Residence Malibu, California Nationality American Parents John S. Middleton | Years active 2010–present Name John Middleton | |
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John Powers Middleton (born January 1, 1984) is an American film and television producer. He began his film career as an executive producer for Oldboy (2013) before executive producing the A&E television series, Bates Motel (2013), and co-producing The Lego Movie (2014).
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Early life
John Powers Middleton is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the son of John S. Middleton, the principal owner and general partner of the Philadelphia Phillies. Middleton attended The Haverford School prior to pursuing a career in film.
Career
John Powers Middleton began his career as an intern, assistant, and script supervisor for a number of companies and productions before partnering with Roy Lee under his Vertigo Entertainment banner in the fall of 2010. In 2012, Middleton created and launched The Alfonso Aguilar Show, a 2-hour, drive time, nationally syndicated show on Univision Radio, and the first nationally syndicated conservative, Spanish language talk show in history. In February 2013, Middleton and Lee entered a joint venture with Joe Drake and Nathan Kahane to launch Good Universe, an independent full-service film financing, production, and global sales company.
John Powers Middleton and Casey Affleck formed a production company, The Affleck/Middleton Project, in June 2014. While running the production company, Middleton continued to produce with Vertigo Entertainment, Good Universe, Univision Radio, Warner Brothers Entertainment, and Fox 21 Television Studios, the latter of which he left for Warner Bros. Television.
Through these partnerships Middleton produced: The Lego Movie (2014), the A&E show Bates Motel, a reboot of the classic horror film Poltergeist, the Liam Neeson / Ed Harris Thriller Run All Night, and Spike Lee's Oldboy, among others. Middleton has also worked on the film adaptation of the video game Minecraft, Stephen King’s “It”, The Stand, Lego Batman, Lego Ninjago, and Lego Sequels.
Political life
Middleton has spent time in major donor fundraising, political strategy, the youth movement, and media, with his first effort in creating and producing The Alfonso Aguilar Show. John Powers Middleton served as national co-chair from age 25 to 26 of the Republican National Committee’s Young Eagles program to serve young Republicans. In support of the Republican Party, John Powers Middleton has hosted a variety of events. This included an early summer 2015 fundraising event for Jeb Bush, a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election.
As of June 2016, John Powers Middleton Companies is the top donor to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.