Bill Block

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., District 9 (2009), Fury (2014), Bad Moms (2016), Dirty Grandpa (2016), Halloween (2018), and Halloween Kills (2021).

Early life Block was born in New York City and is the son of Huntington T. Block, an insurance underwriter, and the brother of the actor Hunt Block. He attended Columbia University and later became a supporter of the school's film studies program.

Career

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. Producer Jonathan Glickman subsequently replaced Block as CEO of Miramax on April 2, 2024.

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

Filmography He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film Year Film Credit Notes 2001 Vanilla Sky Executive producer 2003 Devil's Pond Executive producer Direct-to-video 2007 First Born Executive producer The Lucky Ones Executive producer The Hunting Party 2008 Smart People Executive producer W. 2009 Powder Blue Executive producer District 9 Executive producer 2011 Texas Killing Fields Executive producer 2012 Alex Cross 2013 Elysium Fading Gigolo Haunt 2014 Sabotage Fury 2015 The Family Fang Executive producer Rock the Kasbah 2016 Dirty Grandpa Bad Moms 2017 A Bad Moms Christmas Executive producer 2018 Halloween The Perfection 2019 Jay and Silent Bob Reboot Executive producer The Gentlemen 2020 Uncle Frank 2021 Wrath of Man He's All That Halloween Kills Mother/Android 2022 Sick Confess, Fletch Halloween Ends 2023 Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre Gray Matter Executive producer The Holdovers Strange Darling Old Dads 2024 The Beekeeper The Exorcism Here 2025 Inheritance A Working Man The Home Harvest Moon World War 3

Production manager Year Film Role Notes 1998 Belly Executive in charge of production 1999 Stir of Echoes 2000 The Way of the Gun 2001 The Center of the World Made

Thanks

Year Film Role 1997 Spawn Thanks

Television Year Title Credit Notes 2015 Good at Life Executive producer Television film 2020 Spy City Executive producer 2023 Project Greenlight: A New Generation Executive producer Documentary Serendipity Executive producer The Gentlemen Executive producer