David Jonathan Heyman (born 26 July 1961) is an English film producer and the founder of Heyday Films. In 1999, he secured the film rights to the Harry Potter film series and went on to produce all eight installments, becoming the most important member of the crew to be involved in all the films. In 2013, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture as the producer of Gravity, his second collaboration with director Alfonso Cuarón after Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Year | Film | Position |
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | 2001 | Producer |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | 2002 | Producer |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | 2004 | Producer |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | 2005 | Producer |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | 2007 | Producer |
I Am Legend | 2007 | Producer |
Yes Man | 2008 | Producer |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | 2009 | Producer |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 | 2010 | Producer |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 | 2011 | Producer |
We're the Millers | 2013 | Executive producer |
Gravity | 2013 | Producer |
Wonka | 2023 | Producer |
External links[]
- David Heyman at the Internet Movie Database
- Interview with David Heyman about The Boy In The Striped Pajamas and Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince
- Boy in the Striped Pajamas Interview & Biographies
- Film Journal International: David Heyman Interview
- Interview with David Heyman about the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and his projects after the Harry Potter films end (Direct audio link to the interview)