Graham King
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Graham KingOBEis an English film producer. He has been nominated four times for theAcademy Award for Best Picturefor producing the filmsThe Aviator(2004),Hugo(2011),Bohemian Rhapsody(2018), andThe Departed(2006), for which he won.
Career
[edit]King is president and CEO of production companyGK Films.He is best known for his 2006 crime thriller filmThe Departed,which was awarded theBest Picture Oscarat the79th Academy Awards,and forBohemian Rhapsody,which was nominated for five awards including Best Picture at the91st Academy Awards,winning four.
King's multiple commercial successes as a producer includeThe Departed(which grossed $289.8 million worldwide),[1]The Tourist($278.3 million),[2]andBohemian Rhapsody,which grossed over$910 millionworldwide against a production budget of about$50 million.Bohemian Rhapsodyultimately became thesixth-highest-grossing film of 2018 worldwide,the highest-grossing musical biographical film of all time,[3]and in 2022 was listed as one of20th Century Fox's top five highest-grossing films worldwide.[4]
Honours
[edit]King was appointedOfficer of the Order of the British Empire(OBE) in the2010 New Year Honours.[5]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Producer
- Dr. T & the Women(2000) (co-producer)
- The Aviator(2004)
- The Departed(2006)
- Blood Diamond(2006)
- Next(2007)
- The Young Victoria(2009)
- Edge of Darkness(2010)
- The Town(2010)
- London Boulevard(2010)
- The Tourist(2010)
- Rango(2011)
- Hugo(2011)
- The Rum Diary(2011)
- In the Land of Blood and Honey(2011)
- Dark Shadows(2012)
- Jersey Boys(2014)
- The 5th Wave(2016)
- Allied(2016)
- Tomb Raider(2018)
- Delirium(2018)
- Bohemian Rhapsody(2018)
- The Unforgivable(2021)
- Michael(2025)
Executive producer
- Changing Habits(1997)
- Ping!(2000)
- Traffic(2000)
- Ali(2001)
- The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys(2002)
- Desert Saints(2002)
- Gangs of New York(2002) (Co-executive producer)
- The Ballad of Jack and Rose(2005)
- An Unfinished Life(2005)
- First Born(2007)
- Gardener of Eden(2007)
- Argo(2012)
- World War Z(2013)
Television
[edit]Executive producer
References
[edit]- ^"The Departed".Box Office Mojo.IMDb.Retrieved23 October2012.
- ^"The Tourist".Box Office Mojo.IMDb.Retrieved23 October2012.
- ^Mendelson, Scott (11 November 2018)."'Bohemian Rhapsody' Remains Box Office Queen With Supersonic $285M Cume ".Forbes.
- ^Mendelson, Scott."Bryan Singer's Golden Globe-Winning 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Is The Highest-Grossing Drama Ever. Though this movie is without controversy as the screenwriter Anthony Mccarten is sueing King and his company as his company has not paid him for his work on the movie. The movie grossing 3/4 of a billion dollars and yet Kings company has claimed it lost 52 Million dollars and thus did not pay out. This matter is now before the courts as Kings company claims they have spent nearly 1 Billion dollars to produce this movie, to put into perspective The Avengers only costed $220 Million dollars to produce".
- ^"No. 59282".The London Gazette(Supplement). 31 December 2009. p. 24.
External links
[edit]- GK Films Official website
- Graham KingatIMDb
- Graham King: Brit in Holywood Interview
- Graham King in the Film Power 100: the full list
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