River Road Entertainment is an American independent film production company founded in 1987 by

Bill Pohlad Bill Pohlad is an American film producer and director. He is the son of Mary Eloise (O'Rourke) and billionaire financier Carl Pohlad, who owned the Minnesota Twins baseball franchise from 1984 until his death in 2009; and the brother of Jim Pohla ...

, who is also the company's president. It is based in

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and

Minneapolis Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins ...

. Films produced by River Road include '' 12 Years A Slave'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Other titles include '' Into The Wild'', ''

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'', '' Fair Game'', '' Love & Mercy'' (which Pohlad also directed), ''

Brokeback Mountain ''Brokeback Mountain'' is a 2005 American neo-Western romantic drama film directed by Ang Lee and produced by Diana Ossana and James Schamus. Adapted from the 1997 short story of the same name by Annie Proulx, the screenplay was written by O ...

'', ''

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'', and ''

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 ...

'', as well as feature

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s, including '' Food, Inc.''

History

founded River Road Entertainment in 1987. In October 2006, veteran Frank Hildebrand was appointed head of production, ex-director of

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, Deborah Zisper took care of the business. In September 2007, Mitch Horwits was promoted to president of the company. In July 2008, River Road invested in the financing of ''

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'', a biopic about the history of one of the american female rock and roll bands of the 1970s, named

, which included

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, Cherie Curie, and the late

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. In April 2017, Gray Rembert joined the company as executive vice president after he left GK Films. In June 2020, Kim Roth was appointed Co-President and Creative Director of the company, then promoted Christa Zofcin Workman to Co-President and COO.

Films

References

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