William Horberg

William Horberg is an American film producer and chair emeritus of the Producers Guild of America on the East coast. He is executive producer of The Queen's Gambit, a television miniseries released on Netflix for streaming on October 23, 2020. Some of Horberg's films include Anthony Minghella's adaptations of the novels The Talented Mr. Ripley and Cold Mountain. He also produced the Fallen Angels series for Showtime from 1993 to 1995.

Early career Horberg was born in Chicago, Illinois, where, in his first venture into film, he owned and operated the downtown repertory Sandburg Movie Theatre from 1979 to 1981. Earlier, he graduated high school from the Latin School of Chicago in 1976.

He moved into production starting his company, FutureVision, Inc., and was a producer on Cheap Trick: Live At ChicagoFest for MTV, Chicago Blues, a 13-part series featuring legendary blues performers for subscription TV, and was an Associate Producer on Miami Blues, and Executive Producer on A Rage in Harlem for Miramax Films.

Horberg began his career in 1987 as a creative executive at Paramount Pictures and later a Senior Vice President of Production. While at Paramount he oversaw the development and production of such films as Ghost, The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear, Dead Again, Regarding Henry, Soapdish, The Addams Family and The Godfather Part III.

In 1993, Horberg joined producer/director Sydney Pollack's company, Mirage, where he produced such films as Cold Mountain based on the best-selling novel by Charles Frazier, The Talented Mr. Ripley, based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith, The Quiet American based on the novel by Graham Greene, Heaven and Searching for Bobby Fischer, the directorial debut of Oscar-winning screenwriter (Schindler's List) Steven Zaillian.

During that time, he also created and produced the Showtime anthology series Fallen Angels which featured Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Steven Soderbergh and Alfonso Cuaron. He also produced the HBO film Poodle Springs based on the unfinished novel by Raymond Chandler and adapted by Tom Stoppard, along with Charlie Countryman.

Later career In 2005, Horberg became President of Production at Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, where he produced or executive produced Talk to Me, Death at a Funeral, Married Life, Lars and the Real Girl, Synecdoche, New York the directorial debut of Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, The Kite Runner based on the best-selling book by Khaled Hosseini, and Milk. Most recently he founded an independent company, Wonderful Films, which in 2010 co-produced Death at a Funeral and Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. He also announced plans to co-produce, with Marc Forster, the drama film Disconnect directed by Henry Alex Rubin.

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

Film Year Film Credit 1990 Miami Blues Associate producer 1991 A Rage in Harlem Executive producer 1993 Searching for Bobby Fischer 1998 Sliding Doors 1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley 2001 Blow Dry 2002 Heaven The Quiet American 2003 Cold Mountain 2007 Death at a Funeral Executive producer Breach Executive producer Talk to Me Executive producer Charlie Bartlett Executive producer Married Life Executive producer Lars and the Real Girl Executive producer The Kite Runner 2008 Synecdoche, New York Executive producer Management Executive producer Milk Executive producer 2009 Adventureland Executive producer 2010 Death at a Funeral Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Executive producer 2012 Disconnect 2013 Charlie Countryman In Secret Black Nativity 2015 Parched Co-executive producer 2016 The Promise 2017 Crash Pad 2019 The Burnt Orange Heresy 2021 Flag Day 2023 The Monk and the Gun Executive producer Ezra In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon Executive producer 2025 Couture The History of Sound Executive producer An Eye for an Eye Executive producer Orwell: 2+2=5 Executive producer Teenage Wasteland Executive producer Last Days Executive producer 2026 Musk Executive producer TBA Useful Idiots

As an actor

Year Film Role 2013 Black Nativity Church Band Pianist

Thanks

Year Film Role 1995 Sense and Sensibility Thanks 2008 Killshot 2009 The Messenger Special thanks

Television Year Title Credit Notes 1993−95 Fallen Angels 1998 Muddy Waters at Chicagofest Documentary Poodle Springs Executive producer Television film 2020 The Queen's Gambit Executive producer Flavia de Luce Co-producer

As writer

Year Title 1993−95 Fallen Angels

As an actor

Year Title Role 2020 The Queen's Gambit Toby

Soundtrack

Year Title Role Notes 2020 The Queen's Gambit Performer: "I Can't Remember Love"Writer: "I Can't Remember Love" Uncredited

Personal life He lives in New York with his wife, Cuban-born artist, Elsa Mora, and their children.