Bill Pohlad is an American

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and

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. He is the son of Mary Eloise (O'Rourke) and billionaire financier

Carl Pohlad Carl Ray Pohlad (August 23, 1915 – January 5, 2009) was an American financier from Minnesota. Pohlad is best known as the owner of the Minnesota Twins baseball franchise from 1984 (succeeding Calvin Griffith) until his death in 2009. In ...

, who owned the

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baseball franchise from 1984 until his death in 2009; and the brother of

Jim Pohlad James Pohlad (born 1953) is an American businessman who is the chairman and part-owner of the Minnesota Twins of the American League. He oversees team operations on behalf of the rest of his family, who owns the whole franchise. He is the son of b ...

, who took over as the team's principal owner upon their father's death and Bob Pohlad, owner of NorthMarq Capital.

Life and career

Pohlad was the executive producer of the movies ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Food, Inc.'', and a producer of '' Into the Wild'' and '' 12 Years a Slave''. On January 24, 2012, he was nominated for an

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(as producer) for the film ''

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''. Almost 25 years after his directorial debut with ''Old Explorers'' (1990), Pohlad's

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, '' Love & Mercy'', was screened at the 2014 Toronto Film Festival. It stars

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as the younger Wilson and

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as the older Wilson, along with

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as Dr.

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and

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as Wilson's second wife, Melinda Ledbetter. Shooting on the film wrapped on August 27, 2013. It was distributed internationally by Lions Gate Entertainment and in the United States by

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on June 5, 2015. Pohlad is the President of the

River Road Entertainment River Road Entertainment is an American independent film production company founded in 1987 by Bill Pohlad, who is also the company's president. It is based in Los Angeles and Minneapolis. Films produced by River Road include '' 12 Years A Sla ...

company, which he founded in 1987. Pohlad supported Democratic candidate

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in the run-up for the 2016 U.S. presidential election.Johnson, T.
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''Variety'', October 7, 2016.

Filmography

Film

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Old Explorers ''Old Explorers'' is a 1990 American drama film directed by Bill Pohlad and adapted from a stage play of the same name by James Cada and Mark Keller. It stars José Ferrer and James Whitmore as two seniors who dream up fantastical adventures. Th ...

'' (1990) - director, writer, producer *''

'' (2005) - executive producer *''

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'' (2006) - producer *'' Chicago 10'' (2007) - executive producer *'' Into the Wild'' (2007) - producer *'' Food, Inc.'' (2008) - executive producer *''

The Runaways The Runaways were an all-female American rock band who recorded and performed from 1975 to 1979. The band released four studio albums and one live album during its run. Among their best-known songs are " Cherry Bomb", "Hollywood", "Queens of ...

'' (2010) - producer *'' Fair Game'' (2010) - producer *''

'' (2011) - producer *'' 12 Years a Slave'' (2013) - producer *''

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'' (2014) - producer *'' Love & Mercy'' (2014) - director, producer *'' Time Out of Mind'' (2014) - producer *''

A Monster Calls ''A Monster Calls'' is a low fantasy novel written for young adults by Patrick Ness (from an original idea by Siobhan Dowd) illustrated by Jim Kay and published by Walker in 2011. Set in present-day England, it features a boy who struggles ...

'' (2016) - executive producer *''

American Utopia ''American Utopia'' is the tenth studio album by Scottish-American rock musician David Byrne, released on March 9, 2018 through Todo Mundo and Nonesuch Records. The release is his first true solo studio album since 2004's '' Grown Backwards'' ...

'' (2020) - executive producer *'' Dreamin' Wild'' (2022) - director, writer, producer

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pohlad, Bill Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Golden Globe Award-winning producers American film producers American people of Slovak descent American film directors