Todd Black

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Todd Black
Born (1960-02-09) February 9, 1960 (age 64)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Southern California
OccupationProducer
Years active1986–present

Todd Black (born February 9, 1960) is an American film producer best known for producing The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009), The Equalizer (2014), Southpaw (2015), The Magnificent Seven (2016), and Fences (2016) for which he received an Academy Award for Best Picture nomination with Scott Rudin and Denzel Washington. [1] [2] [3]

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Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

YearFilmCredit
1988 Split Decisions Co-producer
Spellbinder Co-producer
1990 The Guardian Co-producer
Short Time
1991Becoming ColetteExecutive producer
1992 Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot Executive producer
Class Act
1993 Fire in the Sky
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
1995The Double
1996 Dunston Checks In
A Family Thing
2001 A Knight's Tale
2002 Antwone Fisher
2003 Alex & Emma
S.W.A.T. Co-executive producer
2005 The Weather Man
2006 The Pursuit of Happyness
2007 The Great Debaters
2008 Seven Pounds
2009 Knowing
The Taking of Pelham 123
2010 The Back-up Plan
2012 Hope Springs
2014 Sex Tape
The Equalizer
2015 Unfinished Business
Southpaw
2016 The Magnificent Seven
Fences
2017 The Upside
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2018 The Equalizer 2
2019 Troop Zero Executive producer
2020 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2021 Being the Ricardos
A Journal for Jordan
2022 The Man from Toronto
Emancipation
2023 Cassandro
The Equalizer 3
TBA Masters of the Universe
The Piano Lesson
High and Low
Thanks
YearFilmRole
2007 The Babysitters Special thanks

Television

YearTitleCreditNotes
1986 Sunday Drive Executive producerTelevision film
1991 Perfect Harmony Executive producerTelevision film
1993 Official Denial Executive producerTelevision film
2016PrototypeExecutive producerTelevision film
2019 Perpetual Grace, LTD Executive producer
2021 Dr. Death Executive producer
2019−23 Servant Executive producer

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