Bill Todman Jr.

Bill Todman Jr is an American media executive He began his career working for his father Hall of Fame television producer Bill Todman In 1981 Todman moved to GoodsonTodman West in Los Angeles to concentrate on television production He quickly transitioned to MGMUA Television in 1982 as a programming executive working under the president Thomas Tannenbaum In 1984 Todman joined 20th Century Fox TV as a producer reporting to Leslie Moonves He moved with Moonves to LorimarTelepictures where Todman teamed up with Joel Simon to form a producing partnership called TodmanSimon Productions that spanned decades Together they produced eight television pilots two series and one madefortelevision movie While working in television Todman and Simon ventured into feature films producing hit Warner Bros movies such as Married to the Mob and Hard to Kill In 1995 Todman became president of Morgan Creek Productions He served as executive producer on films including Two if by Sea Ace Ventura When Nature Calls Diabolique Incognito Wild America Bad Moon Major League Back to the Minors Wrongfully Accused and The King and I In 1998 Todman produced the feature film Wild Wild West for Warner Bros In 2000 he coproduced XMen for 20th Century Fox He joined forces with Kopelson Entertainment in 1999 for the ABC television program Thieves while simultaneously producing The InLaws with Joel Simon at Warner Bros In 2003 Todman and Edward L Milstein formed Level 1 Entertainment Together they have produced and financed such motion pictures as Grandmas Boy for 20th Century Fox Rendition for New Line Cinema and Strange Wilderness for Paramount Pictures Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Todman Jr licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia