Bill Block

Bill Block

Birthdate
April 2, 1954 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Production

Details

Birthdate
April 2, 1954 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Production

Biography

William Hunt Block (born April 2, 1954) is an American film producer who was CEO of Miramax from April 2017 to October 2023. His producing credits include W. (2008), District 9 (2009), Fury (2014), Bad Moms (2016), Dirty Grandpa (2016), Halloween (2018), and Halloween Kills (2021).

Block was born in New York City, where he attended Columbia University and later became a supporter of the school's film program.

Block began his career as a literary agent before founding the Intertalent Agency in 1988, where he represented artists such as Kim Basinger, Samuel L. Jackson, Steven Seagal, Charlie Sheen, John Travolta, Forest Whitaker, Sam Raimi, Roland Emmerich, and William Friedkin. In 1992, he joined International Creative Management as head of West Coast Operations.

Block founded Artisan Entertainment, an independent film studio that produced films including The Blair Witch Project; The Buena Vista Social Club; Darren Aronofsky's Pi and Requiem for a Dream; The Limey directed by Steven Soderbergh; The Ninth Gate starring Johnny Depp and directed by Roman Polanski; and David Koepp's Stir of Echoes and Made starring Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn.

In 2002, Block founded film finance, production, and sales company QED International. He was CEO of QED for 12 years, producing films including Neill Blomkamp's District 9 and Elysium, Oliver Stone's W., and David Ayer's WWII thriller Fury starring Brad Pitt. In 2014, after Media Content Capital took a controlling interest in QED, Block left the company to launch Merced Media with producer Kevin Frakes.

From 2015–17, he was managing director of Bill Block Media, producing the commercially successful Bad Moms starring Mila Kunis and Kristen Bell and Dirty Grandpa starring Robert De Niro and Zac Efron. In November 2015, he settled a legal dispute with QED after his former company filed a federal lawsuit alleging trademark infringement and unfair competition concerning the rights to Dirty Grandpa.

He was named CEO of Miramax in April 2017. He left the studio in October 2023 following the lapse of his contract with them, forming another production company, BlockFilm, later that month. Producer Jonathan Glickman subsequently replaced Block as Miramax's CEO on April 2, 2024.

Block lives in the Hollywood Hills with his wife, Eugenia Kuzmina, a model, actress, and comedian; his two sons; and a daughter.

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

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Producer

Production (49)

Bad Dads • Producer
• Producer
Harvest Moon • Producer
• Producer
The Home • Producer
• Producer
2025
A Working Man • Producer
• Producer
2025
Inheritance • Producer
• Producer
2024
Here • Producer
• Producer
2024
Strange Darling • Producer
• Producer
2024
The Exorcism • Producer
• Producer
2024
The Gentlemen • Executive Producer (8 episodes)
• Executive Producer (8 episodes)
2024
The Beekeeper • Producer
• Producer
2023
The Holdovers • Producer
• Producer
2023
Old Dads • Producer
• Producer
2023
Project Greenlight • Executive Producer (10 episodes)
• Executive Producer (10 episodes)
2023
Gray Matter • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2023
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre • Producer
• Producer
2022
Halloween Ends • Producer
• Producer
2022
Confess, Fletch • Producer
• Producer
2022
Sick • Producer
• Producer
2021
Mother/Android • Producer
• Producer
2021
Halloween Kills • Producer
• Producer
2021
He's All That • Producer
• Producer
2021
Wrath of Man • Producer
• Producer
2020
Spy City • Executive Producer (6 episodes)
• Executive Producer (6 episodes)
2020
Uncle Frank • Producer
• Producer
2020
The Gentlemen • Producer
• Producer
2019
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2018
Halloween • Producer
• Producer
2018
The Perfection • Producer
• Producer
2017
A Bad Moms Christmas • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2016
Bad Moms • Producer
• Producer
2016
Dirty Grandpa • Producer
• Producer
2015
Rock the Kasbah • Producer
• Producer
2014
Fury • Producer
• Producer
2014
Haunt • Producer
• Producer
2014
Sabotage • Producer
• Producer
2013
Fading Gigolo • Producer
• Producer
2013
Elysium • Producer
• Producer
2012
Alex Cross • Producer
• Producer
2011
Texas Killing Fields • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2009
District 9 • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2009
A Perfect Getaway • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2008
W. • Producer
• Producer
2007
First Born • Producer
• Producer
2003
Devil's Pond • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2001
Vanilla Sky • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2001
The Center of the World • Executive In Charge Of Production
• Executive In Charge Of Production
2000
The Way of the Gun • Executive In Charge Of Production
• Executive In Charge Of Production
1999
Stir of Echoes • Executive In Charge Of Production
• Executive In Charge Of Production
1998
Belly • Executive In Charge Of Production
• Executive In Charge Of Production