Tory Tunnell

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Tory Tunnell is an American producer who runs Safehouse Pictures with her producing partner, Joby Harold.[1] The company was co-founded in 2005.[2] In 2015, the duo broke up their association with Weed Road Pictures and struck a deal with Sony.[3]

Career[]

Tunnell and Harold have become known for being driven filmmaker and talent friendly producers who champion stories and characters with a strong point of view - across all genres. From Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword starring Charlie Hunnam and Jude Law to the breakout comedy of SXSW My Blind Brother starring Adam Scott, Nick Kroll, and Jenny Slate to the critical hit tv show, Underground about slaves escaping the south, to the ice skating drama Spinning Out currently in production starring Kaya Scodelario and January Jones and Johnny Weir, the company has shown an agile ability to produce a wide range of content . Harold and Tunnell have a number of films in development including Liberators with Michael B. Jordan attached to star at Warner Bros, Battle of Britain that Ridley Scott is attached to direct for Fox Wink that is loosely based on Tunnell’s own experiences of online dating as her mother, Patricia Arquette’s directorial debut and true story drama Love Canal, limited series Mary’s Mosaic to be written by Oscar winning writer David Seidler for Warner Bros, among others.

Originally based in New York, Tunnell began her career producing independent features including; Holy Rollers starring Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Bartha which premiered at Sundance 2009; Trumbo starring Liam Neeson, Michael Douglas, Joan Allen, Nathan Lane, and Donald Sutherland, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival 2007; and Awake written and directed by Joby Harold starring Jessica Alba, Hayden Christensen, and Terrence Howard.

Personal life[]

Tunnell graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University and now resides in Los Angeles with Harold and their 3 children.

Filmography[]

Year Title Credited as
2004 The Best Thief in the World Associate producer
2005 The War Within Associate producer
2007 Trumbo Producer
2007 Awake Co-producer
2010 Holy Rollers Producer
2011 The Bleeding House Producer
2016–17 Underground Executive producer
2016 My Blind Brother Producer
2017 King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Producer
2018 Robin Hood Executive producer
2020 Spinning Out Executive producer
TBA Atlas Producer[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (9 September 2012). "Akiva Goldman's Weed Road Aligns With Safehouse Pictures For Warner Bros Deal". Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. ^ Indiewire. "INDUSTRY MOVES: Foursome Found Safe House - IndieWire". www.indiewire.com. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  3. ^ McNary, Dave (2015-01-28). "Safehouse Signs First-Look Deal With Sony, Splits With Weed Road". Variety. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  4. ^ Kroll, Justin (June 15, 2021). "Jennifer Lopez To Star In Netflix's Sci-Fi Thriller 'Atlas' With Brad Peyton Directing". Deadline. Retrieved August 18, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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