Christopher Woodrow

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Christopher Woodrow
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Occupations
  • Entrepreneur
  • financier
  • movie producer
Years active1999–present
Website christopherwoodrow.com

Christopher Woodrow is an American entrepreneur, financier, and movie producer. He is the founder and chairman at Media Capital Technologies, and was the founder and CEO of Worldview Entertainment.

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Career

Woodrow was the founder and served as chairman and CEO at Vendian Entertainment [1] [2] and Worldview Entertainment, [3] [4] motion picture companies that financed and produced over 30 feature films. [5] The films, including Fox Searchlight's Birdman , Warner Bros.' Black Mass , and Lionsgate's Hacksaw Ridge , have grossed more than $700 million worldwide, been nominated for 16 Academy Awards, and won six Oscars, including Best Picture. Variety named Woodrow as one of 10 Producers To Watch [6] in 2012, while Deadline named him as one of five Producers To Watch [7] at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013. [8] [9]

In June 2014, Woodrow was ousted from Woldview. [10] In October 2024, Woodrow sued Worldview for defamation, as well as to reclaim executive producer credits, unpaid wages, and personal property after was bared from returning to the Worldview premise. This lawsuit was in response to a lawsuit from his former business partner Maria Cestone, which claiming that Woodrow and his wife had charged hundreds of thousand of dollars in bogus expenses to the company. [11] As of March 2015, Worldview had ceased operation. [12] [13] In April a judge ordered that his personal belongs be returned. [14]

In 2017, he founded MovieCoin, a cryptocurrency movie-financing company. [15]

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

YearFilmCreditRef.
2006 Just Like the Son Executive producer
2008 Adventures of Power Executive producer
2009 Asylum Seekers Executive producer
2011 Killer Joe Executive producer
2013 Ass Backwards Executive producer
Welcome to the Punch Executive producer
Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian Executive producer
Blood Ties
The Immigrant
Joe
The Sacrament
The Green Inferno
Devil's Knot
2014 Wish I Was Here Executive producer
Song One
The Search Executive producer
Birdman Executive producer
Manglehorn
2015 Legend Executive producer
Black Mass Executive producer
2016 Triple 9
The Neon Demon Executive producer
Rules Don't Apply
Thanks
YearFilmRole
2009 Follow the Prophet Special thanks
Handsome Harry
2012 30 Beats

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