Graham King

Graham King OBE is an English film producer. He has been nominated four times for the Academy Award for Best Picture, for producing the films; The Aviator (2004), Hugo (2011), Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and winning for The Departed (2006).

Career[]

King is president and CEO of production company GK Films. He is best known for his 2006 crime thriller film The Departed, which was awarded the Best Picture Oscar at the 79th Academy Awards, and Bohemian Rhapsody which was nominated for five awards including Best Picture, at the 91st Academy Awards. He has had several major commercial successes as a producer, including The Departed (which grossed $289.8 million worldwide),^[1] The Tourist ($278.3 million),^[2] and Bohemian Rhapsody which grossed over $903.7 million worldwide on a production budget of about $50 million; it became the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2018 worldwide and the highest-grossing musical biographical film of all time,^[3] as well as one of 20th Century Fox's top ten highest-grossing films.^[4]

Honours[]

King was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.^[5]

Filmography[]

As producer

Dr. T & the Women (2000) (Co-producer)
The Aviator (2004)
The Departed (2006)
Blood Diamond (2006)
Next (2007)
The Young Victoria (2009)
Edge of Darkness (2010)
The Town (2010)
London Boulevard (2010)
The Tourist (2010)
Rango (2011)
Hugo (2011)
The Rum Diary (2011)
In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011)
Dark Shadows (2012)
Jersey Boys (2014)
The 5th Wave (2016)
Allied (2016)
Tomb Raider (2018)
Delirium (2018)
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
The Unforgivable (2021)

Executive producer

Changing Habits (1997)
Ping! (2000)
Traffic (2000)
Ali (2001)
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)
Desert Saints (2002)
Gangs of New York (2002) (Co-executive producer)
Traffic (2004)
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)
An Unfinished Life (2005)
First Born (2007)
Gardener of Eden (2007)
Camelot (2011)
Argo (2012)
World War Z (2013)

References[]

^ "The Departed". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
^ "The Tourist". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
^ Mendelson, Scott (11 November 2018). "'Bohemian Rhapsody' Remains Box Office Queen With Supersonic $285M Cume". Forbes.
^ Mendelson, Scott (7 January 2019). "Bryan Singer's Golden Globe-Winning 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Is The Highest-Grossing Drama Ever". Forbes.
^ "No. 59282". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2009. p. 24.

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[1] "The Departed". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 23 October 2012.

[2] "The Tourist". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 23 October 2012.

[mendelson-3] Mendelson, Scott (11 November 2018). "'Bohemian Rhapsody' Remains Box Office Queen With Supersonic $285M Cume". Forbes.

[4] Mendelson, Scott (7 January 2019). "Bryan Singer's Golden Globe-Winning 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Is The Highest-Grossing Drama Ever". Forbes.

[5] "No. 59282". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2009. p. 24.

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