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William Horberg
William Horberg
Born	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	Latin School of Chicago
Occupation	Film producer

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^[1] and Cold Mountain.^[2] He also produced the Fallen Angels series for Showtime from 1993 to 1995.^[3]

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.^[4] 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,^[5] a 13-part series featuring legendary blues performers for subscription TV, and was an Associate Producer on Miami Blues,^[6] and Executive Producer on A Rage in Harlem^[7] 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^[8] based on the novel by Graham Greene, Heaven^[9] and Searching for Bobby Fischer,^[10] 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,^[11] where he produced or executive produced Talk to Me,^[12] Death at a Funeral, Married Life,^[13] Lars and the Real Girl,^[14] Synecdoche, New York^[15] the directorial debut of Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, The Kite Runner^[16] based on the best-selling book by Khaled Hosseini, and Milk.^[17] Most recently he founded an independent company, Wonderful Films, which in 2010 co-produced Death at a Funeral^[18] 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.^[19]

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
2002	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
2010	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
2023	Ezra
TBA	Stitches

As an actor

Year	Film	Role
2013	Black Nativity	Church Band Pianist

Thanks

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

Television

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
1993−95	Fallen Angels
1998	Muddy Waters at Chicagofest		Documentary
1998	Poodle Springs	Executive producer	Television film
2020	The Queen's Gambit	Executive producer
TBA	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.

References

^ Maslin, Janet (December 24, 1999). "FILM REVIEW; Stealing a New Life, Carnal, Glamorous And Worth the Price". The New York Times.
^ Scott, A. O. (December 25, 2003). "FILM REVIEWS; Lovers Striving for a Reunion, With a War in the Way". The New York Times.
^ Variety review September 3, 1993.
^ Sandburg Theatre, Cinema Treasures.
^ "Synecdoche - Production Notes" (PDF). p. 23.
^ Maslin, Janet (April 20, 1990). "Review/Film; Cop, Thief and Prostitute in Miami". The New York Times.
^ Canby, Vincent (May 3, 1991). "Review/Film; Panning for Gold in 1950's Harlem, via Himes Novel". The New York Times.
^ Holden, Stephen (November 22, 2002). "FILM REVIEW; A Jaded Affair in a Vietnam Already at War". The New York Times.
^ Holden, Stephen (October 4, 2002). "FILM REVIEW; When Fate Intrudes, Death on Screen as Well as Off". The New York Times.
^ Maslin, Janet (August 11, 1993). "Blessing (or Burden?) of a Child's Chess Gift". The New York Times.
^ "And the Film Deals Goes to an Outsider", The New York Times, September 17, 2005.
^ Scott, A. O. (July 13, 2007), "Movie Review | 'Talk to Me': A Pioneer Shock Jock, but With a Big Heart", The New York Times, July 13, 2007.
^ "Harry and Pat and Kay and Richard 1949", The New York Times, March 7, 2008.
^ Dargis, Manohla (October 12, 2007). "A Lonely Guy Plays House With a Mail-Order Sex Doll". The New York Times.
^ Dargis, Manohla (October 24, 2008). "Dreamer, Live in the Here and Now". The New York Times.
^ Dargis, Manohla (December 14, 2007). "From Memories, There's No Escape". The New York Times.
^ Scott, A. O. (November 26, 2008). "Freedom Fighter in Life Becomes Potent Symbol in Death". The New York Times.
^ Holden, Stephen (April 16, 2010). "Remaking an Ancient Farce from 2007". The New York Times.
^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (April 15, 2011). "'Murderball' Helmer Henry-Alex Rubin Takes On 'Disconnect'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on April 19, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2013.

External links

[1] Maslin, Janet (December 24, 1999). "FILM REVIEW; Stealing a New Life, Carnal, Glamorous And Worth the Price". The New York Times.

[2] Scott, A. O. (December 25, 2003). "FILM REVIEWS; Lovers Striving for a Reunion, With a War in the Way". The New York Times.

[3] Variety review September 3, 1993.

[4] Sandburg Theatre, Cinema Treasures.

[5] "Synecdoche - Production Notes" (PDF). p. 23.

[6] Maslin, Janet (April 20, 1990). "Review/Film; Cop, Thief and Prostitute in Miami". The New York Times.

[7] Canby, Vincent (May 3, 1991). "Review/Film; Panning for Gold in 1950's Harlem, via Himes Novel". The New York Times.

[8] Holden, Stephen (November 22, 2002). "FILM REVIEW; A Jaded Affair in a Vietnam Already at War". The New York Times.

[9] Holden, Stephen (October 4, 2002). "FILM REVIEW; When Fate Intrudes, Death on Screen as Well as Off". The New York Times.

[10] Maslin, Janet (August 11, 1993). "Blessing (or Burden?) of a Child's Chess Gift". The New York Times.

[11] "And the Film Deals Goes to an Outsider", The New York Times, September 17, 2005.

[12] Scott, A. O. (July 13, 2007), "Movie Review | 'Talk to Me': A Pioneer Shock Jock, but With a Big Heart", The New York Times, July 13, 2007.

[13] "Harry and Pat and Kay and Richard 1949", The New York Times, March 7, 2008.

[14] Dargis, Manohla (October 12, 2007). "A Lonely Guy Plays House With a Mail-Order Sex Doll". The New York Times.

[15] Dargis, Manohla (October 24, 2008). "Dreamer, Live in the Here and Now". The New York Times.

[16] Dargis, Manohla (December 14, 2007). "From Memories, There's No Escape". The New York Times.

[17] Scott, A. O. (November 26, 2008). "Freedom Fighter in Life Becomes Potent Symbol in Death". The New York Times.

[18] Holden, Stephen (April 16, 2010). "Remaking an Ancient Farce from 2007". The New York Times.

[19] Fleming, Mike Jr. (April 15, 2011). "'Murderball' Helmer Henry-Alex Rubin Takes On 'Disconnect'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on April 19, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2013.

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William Horberg

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