J. Todd Harris of Branded Pictures: Todd moved to Los Angeles in 1986 and worked at TriStar Television before starting his own development fund called Skyline Entertainment Partners (inspired by his rustic college and business school residence in La Honda outside Palo Alto). He soon joined Davis Entertainment as an independent producer, where he stayed for 13 years, founding Davis Entertainment Filmworks, the company’s independent film division. Partnered with John Davis, the company was based at 20th Century Fox. While there, he produced the first of many independent films, Denise Calls Up, which played the Cannes Film Festival’s Critics Week and won a Special Mention for the Camera Director.
For three years, he was partnered with actor Tim Daly in DalyHarris Productions based at Paramount Pictures. // MANAGEMENT / 17 In 2014, he founded Branded Pictures Entertainment, an acquisitions and development company focused on popular intellectual properties. He has taught producing at Chapman University, the Los Angeles Film School. He is a founding board member of the Napa Valley Film Festival and became a member of the Motion Picture Academy producers; branch in 1999. He is also a member of The Broadway League and Producers Guild of America. Collectively, J. Todd Harris has produced over 45 films. He went on to produce 5 Sundance Film Festival entries, including Bottle Shock and The Kids Are All Right. (Nominated for 4 Oscars including Best Picture, won Golden Globe Awards, and received a 93% positive review rating from Rotten Tomatoes out of 205 reviews.) In 2003, he joined Intellectual Properties Worldwide, where he executive produced Piranha 3D and a remake of It’s Alive.
The horror film Piranha 3D was produced for $24 million and earned over $83 million worldwide.