Years active 1990–present | Name Bill Pohlad Notable work Love & Mercy (2014) Uncles Harold Pohlad | |
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Nominations Academy Award for Best Picture Parents Carl Pohlad, Eloise Pohlad Movies Love & Mercy, 12 Years a Slave, The Tree of Life, Wild, Into the Wild Similar People | ||
Siblings Jim Pohlad, Robert Pohlad | ||
John Cusack, Brian Wilson and Bill Pohlad Discuss "Love & Mercy"
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 Pohlad, who took over as the team's principal owner upon their father's death.
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- John Cusack Brian Wilson and Bill Pohlad Discuss Love Mercy
- An interview with director bill pohlad of love mercy the beach boys new biopic
- Life and career
- Film
- References
An interview with director bill pohlad of love mercy the beach boys new biopic
Life and career
Pohlad was the executive producer of the movies Brokeback Mountain, A Prairie Home Companion, and Food, Inc., and a producer of Into the Wild and 12 Years a Slave. On January 24, 2012, he was nominated for an Academy Award (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 Paul Dano as the younger Wilson and John Cusack as the older Wilson, along with Paul Giamatti as Dr. Eugene Landy and Elizabeth Banks 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 Roadside Attractions on June 5, 2015.
Pohlad is the President of the River Road Entertainment company, which he founded in 1987.
Film
