Joey McFarland

Joey McFarland is an American film producer Born in Louisville Kentucky he attended the University of Louisville In 2010 with producing partner Riza Aziz McFarland cofounded Red Granite Pictures McFarland oversees the companys daytoday operations its business divisions personnel and all matters relating to Red Granite Pictures film slate Under his leadership Red Granite has developed produced and structured financing for a slate of films representing more than 600 million in revenue In 2011 Variety named McFarland in their list of Top 10 Producers to Watch McFarlands first production under the Red Granite banner was the hit romantic comedy Friends with Kids written and directed by Jennifer Westfeldt In 2012 McFarland went on to executive produce the dramatic thriller Out of the Furnace directed by Scott Cooper and starring Christian Bale Next McFarland produced The Wolf of Wall Street The Wolf of Wall Street is based on Jordan Belforts bestselling novel of the same name The book was adapted into a screenplay by Terence Winter The film was directed by Martin Scorsese and stars Leonardo DiCaprio Jonah Hill Matthew Mcconaughey and Margot Robbie Released on December 25 2013 by Paramount Pictures The Wolf of Wall Street achieved tremendous box office success and garnered critical acclaim including a Golden Globe win for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy for Leonardo DiCaprio and five Academy Award nominations including Best Actor Best Director and Best Picture for which McFarland received a nomination In 2013 McFarland completed production on Horns a supernatural thriller directed by Alexandre Aja and starring Daniel Radcliffe and Juno Temple The film is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Joe Hill and was released October 31 2014 by DimensionRADiUS McFarland was also a producer on the sequel Dumb and Dumber To directed by Pete and Bobby Farrelly starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels It was released on November 14 2014 by Universal Pictures Dumb and Dumber To opened number one at the box office Currently McFarland is an executive producer on the film Daddys Home Shooting in New Orleans the film is being directed by Sean Anders and John Morris It reteams Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg for the first time since 2010 Red Granite Pictures is coproducing and cofinancing the film with Paramount Pictures in association with Gary Sanchez Productions Paramount Pictures is also the worldwide distribution partner McFarlands current development slate includes The Brigands of Rattleborge and The General The Brigands of Rattleborge the blacklists number one script of 2006 is a western revenge story and The General is a gritty look at the story of George Washington IMDb Mini Biography