million dollars in production costs of about 30 million dollars at the flop . It was only with the second film, the youth film Mein Hund Skip with Frankie Muniz in the lead role, that they achieved their first successes with gross profits of over 30 million dollars, which resulted in a contract with Warner Bros. for the marketing and distribution of the films produced by Alcon originated. The comedy film Dude, where is my car ? , released in the same year and largely rated negatively by the critics . originated at 20th Century Fox .

The first film from the contract with Warner was the 2007 drama P.S. I love you , which grossed over $ 150 million worldwide. In 2008 Johnson produced a sequel to One for 4 (2005) with One for 4 - On the Road in Things , both of which can be considered a success. His next film, John Lee Hancock's Blind Side, from 2009, became a critics favorite and grossed over $ 300 million worldwide. For this he received an Oscar nomination in the Best Picture category together with Kosove and Gil Netter and thus became, after Quincy Jones , the second African American producer to be nominated for this award. The next two films, The Book of Eli (2010) by Albert and Allen Hughes and My Friend, the Dolphin (2011) by Charles Martin Smith, were able to convince at box offices worldwide with over 157 and 95 million dollars respectively. On the other hand, there is the fantasy film Beautiful Creatures - An Immortal Love from 2013, which merely recouped its production costs. 2014 carried the publications of Transcendence , a sci-fi - thriller with Johnny Depp and Dolphin Tale 2 .

Broderick Johnson is married with three children.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Class Notes - June 7, 2000 . In: Princeton.edu . Retrieved April 4, 2014.
  2. ↑ Bio: Broderick Johnson . In: AlconEnt.com . Retrieved April 4, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Johnson, Broderick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film producer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Athens , Georgia, United States