Timothy Clare Headington (born 1950) is an American
billionaire
A billionaire is a person with a net worth of at least one billion (1,000,000,000, i.e., a thousand million) units of a given currency, usually of a major currency such as the United States dollar, euro, or pound sterling. The American busin ...
, the CEO and owner of Headington Oil, a film producer, and real estate developer.
Early life
Timothy Clare Headington is the son of a geologist father, Clare W. Headington, and Catherine Meyer Headington.
He has a brother, Gregory Headington, and a sister, Jeanette Kern.
In 2013, his brother Gregory married Carrie Christine Boren, daughter of
David Boren
David Lyle Boren (born April 21, 1941) is a retired American lawyer and politician from the state of Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as 21st governor of Oklahoma from 1975 to 1979 and three terms in the United States Senate ...
, the
21st governor of Oklahoma.
Headington attended the
University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two Territories became the state of Oklahom ...
on a tennis scholarship and graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in history.
He received graduate degrees in theology and psychology from
Fuller Theological Seminary
Fuller Theological Seminary is an interdenominational Evangelical Christian seminary in Pasadena, California, with regional campuses in the western United States. It is egalitarian in nature.
Fuller consistently has a student body that compri ...
in Pasadena, California,
and completed his psychology residency at LA County Hospital.
He has received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater.
Career
Oil Industry
Inspired by his geologist father and uncle, Headington founded Headington Oil In 1978, an oil and gas producer based in
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, it ranks 20th among United States cities in population, a ...
.
In 1984, he moved his company to Dallas.
Headington is currently president and sole shareholder of Headington Resources, Inc. a Dallas-headquartered company. The company is concentrated primarily in oil and natural gas, real estate/hotel development, film production, private equity and entertainment. Headington is an active philanthropist, personally and through various family foundations.
Headington stayed under the radar until 2008 when he sold acreage in North Dakota's Bakken oil play to XTO Energy for $1.85 billion.
Entertainment
Headington was invested in
GK Films
GK Films is a British-American film and television production company founded in 1990 by Graham King, located in Santa Monica, California. In 2005, the firm, which was known as Initial Entertainment Group at that time, signed a deal with Warner ...
with British
Academy Award
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-winning producer
Graham King
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from 2007 until 2012.
He subsequently formed two production companies, Tango Entertainment and Leyline Entertainment.
As a film producer/executive producer, Headington has worked on numerous projects including ''
Hugo
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Arts and entertainment
* ''Hugo'' (film), a 2011 film directed by Martin Scorsese
* Hugo Award, a science fiction and fantasy award named after Hugo Gernsback
* Hugo (franchise), a children's media franchise based on ...
'' (co-producer) and ''
World War Z
''World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War'' is a 2006 zombie apocalyptic horror novel written by American author Max Brooks. The novel is broken into eight chapters: “Warnings”, “Blame”, “The Great Panic”, “Turning the Ti ...
'' (EP credit).
Headington produced
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie (; born Angelina Jolie Voight; June 4, 1975) is an American actress, filmmaker, humanitarian and former Special Envoy to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award ...
's feature directorial debut, ''
In the Land of Blood and Honey
''In the Land of Blood and Honey'' ( bs, U zemlji krvi i meda) is a 2011 war drama film written, produced, and directed by Angelina Jolie and starring Zana Marjanović, Goran Kostić, and Rade Šerbedžija. The film, Jolie's first commercial rel ...
''.
The movie won the Stanley Kramer for “(an) achievement or contribution (that) illuminates provocative social issues in an accessible and elevating fashion.” He was an executive producer on
Gore Verbinski
Gregor Justin "Gore" Verbinski (born March 16, 1964) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and musician. He is best known for directing ''The Ring (2002 film), The Ring'', the ''Pirates of the Caribbean (film series), Pirates of t ...
's animated film ''
Rango''.
Other productions include ''
The Young Victoria
''The Young Victoria'' is a 2009 British period drama film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and written by Julian Fellowes, based on the early life and reign of Queen Victoria, and her marriage to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Produced by ...
'',
''
The Tourist'',
''
Edge of Darkness
''Edge of Darkness'' is a British television drama serial produced by BBC Television in association with Lionheart Television International and originally broadcast in six 55-minute episodes in late 1985. A mixture of crime drama and politica ...
'',
''
The Rum Diary'', and the TV miniseries ''
Camelot
Camelot is a castle and court associated with the legendary King Arthur. Absent in the early Arthurian material, Camelot first appeared in 12th-century French romances and, since the Lancelot-Grail cycle, eventually came to be described as the ...
''.
In 2013, Headington partnered with grammy award winning music producer
to produce the musical &Juliet. The play premiered in London at the
Shaftesbury theater in November 2019. It received nine Olivier Award nominations in 2020, winning three.
Real Estate
Headington developed a hotel in downtown Dallas,
The Joule - a member of the Leading Hotels of the World.
The Joule is a landmark historical building that has been transformed into a boutique hotel by renowned architect and designer Adam Tihany.
Headington recently completed the renovation of the former Republic National Bank building, now transformed into the Drakestone, a 20 floor apartment building on Main St.
Headington has been acknowledged as a leader in the revitalization of downtown Dallas.
Philanthropy
Headington is co-founder of the nonprofit
Headington Institute, headquartered in Pasadena, California. Its mission is to support first responders and caregivers worldwide who have experienced emotional trauma. Headington remains an active philanthropist through his support of the arts, education and health in his community, including DIFFA/Dallas and the Aging Mind Foundation.
Honors
Headington was an inductee into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in November 2013.
Personal life
He lives in
Dallas
Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...
, Texas.
Filmography
''He was producer for all films unless otherwise noted.''
Film
Television
, 2022 , , ''
Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road '' , , Producer
References
External links
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Living people
1950 births
People from Dallas
University of Oklahoma alumni
Fuller Theological Seminary alumni
Film producers from Texas
American billionaires
American chief executives
American independent film production company founders