Bradley Thomas (producer)

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Bradley Thomas
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Thomas in 2021
Born (1965-11-30) November 30, 1965 (age 58) [1]
NationalityAmerican
OccupationProducer
Spouse(s)
Hillary Matthews
(m. 1997;div. 2015)
[2]
Isabelle Thomas
(m. 2018;died 2024)
[3]

Bradley Thomas (born November 30, 1965) is an American film and television producer.

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Career

Thomas is the co-founder of Imperative Entertainment, a studio specializing in the development, production, and financing of original and branded entertainment across all platforms focusing on film, television, and documentaries. [4] Imperative Entertainment films include The Square (Palme d'Or at the 2017 Festival de Cannes), All the Money in the World , and The Mule . Imperative Entertainment also produced the 2023 Academy Award nominated film Killers of the Flower Moon which stars Leonardo DiCaprio. [5] [6] [7]

Thomas has produced films with Peter and Bobby Farrelly such as Dumb and Dumber, There’s Something About Mary, Me Myself and Irene, Shallow Hal, Hall Pass, [8] [9] and also co-produced Triangle of Sadness. [10] and Black Bird for Apple TV. [11]

In the early 2010s, Thomas collaborated with comedy legend Larry David to produce “Clear History” for HBO. [12] [13]

Personal life

In 2018, Thomas married to Isabelle, daughter of physicist Sir Henry Lawrence, 7th Baronet. [14] [15] [16] The couple had two children. [3] On January 29, 2024, Isabelle died by suicide at the age of 39 after jumping off a hotel balcony. [17] [18] [3] [19] He was also previously married to actress Hillary Matthews. [2]

Filmography

FilmsCreditsYear
Killers of the Flower Moon Producer2023
Black Bird Executive Producer2022
Triangle of Sadness Executive Producer2022
Treadstone Executive Producer2019
The Last Vermeer Producer2019
The MuleProducer2018
The SquareExecutive Producer2017
All The Money In The WorldProducer2017
Clear History Executive Producer2013
The Three StoogesProducer2012
Hall PassProducer2011
The Heartbreak Kid Producer2007
The Perfect CatchProducer2005
Stuck On YouProducer2003
Ozzy & Drix Producer2002
Shallow HalProducer2001
Me Myself & Irene Producer2000
There’s Something About Mary Producer1998
Dumb and DumberCo-Producer1994

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