Bob Harper (producer)

Last updated

Bob Harper
Born
Robert Everett Harper

(1955-03-24) March 24, 1955 (age 69)
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUS
Alma mater Carnegie Mellon University
OccupationFilm producer

Robert Everett "Bob" Harper (born March 24, 1955) is an American film producer. In a Hollywood career spanning 30 years, he has marketed over 400 films including Titanic , Mr. and Mrs. Smith , Planet of the Apes , X-Men , the Star Wars trilogy and Home Alone, and collaborated with some of the most influential directors of the past twenty-five years, including George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, James Cameron and Tim Burton.

Contents

Career

Harper was born and raised in Washington D.C. He served as general manager at Kaleidoscope Films from 1980 to 1985. He joined 20th Century Fox in 1986, working on trailers and creative advertising before becoming president of domestic marketing in 1989. [1] He later served as a producer for Fox, [2] developing and producing the 1993 hit comedy Rookie of the Year. [3] Returning to Fox in 1995, Harper was president of worldwide marketing, vice chairman of 20th Century Fox, executive vice president of parent company Fox Filmed Entertainment, and vice chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment. [4] [5] [6]

Harper was chairman and chief executive officer of Fox-based production and distribution company New Regency Productions from 2007 until 2011. [7] He executive produced the films What's Your Number?, In Time , and The Darkest Hour .

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Samuel Goldwyn</span> Polish-American film producer (1882–1974)

Samuel Goldwyn, also known as Samuel Goldfish, was a Polish-born American film producer and pioneer in the American film industry, who produced Hollywood's first major motion picture. He was best known for being the founding contributor and executive of several motion picture studios in Hollywood. He was awarded the 1973 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (1947) and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (1958).

<i>The Hollywood Reporter</i> American magazine and website

The Hollywood Reporter (THR) is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Hollywood film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly large-format print magazine with a revamped website. As of 2020, the day-to-day operations of the company are handled by Penske Media Corporation through a joint venture with Eldridge Industries. The magazine also sponsors and hosts major industry events.

NBCUniversal Media Group is the television and streaming arm of NBCUniversal, and the direct descendant and successor of the former division NBCUniversal Television Group, which existed from 2004 to 2019.

The Walt Disney Studios is a major division of the Disney Entertainment business segment of The Walt Disney Company best known for housing its multifaceted film studio divisions. Founded on October 16, 1923, and based mainly at the namesake studio lot in Burbank, California, it is the seventh-oldest global film studio and the fifth-oldest in the United States, a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA) and one of the "Big Five" major film studios.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Participant (company)</span> Defunct American film production company

Participant Media, LLC was an American independent film and television production company founded in 2004 by Jeffrey Skoll, dedicated to entertainment intended to spur social change. The company financed and co-produced film and television content, as well as digital entertainment through its subsidiary SoulPancake, which the company acquired in 2016.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Regency Enterprises</span> American entertainment company

Regency Enterprises is an American-British-Luxembourgish entertainment company formed by Arnon Milchan. It was founded in 1982 as the successor to Regency International Pictures.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ted Harbert</span> American businessman (born 1955)

Edward W. Harbert III is an American broadcasting and television executive. He was the Chairman of NBC Broadcasting, and the President and CEO of the Comcast Entertainment Group, and Chairman of ABC Entertainment.

Lionsgate Films is a Canadian-American film production and distribution studio founded in Canada in 1962. It is now a division of Lionsgate Studios and headquartered in Santa Monica.

Marc Shmuger is an American entertainment executive and film producer. From 1998 to 2009 he was working for Universal Pictures, where he became chairman in 2006. From February 2016 to December 2017 he was the CEO of EuropaCorp.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fox Atomic</span> American film production and distribution label

Fox Atomic was a short-lived production and distribution label of film studios 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight Pictures created in 2006 to generate comedy and genre films.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tom Rothman</span> American film executive (born 1954)

Thomas Edgar Rothman is an American businessman, film producer, film executive and current chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group. In this role, Rothman oversees all of the studio's motion picture production and distribution activities worldwide, including Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Sony Pictures Animation, Sony Pictures Classics, 3000 Pictures, Sony Pictures International Productions, Stage 6 Films and AFFIRM Films. Rothman joined Sony Pictures in late 2013 as chairman of TriStar and in 2015 was promoted to Chairman of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, followed by the release in 2017 and 2018 of titles such as Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Venom, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, Peter Rabbit, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Under Rothman's leadership, the Motion Picture Group was returned to strong profitability and experienced several of its most profitable years in history with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Little Women. Driven by tentpoles such as Spider-Man: Far From Home, Jumanji: The Next Level, and Bad Boys for Life, fiscal year 2020 was the film studio's best in over a decade in terms of both ultimate profitability and operating income.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution</span> Defunct Disney business segment

Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution (DMED), formerly Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International (DTCI), was a business segment of the Walt Disney Company that operated from March 14, 2018 until the establishment of its successor, Disney Entertainment on February 8, 2023. It consisted of Disney Streaming and Disney International Operations. Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution's fate was a success as of to when Disney-ABC Domestic Television still held up business

Jason Zachary Haikara is an American businessman, marketing executive, and producer. Currently, he is an independent Senior Advisor and Event Producer for StoryTech, an experiential marketing company that helps individuals, brands and tech companies tell their stories at industry events such as the Consumer Electronics Show.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">FilmDistrict</span> Defunct US film production company

FilmDistrict Distribution LLC was an American independent motion picture company based in Los Angeles. It specialized in acquisitions, distribution, production, and financing. It was founded in September 2010 by Bob Berney and Peter Schlessel in partnership with Graham King and Timothy Headington. The production and film financing operations of Film District Distribution (FDD) were discontinued and have been managed by Focus Features since 2014. What remains of Film District Distribution today is its independent film agency specializing in acquisitions and film adaptations.

David Linde has served as the CEO of Participant, chairman of Universal Pictures, co-founder of Focus Features, partner in the New York production company Good Machine, and owner of Lava Bear Films, where he produced the multi-Oscar nominated film Arrival. Films released during his tenures collectively earned more than $15 billion globally, with 204 Oscar nominations and 46 wins.

Michael Rosenberg is an American film industry executive and producer. is the Co-Chair of Imagine Entertainment, founded by Oscar-winning producer Brian Grazer and Oscar-winning director Ron Howard.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chernin Entertainment</span> American film and television production company

Chernin Entertainment is an American film and television production company owned by The North Road Company that is based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded on February 24, 2009 by producer and former media executive Peter Chernin, who is chairman and chief executive officer of the company. Jenno Topping is the president of film and television, with David Ready as executive vice president of film and TV. Kristen Campo is executive vice president of television. Twenty-seven films have been produced by the company, most of them with 20th Century Fox.

Robert Marc Bakish is an American business executive. He became the president and CEO of Paramount Global on December 4, 2019, formerly holding the same position at Viacom before the merger with CBS Corporation. He resigned on April 29, 2024 when Paramount was considering a major merger after a poor performance in the stock market.

Nancy Utley is an American film producer and studio executive. She held the positions Executive Vice President of Marketing at 20th Century Fox and co-president and co-chairman of Searchlight Pictures. Under Utley’s leadership, Searchlight Pictures received 122 Golden Globe nominations, 159 Oscar nominations, and 40 Oscars, including four Best Picture Awards. Since 2021, Utley has run Lake Ellyn Entertainment, a production company she founded.

References

  1. The Hollywood Reporter, July 16, 1990 by Andrea King, "Harper May be Out at Fox Marketing."
  2. The Hollywood Reporter, November 9, 1990 by John Voland, "Harper Exits Post at Fox for Production."
  3. O'Steen, Kathleen (February 3, 1994). "Fox re-signs producer Harper to 1st-look deal". Variety. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  4. Daily Variety, January 29, 1998 by Chris Petrikin, "Harper Wins World Title at Fox"
  5. The Hollywood Reporter, December 21, 1994 by Stephen Galloway and Steve Brennan, "Harper named President of Fox Marketing."
  6. Daily Variety, December 16, 2004, "Fox Filmed Entertainment Raises Harper to vice-chair."
  7. The Los Angeles Times, March 27, 2007 by Lorenza Munoz, "Fox's Harper to Head Regency."

Externals

Further reading