Brad Simpson

Bradford "Brad" Simpson is an American film and television producer and partner at Los Angeles-based film studio Color Force.

Life and career Simpson grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, and graduated from Brown University.

He began his career at Killer Films, where he served as an executive and a producer. At Killer Films he co-produced Far from Heaven, Party Monster and A Home at the End of the World, and served as associate producer on Boys Don't Cry and Camp.

Simpson served as executive producer of Marc Forster's films Machine Gun Preacher in 2011 and World War Z in 2013. He also produced Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days along with future producing partner, Nina Jacobson.

Color Force In 2012, he joined Color Force as a partner.

In 2016, FX aired The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story, produced by Color Force. Simpson won an Emmy Award for his work on the series the same year, as well as a Golden Globe. Simpson also won a BAFTA, a Critics' Choice award, a TCA award, and a Producers Guild of America award.

In 2016, FX Productions signed Simpson and Jacobson to an exclusive production deal for original programming.

In 2018, Simpson produced the second American Crime Story series, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story. For his work on The Assassination of Gianni Versace, Simpson received an Emmy award, a Golden Globe award, a Critics' Choice award, a TCA award, and a Producers Guild award. The same year, Simpson served as an executive producer on the FX series Pose.

Simpson produced Crazy Rich Asians and Ben Is Back with Jacobson in 2018.

He executive produced Richard Linklater's Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019). Simpson executive produced The Goldfinch, an adaptation of Donna Tart's novel of the same name, and served as one of the executive producers on the television adaptation of Y: The Last Man for FX.

Filmography Film Producer Party Monster (2003) Gardener of Eden (2007) Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017) Crazy Rich Asians (2018) Ben Is Back (2018) Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019) The Goldfinch (2019) All Day and a Night (2020) The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023) The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (2026)

Associate producer Boys Don't Cry (1999) Camp (2003)

Co-producer Far from Heaven (2002) A Home at the End of the World (2004)

Executive producer Machine Gun Preacher (2011) Disconnect (2012) World War Z (2013) Electric Slide (2014) Come Sunday (2018)

Miscellaneous crew Year Title Role 1995 The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love Promotion coordinator 1997 Kiss Me, Guido Production assistant: Additional unit 1998 Velvet Goldmine Assistant production executive: Killer Films 2001 Hedwig and the Angry Inch Head of development: Killer Films Series 7: The Contenders Director of development: Killer Films The Grey Zone Head of development: Killer Films

Thanks Chelsea Walls (2001) Band Aid (2017)

Television Executive producer Year Title Notes 2016–21 American Crime Story 2016 Inside Look: The People v. O.J. Simpson - American Crime Story Documentary The Infamous TV pilot 2018–21 Pose 2021 Y: The Last Man 2023 Class of '09 2024 Clipped