Graham King

Graham King OBE (born 19 December 1961) is an English film producer.

Graham King
OBE
Born (1961-12-19) 19 December 1961
England
OccupationFilm producer
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Spouse(s)
Valerie King
(
m. after 1984)

Career

He is President and CEO of production companies Initial Entertainment Group and GK Films. He is best known for his Oscar-winning 2006 crime thriller film The Departed, which was awarded the Best Picture Oscar at the 79th Academy Awards, and Bohemian Rhapsody which was nominated for five awards including Best Picture, at the 91st Academy Awards. He has had several major commercial successes as a producer, including The Departed (which grossed $289.8 million worldwide),[1] The Tourist ($278.3 million),[2] and Bohemian Rhapsody which grossed over $903.7 million worldwide on a production budget of about $50 million, as well as failures, including Hugo. It became the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2018 worldwide and the highest-grossing musical biographical film of all time,[3] as well as one of 20th Century Fox's top ten highest-grossing films.[4] King is planning to produce a biopic about Michael Jackson.[5][6][7]

Honours

King was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.[8]

Filmography

All films, he was producer unless otherwise noted.

Film
Year Film Credit
1997Changing HabitsExecutive producer
2000Ping!Executive producer
Dr. T & the WomenCo-producer
TrafficExecutive producer
2001AliExecutive producer
2002The Dangerous Lives of Altar BoysExecutive producer
Desert SaintsExecutive producer
Gangs of New YorkCo-executive producer
2004The Aviator
2005The Ballad of Jack and RoseExecutive producer
An Unfinished LifeExecutive producer
2006The Departed
Blood Diamond
2007First BornExecutive producer
Next
Gardener of EdenExecutive producer
2009The Young Victoria
2010Edge of Darkness
The Town
London Boulevard
The Tourist
2011Rango
Hugo
The Rum Diary
In the Land of Blood and Honey
2012Dark Shadows
ArgoExecutive producer
2013World War ZExecutive producer
2014Jersey Boys
2016The 5th Wave
Allied
2018Tomb Raider
Delirium
Bohemian Rhapsody
TBA
Untitled Nora Fingscheidt project
Thanks
Year Film Notes
1996Mojave MoonThanks
1998Very Bad ThingsSpecial thanks

Television
Year Title Credit
2004TrafficExecutive producer
2011CamelotExecutive producer

References
  1. "The Departed". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  2. "The Tourist". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  3. Mendelson, Scott (11 November 2018). "'Bohemian Rhapsody' Remains Box Office Queen With Supersonic $285M Cume". Forbes.
  4. Mendelson, Scott (7 January 2019). "Bryan Singer's Golden Globe-Winning 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Is The Highest-Grossing Drama Ever". Forbes.
  5. https://deadline.com/2019/11/michael-jackson-movie-bohemian-rhapsody-producer-john-logan-graham-king-1202792922/
  6. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-jackson-movie-works-bohemian-rhapsody-producer-1257309
  7. https://variety.com/2019/film/news/michael-jackson-music-biopic-in-the-works-from-bohemian-rhapsody-producer-1203413480/
  8. "No. 59282". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2009. p. 24.


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