Todd Black

Todd Black (born February 9, 1960) is an American film producer best known for producing The Pursuit of Happyness, 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.

He initially started off working at Joe Wizan Productions in the 1980s, who was later evolved into a full partnership to became Wizan/Black Films in 1990. Wizan and Black broke up in 1993 to partner with director Randa Haines and formed Black/Haines Productions.

Black later became president of production at Mandalay Entertainment in 1995, only to quit in 1998 to form the production company Black & Blu, with Jason Blumenthal. Blumenthal first met Black while working at Joe Wizan, only to move to Black/Haines Productions at 20th Century Fox in 1993, and both worked at Mandalay Entertainment in 1995 before starting Black & Blu.

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

Film Year Film Credit 1988 Split Decisions Co-producer Spellbinder Co-producer 1990 The Guardian Co-producer Short Time 1991 Becoming Colette Executive producer 1992 Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot Executive producer Class Act 1993 Fire in the Sky Wrestling Ernest Hemingway 1995 The Double 1996 Dunston Checks In A Family Thing 2001 A Knight's Tale 2002 Antwone Fisher 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 2009 Knowing The Taking of Pelham 123 2010 The Back-up Plan 2012 Hope Springs 2014 Sex Tape The Equalizer 2015 Unfinished Business Southpaw 2016 The Magnificent Seven Fences 2017 The Upside Roman J. Israel, Esq. 2018 The Equalizer 2 2019 Troop Zero 2020 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 2021 Being the Ricardos A Journal for Jordan 2022 The Man from Toronto Emancipation 2023 Cassandro The Equalizer 3 2024 It Ends with Us Executive producer The Piano Lesson 2025 Highest 2 Lowest 2026 Masters of the Universe Voicemails for Isabelle The Social Reckoning Madden

Thanks

Year Film Role 2007 The Babysitters Special thanks

Television Year Title Credit 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