Maurice Fadida

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Maurice Fadida
NationalityAmerican
OccupationFilm producer
Known forKodiak Pictures;
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (executive producer)

Maurice Fadida is an American film producer known for executive producing films such as The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Golden Globe Award winner), [1] [2] [3] [4] John Henry (which reached number one on Netflix), [5] [6] and Bloodshot , [7] [5] [1] and for founding Kodiak Pictures.

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Career

In 2015, Fadida produced the Amazon Prime original series Borderline. [8] [9]

After founding Kodiak Pictures, in 2017, Fadida was the executive producer for the comedy The Clapper , starring Ed Helms and Amanda Seyfried, which went on to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. [10] [11]

Later, in 2018, he produced The Vanishing , a thriller starring Gerard Butler and Peter Mullan, who was later nominated for a BAFTA Award for his performance. [7] [1] [10] [12] [13] Soon after this, he went on to partner with Will and Jada Pinkett Smith's distribution company Telepool to produce a slate of genre films. [14] [15] In 2019, Fadida also signed on to produce a thriller that was expected to be directed by actress Bella Thorne. [16]

The first picture on that slate was the film John Henry , which reached number one on Netflix's top 10 most watched titles after its 2020 release. [5] [6] [17] Fadida's other productions in 2020 included executive producing David Ayer's action thriller The Tax Collector, starring Shia Labeouf [7] [5] [1] and the Valiant comic book adaptation Bloodshot, starring Vin Diesel. [7] [5] [1] At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Fadida, together with his partners, became one of the few producers to have successfully wrapped a feature film shoot during the COVID-19 lockdown. [18] [19]

In October 2020, Fadida entered into a deal with Cross Creek Media, through which he served as an executive producer on The Trial of the Chicago 7, [1] [20] which went on to win a Golden Globe Award [21] for best original screenplay and be nominated for six Academy Awards. [22]

In February 2021, Fadida worked with the Israeli company Meitav Dash to support production for films and television shows. [23] Shortly thereafter, his horror films Offseason and Witch Hunt, which he produced with Defiant Studios, both premiered at the SXSW Film Festival. [24] [25]

Filmography

Films produced by Maurice Fadida:

YearTitleRole
2015 Muse (short)Producer [26]
2017 All I Wish Executive Producer [10] [27]
2017 The Clapper Executive Producer [10] [11]
2018 First We Take Brooklyn Executive Producer
2018 Gotti Executive Producer [10] [28]
2018 Monster Party Executive Producer
2018 The Vanishing Producer [10] [12]
2020DeportedProducer [29]
2020 The Tax Collector Executive Producer [7] [5] [1]
2020 John Henry Producer [5] [6]
2020 Bloodshot Executive Producer [23]
2020 The Trial of the Chicago 7 Executive Producer [1] [20]
2021 Witch Hunt Producer [24] [25]
2021OffseasonProducer [24] [25]
2021PhobiasProducer [30]
2024 1992 Producer [31]
TBAThe KnockingProducer [18]
TBARiseProducer [32]
TBANo RunningProducer [33]
TBANight ShiftProducer [34]

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