David Heyman in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
DAVID HEYMAN (Producer) is once again producer of this, the fourth in the series of film adaptations of JK Rowling’s hugely successful Harry Potter stories Having spent many years working in the States, it was in 1997 that Heyman returned from the US to the UK to set up Heyday Films, with the intention of building on his unique relationships in the US and Europe to produce international films of all sizes
Following the enormous worldwide success of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Heyman went on to establish a Heyday Films office in Los Angeles and executive produced Taking Lives, starring Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke. Heyman is continuing to develop a diverse range of projects both in the UK and the US, including The History of Love, directed by Alfonso Cuarón; Yes Man, with Jack Black, Mike White and David Dobkin; an adaptation of the comic book The Exec, to be directed by Christopher Nolan (Memento, Batman Begins); and the best-selling novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, to be written and directed by Steve Kloves.
In 2003 Heyman was honored as ShoWest Producer of the Year, becoming the first British producer to have ever been bestowed this accolade.
Educated in England and the United States, Heyman began his career as a production runner on Milos Forman’s Ragtime and David Lean’s A Passage to India. Heyman went to Los Angeles in 1986 to become a creative executive at Warner Bros. Pictures, working on such films as Gorillas in the Mist and GoodFellas. He moved on to become a vice president at United Artists in the late 1980s, before embarking on a career as an independent producer. The first film he produced was Ernest Dickenson’s Juice, starring Tupac Shakur and Omar Epps. As an independent filmmaker, Heyman has produced several films including the low-budget classic The Daytrippers, directed by Greg Mottola and starring Liev Schreiber, Parker Posey, Hope Davis, Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scott.
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