Maurice Fadida | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Film producer |
| Known for | Kodiak 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.
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]
Films produced by Maurice Fadida:
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 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] |
| 2020 | Deported | Producer [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] |
| 2021 | Offseason | Producer [24] [25] |
| 2021 | Phobias | Producer [30] |
| 2024 | 1992 | Producer [31] |
| TBA | The Knocking | Producer [18] |
| TBA | Rise | Producer [32] |
| TBA | No Running | Producer [33] |
| TBA | Night Shift | Producer [34] |