Graham King
Graham King , OBE (born December 19, 1961 in England ) is a British film producer . He is the chairman and president of Initial Entertainment Group and a co-founder of GK Films , an independent film production and financing company.
biography
In the early 1980s, Graham King moved to Los Angeles , where he initially worked for 20th Century Fox . After five years he went to Cori Films . In 1991 he founded the Initial Entertainment Group and produced some successful films such as Traffic , Desert Saints , and the Scorsese films Gangs of New York , Aviator and Departed . For the latter, King was awarded the 2007 Oscar for Best Picture .
In May 2007 he founded the independent production company GK Films with Tim Headington . The first productions were the action film Revenge by Martin Campbell and the period film Victoria, the Young Queen . On December 31, 2009, Graham King was named "Officer of the Order of the British Empire" for his services to the British and US film industries.
Awards
- 2005: British Academy Film Award for The Aviator
- 2005: Oscar nomination for The Aviator
- 2007: Nomination for the British Academy Film Award for The Departed
- 2007: Oscar for The Departed
- 2009: Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- 2012: Oscar nomination for Hugo Cabret
- 2019: Oscar nomination for Bohemian Rhapsody
Filmography (selection)
- 2000: Traffic - Power of the Cartel (Traffic)
- 2000: Desert Saints
- 2001: Ali
- 2002: Gangs of New York
- 2004: Aviator
- 2006: Departed - The Departed (The Departed)
- 2006: Blood Diamond
- 2007: Next
- 2009: Victoria, the Young Queen (The Young Victoria)
- 2010: Order Vengeance (Edge of Darkness)
- 2010: London Boulevard
- 2010: The Tourist
- 2010: The Town (The Town)
- 2011: Rango
- 2011: Hugo Cabret (Hugo)
- 2011: The Rum Diary
- 2011: In the Land of Blood and Honey
- 2012: Dark Shadows
- 2014: Jersey Boys
- 2016: Allied - Familiar Strangers (Allied)
- 2018: Tomb Raider
- 2018: Bohemian Rhapsody
Web links
- Graham King in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website of GK Films
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brits in Hollywood: Graham King. BBC , June 2005, accessed November 23, 2010 .
- ↑ Official website. GK Films, accessed November 23, 2010 .
- ^ London Gazette (Supplement). No. 59282, HMSO, London, December 31, 2009, p. 24 ( PDF , accessed November 23, 2010, English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | King, Graham |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | England |