Neil Blair | |
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Born | 21 September 1966 United Kingdom |
Nationality | English |
Occupation(s) | Literary agent, television producer, film producer |
Neil Blair (born 21 September 1966) is an English literary agent, television producer, and film producer.
Neil Blair studied law at Exeter College, Oxford. [1] [2]
In 1990, after graduating from college, Blair joined the litigation team at the global law firm Linklaters. [3] He later joined Warner Bros. Entertainment, where he became Head of Business Affairs, Europe, worked on productions such as Band of Brothers and Eyes Wide Shut , and helped acquire the film rights for J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. In 2001 he left to join the Christopher Little Literary Agency. [4] [5] In 2011, Blair left Christopher Little Literary Agency to found The Blair Partnership. J.K. Rowling joined his client list after 15 years with the Christopher Little Literary Agency. [6] [7]
Blair is the Chairman of the Board and a Director of Pottermore and Chairman of the production companies Brontë Film and Television, founded to develop and produce projects commissioned from J.K. Rowling’s novels, [8] [9] and Snowed-In Productions, founded to work on non J.K. Rowling projects. [10]
Blair is Chairman of J.K. Rowling’s children’s charity Lumos. He is a UK ambassador for The Abraham Initiatives [11] and a board member of JW3. [12] In 2017, he and his wife, Debra, supported the construction of archive space and a reading room on Exeter College’s Cohen Quadrangle to help preserve 30,000 rare books, including important Judaica such as the Soncino Bible, the earliest full text bible ever printed. [13]
Blair has said that books and being Jewish "are very close to my heart". [14] He is a fan of West Ham and Saracens. [15]
Year | Title | Credited as | Ref. |
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Executive producer | |||
2015 | The Casual Vacancy | Yes | [16] |
2016 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Yes | [17] |
2017–present | Strike | Yes | [18] |
2018 | Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | Yes | [19] |
Mrs. Wilson | Yes | [20] | |
2027 | Harry Potter | Yes | |