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      Lorenzo di Bonaventura

      Lorenzo di Bonaventura

      Highest Rated: 90% Bumblebee (2018)

      Lowest Rated: 6% The Devil Inside (2012)

      Birthday: Jan 13, 1957

      Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

      Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura parlayed his lengthy, successful career as a production head at Warner Bros. into an even more lucrative run as producer on such films as "Transformers" (2007), "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" (2009), "RED" (2010), as well as various sequels and additional franchises. Born in New York in 1957, di Bonaventura was raised in New Hampshire and attended Harvard University before earning his MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. He worked on Wall Street before launching his film career in 1986 with Columbia Pictures, where he worked in distribution and marketing before moving to Warner Bros. in 1989. There, he began a wildly successful 13-year stint as an executive, overseeing such blockbuster properties as "The Matrix" franchise (1999-2003), "Ocean's Eleven" (2001), and the first three titles in the "Harry Potter" franchise (2001-2011) as president of worldwide production. In 2002, di Bonaventura was phased out of Warners as part of a executive realignment, which prompted him to launch his own production shingle, di Bonaventura Productions, which set up shop at Paramount Pictures. The company debuted with a property he had brought from Warners: "Constantine" (2005), an adaptation of the popular graphic novel series, with Keanu Reeves as its star. Though a modest hit, the supernatural action film would serve as a template for di Bonaventura's subsequent productions: splashy, big-budget action-dramas with top-name talent that included recurring appearances by Reeves and Mark Wahlberg, who was top-lined in "Four Brothers" (2005), "Shooter" and "Transformers: Age of Extinction" (2014). The company did not earn its first breakout hit until 2007, when he adapted the wildly popular line of Transformers robot toys into a feature film. A major hit, it led to further tentpole action titles, including a second collaboration with the Transformers' creators, Hasbro, on "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" (2009), and three additional "Transformers" features with director Michael Bay. Di Bonaventura moved successfully from action features like "Salt" (2010) and the popular Bruce Willis vehicle "Red" (2010) to smaller productions like "The Devil Inside" (2012), a "found footage" horror film about an alleged exorcism that performed exceptionally well at the box office. Di Bonaventura also found time to produce more arthouse-minded efforts like "Side Effects" (2013) for "Ocean's Eleven" director Steven Soderbergh, and relaunched both the film career of Arnold Schwarzenegger with "The Last Stand" (2013) and the Jack Ryan franchise, based on the character created by Tom Clancy, with "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" (2014). That same year, he rebooted the "Transformers" franchise with "Transformers: Age of Extinction" (2014) which became the highest-grossing film of 2014. Its success gave di Bonaventura exceptional leverage to oversee a slew of projects, including new "Transformers," "Salt" and "Red" entries, as well as a feature and television series based on the popular "Dead Rising" (Capcom, 2006- ) video game franchise.

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      Lorenzo di Bonaventura JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT, (aka JACK RYAN: SHADOW ONE), from left: producers Mace Neufeld, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, on set, 2013. ph: Larry Horricks/©Paramount Pictures PET SEMATARY, FROM LEFT: DIRECTOR DENNIS WIDMYER (BACK TURNED), PRODUCER LORENZO DI BONAVENTURA, DIRECTOR KEVIN KOLSCH, ON SET, 2019. PH: KERRY HAYES/© PARAMOUNT TRANSFORMERS, sitting, from left: Shia LaBeouf, Rachael Taylor, Megan Fox, back, from left: producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, John Turturro, Jon Voight, director Michael Bay, producer Steven Spielberg, Tyrese Gibson, Michael O'Neill, Anthony Anderson, produ BUMBLEBEE, FROM RIGHT: PRODUCERS LORENZO DI BONAVENTURA, MARK VAHRADIAN, 2018. PH: WILL MCCOY/© PARAMOUNT PICTURES DOOM, Director Andrzej Bartkowiak, Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, on set, 2005, (c) Universal TRANSFORMERS, producers Ian Bryce, Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, on set, 2007. ©Paramount FOUR BROTHERS, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Wahlberg discuss a scene, 2005, (c) Paramount

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Transformers One Producer - 2024
      12% 57% Madame Web Producer $43.7M 2024
      22% 42% Pet Sematary: Bloodlines Producer - 2023
      27% 73% Meg 2: The Trench Producer $82.6M 2023
      52% 91% Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Producer $156.7M 2023
      78% 94% Plane Producer $32.1M 2023
      35% 74% Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins Producer $28.1M 2021
      17% 34% Infinite Producer - 2021
      63% 43% The Secrets We Keep Producer $207.9K 2020
      43% 15% Doom: Annihilation Executive Producer - 2019
      57% 33% Pet Sematary Producer $54.7M 2019
      40% 53% El Chicano Producer,
      Executive Producer
      $1.4M 2018
      11% 32% Replicas Producer $4.0M 2018
      90% 74% Bumblebee Producer $127.2M 2018
      47% 44% The Meg Producer $142.8M 2018
      No Score Yet 45% Higher Power Producer $299 2018
      87% 91% Only the Brave Producer $18.1M 2017
      35% 61% American Assassin Producer $36.2M 2017
      26% 44% Unlocked Producer - 2017
      35% 50% Kidnap Producer $30.7M 2017
      16% 43% Transformers: The Last Knight Producer $130.1M 2017
      82% 82% Deepwater Horizon Producer $61.4M 2016
      No Score Yet 31% Dead Rising: Watchtower Executive Producer - 2015
      18% 50% Transformers: Age of Extinction Producer $245.4M 2014
      54% 52% Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Producer $50.5M 2014
      45% 63% Red 2 Producer $53.2M 2013
      29% 48% G.I. Joe: Retaliation Producer $122.5M 2013
      82% 70% Side Effects Producer $32.2M 2013
      61% 53% The Last Stand Producer $12.0M 2013
      31% 52% Man on a Ledge Producer $18.6M 2012
      6% 22% The Devil Inside Executive Producer $53.2M 2012
      35% 55% Transformers: Dark of the Moon Producer $352.4M 2011
      72% 72% Red Producer $90.4M 2010
      62% 59% Salt Producer - 2010
      33% 50% G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Producer $150.2M 2009
      20% 57% Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Producer $402.1M 2009
      41% 40% Imagine That Producer $16.1M 2009
      77% 86% Stardust Producer $38.3M 2007
      57% 85% Transformers Producer $319.0M 2007
      80% 61% 1408 Producer $72.0M 2007
      48% 80% Shooter Producer $47.0M 2007
      21% 58% Derailed Producer $36.0M 2005
      18% 34% Doom Producer $28.0M 2005
      53% 80% Four Brothers Producer $74.5M 2005
      46% 72% Constantine Producer $75.5M 2005

      TV

      Credit
      60% 67% The New Look Executive Producer 2024
      41% 72% Jupiter's Legacy Executive Producer 2021
      No Score Yet 75% Shooter Executive Producer 2016-2018
      67% 89% The Real O'Neals Executive Producer 2016-2017
      42% 50% Zero Hour Executive Producer 2013