John Baldecchi

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John Baldecchi is a film producer known for The Mexican (2001) and Point Break (2015). [1] [2] He is an executive producer on Happy Death Day (2017) and the sequel, Happy Death Day 2U (2019) along with Jason Blum with Blumhouse Productions and Universal Studios. [3]

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Career

Baldecchi worked for Laurence Mark Productions producing The Adventures of Huck Finn and the sequel Tom and Huck , Gunmen , Oliver Twist , Deep Rising and Simon Birch . After being named President of Production, the company produced Jerry Maguire and As Good As It Gets. [4]

Baldecchi partnered with Lawrence Bender in a production deal at Fox 2000 and together they made The Mexican and Stark Raving Mad . [5] [6] Baldecchi then segued into a long-term production deal at Sony Pictures and started the sales, finance, production outfit Fusion Films. [7] Baldecchi produced UltraViolet , Odd Thomas , Conan the Barbarian , 88 Minutes , and Point Break .

Baldecchi founded Digital Riot Media with Doug Barry in 2016. [8] The company produced the digital feature FML. [9] The next two features produced were Happy Death Day and the sequel Happy Death Day 2 U . [10] In February 2022, Baldecchi along with Dominic Ianno, John Baldecchi, Alex Dundas and Griffin Gmelich, partnered to launch a Los Angeles film and television production company, Roundtable Entertainment. [11]

Filmography

YearTitleRole
1993 The Adventures of Huck Finn Co-producer
1993 Gunmen Co-producer
1995Silo 3 JaneProducer
1995 Tom and Huck Producer
1995 Cutthroat Island Co-producer
1998 Deep Rising Producer
1998 Simon Birch Executive producer
2001 The Mexican Producer
2002 Stark Raving Mad Producer
2006 Ultraviolet Producer
2007 88 Minutes Executive producer
2011 Conan the Barbarian Producer
2013 Odd Thomas Producer
2015 Point Break Producer
2016FMLProducer
2017 Happy Death Day Executive producer
2019 Happy Death Day 2U Executive producer
2020 Children of the Corn Producer
2024 AMFAD All My Friends Are Dead Producer, actor [12]

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