Bill Pohlad is an American

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and director. He is the son of Mary Eloise (O'Rourke) and billionaire financier Carl Pohlad, who owned the

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baseball franchise from 1984 until his death in 2009; and the brother of Jim Pohlad, 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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'', '' A Prairie Home Companion'', and ''

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'', 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 '' The Tree of Life''. Almost 25 years after his directorial debut with ''Old Explorers'' (1990), Pohlad's biopic of Brian Wilson, '' Love & Mercy'', was screened at the 2014 Toronto Film Festival. It stars

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as the younger Wilson and John Cusack as the older Wilson, along with

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as Dr. Eugene Landy and Elizabeth Banks as Wilson's second wife,

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. Shooting on the film wrapped on August 27, 2013. It was distributed internationally by

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and in the United States by

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on June 5, 2015. Pohlad is the President of the River Road Entertainment 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

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

'' (2005) - executive producer *'' Fur'' (2006) - producer *'' Chicago 10'' (2007) - executive producer *'' Into the Wild'' (2007) - producer *''

Food, Inc. ''Food, Inc.'' is a 2008 American documentary film directed by Robert Kenner

'' (2008) - executive producer *'' The Runaways'' (2010) - producer *'' Fair Game'' (2010) - producer *'' The Tree of Life'' (2011) - producer *'' 12 Years a Slave'' (2013) - producer *''

Wild Wild, wild, wilds or wild may refer to: Common meanings * Wild animal * Wilderness, a wild natural environment * Wildness, the quality of being wild or untamed Art, media and entertainment Film and television * ''Wild'' (2014 film), a 2014 A ...

'' (2014) - producer *'' Love & Mercy'' (2014) - director, producer *'' Time Out of Mind'' (2014) - producer *'' A Monster Calls'' (2016) - executive producer *'' American Utopia'' (2020) - executive producer *'' Dreamin' Wild'' (2022) - director, writer, producer

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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