{{Short description|American film producer (born 1960)}} {{Infobox person | name = Todd Black | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|02|09}} | birth_place = Dallas, Texas, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | years_active = 1986–present | occupation = Producer | alma_mater = University of Southern California }} '''Todd Black''' (born February 9, 1960) is an American film producer best known for producing ''The Pursuit of Happyness'' (2006), ''The Taking of Pelham 123'' (2009), ''The Equalizer'' (2014), ''Southpaw'' (2015), ''The Magnificent Seven'' (2016), and ''Fences'' (2016) for which he received an Academy Award for Best Picture nomination with Scott Rudin and Denzel Washington.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Merry|first1=Stephanie|title=Oscar nominations 2017: Complete list of nominees; 'La La Land's' 14 ties record|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/01/24/oscar-nominations-2017-complete-coverage/|accessdate=25 January 2017|work=The Washington Post|date=24 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Oscar Nominations 2017: The Complete List - 89th Academy Awards|url=http://oscar.go.com/nominees|publisher=Oscars.com|date=January 24, 2017|accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Oscar Nominations 2017: See the Full List|url= http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/01/oscar-nominations-2017-full-list|publisher =Vanity Fair|date=January 24, 2017|accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref>
==Filmography== He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
===Film=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Credit |- |rowspan=2| 1988 || ''Split Decisions'' || Co-producer |- | ''Spellbinder'' || Co-producer |- |rowspan=2| 1990 || ''The Guardian'' || Co-producer |- | ''Short Time'' || |- | 1991 || ''Becoming Colette'' || Executive producer |- |rowspan=2| 1992 || ''Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot'' || Executive producer |- | ''Class Act'' || |- |rowspan=2| 1993 || ''Fire in the Sky'' || |- | ''Wrestling Ernest Hemingway'' || |- | 1995 || ''The Double'' || |- |rowspan=2| 1996 || ''Dunston Checks In'' || |- | ''A Family Thing'' || |- | 2001 || ''A Knight's Tale'' || |- | 2002 || ''Antwone Fisher'' || |- |rowspan=2| 2003 || ''Alex & Emma'' || |- | ''S.W.A.T.'' || Co-executive producer |- | 2005 || ''The Weather Man'' || |- | 2006 || ''The Pursuit of Happyness'' || |- | 2007 || ''The Great Debaters'' || |- | 2008 || ''Seven Pounds'' || |- |rowspan=2| 2009 || ''Knowing'' || |- | ''The Taking of Pelham 123'' || |- | 2010 || ''The Back-up Plan'' || |- | 2012 || ''Hope Springs'' || |- |rowspan=2| 2014 || ''Sex Tape'' || |- | ''The Equalizer'' || |- |rowspan=2| 2015 || ''Unfinished Business'' || |- | ''Southpaw'' || |- |rowspan=2| 2016 || ''The Magnificent Seven'' || |- | ''Fences'' || |- |rowspan=2| 2017 || ''The Upside'' || |- | ''Roman J. Israel, Esq.'' || |- | 2018 || ''The Equalizer 2'' || |- | 2019 || ''Troop Zero'' || |- | 2020 || ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'' || |- |rowspan=2| 2021 || ''Being the Ricardos'' || |- | ''A Journal for Jordan'' || |- |rowspan=2| 2022 || ''The Man from Toronto'' || |- | ''Emancipation'' || |- |rowspan=2| 2023 || ''Cassandro'' || |- | ''The Equalizer 3'' || |- |rowspan=2| 2024 || ''It Ends with Us'' || Executive producer |- | ''The Piano Lesson'' || |- | 2025 || ''Highest 2 Lowest'' || |- |rowspan=4| 2026 || ''Masters of the Universe'' || |- | ''Voicemails for Isabelle'' || |- | ''The Social Reckoning'' || |- | ''Madden'' || |}
;Thanks
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role |- | 2007 || ''The Babysitters'' || Special thanks |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Credit ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |- | 1986 || ''Sunday Drive'' || Executive producer || Television film |- | 1991 || ''Perfect Harmony'' || Executive producer || Television film |- | 1993 || ''Official Denial'' || Executive producer || Television film |- | 2016 || ''Prototype'' || Executive producer || Television film |- | 2019 || ''Perpetual Grace, LTD'' || Executive producer || |- | 2021 || ''Dr. Death'' || Executive producer || |- | 2019−23 || ''Servant'' || Executive producer || |}
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0085542}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Black, Todd}} Category:1960 births Category:Living people Category:Film producers from Texas Category:Mass media people from Dallas Category:American film production company founders