Lorenzo di Bonaventura

Biography

Lorenzo di Bonaventura is an American film producer who founded and owns Di Bonaventura Pictures. Born in New York City, he entered the film business as an executive and spent the 1990s at Warner Bros. Pictures, rising to president of worldwide production; there he brought The Matrix to the screen and bought the film rights to J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. He became known mainly for producing the G.I. Joe and Transformers movie franchises, and his films have grossed more than $7 billion worldwide. In 2007 he purchased the film rights to Michael Scott's fantasy series The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. He appears in the documentary Side by Side (2012), where he argues that cheap digital cameras risk drowning the market in poor entertainment that audiences cannot separate from quality filmmaking. His company is based at Paramount Pictures, and he has moved into television production as well.

69years old

Turns 70 on January 13in 62 days

Born January 13, 1957New York City
Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19

Movie Career

Films: 3
Career span: 3 years2012 to 2015

Every film, newest first

2015The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?IMDb rating 7.1
2013MiliusIMDb rating 7.4
2012Side by SideIMDb rating 7.6

Genres

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Big break
At Warner Bros., di Bonaventura found The Matrix and steered it into production, and he also acquired the rights to J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter books.
Behind the camera
Di Bonaventura purchased the film rights in 2007 to Michael Scott's six-part fantasy series, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. He described the author's series as a natural evolution from Harry Potter.