Bradford Simpson is an American film and television producer and partner at Los Angeles-based film studio Color Force.^[1]

Life and career

Simpson grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, and graduated from Brown University.^[2]

He began his career at Killer Films, where he served as an executive and a producer.^[3] At Killer Films he co-produced Far from Heaven, Party Monster and A Home at the End of the World, and served as associate producer on Boys Don't Cry and Camp.^[3] He was also involved with independent films such as Velvet Goldmine, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Happiness, and One Hour Photo.^[3]

From 2004 to 2007, Simpson served as President of Appian Way Productions, Leonardo DiCaprio's Warner Bros-based production company.^[4]

Simpson served as executive producer of Marc Forster's films Machine Gun Preacher in 2011 and World War Z in 2013.^[1][5] He also produced Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days along with future producing partner, Nina Jacobson.^[6]

Color Force

In 2012, he joined Color Force as a partner.^[1] Later that year, Simpson and Nina Jacobson signed a first-look deal with FX Productions for original programs.^[7]

In 2016, FX aired The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story, produced by Color Force.^[8] Simpson won an Emmy Award for his work on the series the same year, as well as a Golden Globe.^[9][10] Simpson also won a BAFTA, a Critics' Choice award, a TCA award, and a Producers Guild of America award.^{[11][12][13][14]}

In 2016, FX Productions signed Simpson and Jacobson to an exclusive production deal for original programming.^[15]

In 2018, Simpson produced the second American Crime Story series, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.^[16] For his work on The Assassination of Gianni Versace, Simpson received an Emmy award, a Golden Globe award, a Critics' Choice award, a TCA award, and a Producers Guild award.^{[16][17][18][19][20]} The same year, Simpson served as an executive producer on the FX series Pose.^[21]

Simpson produced Crazy Rich Asians and Ben Is Back with Jacobson in 2018.^[22][21][23]

He executive produced Richard Linklater's Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019).^[24] Simpson is executive producing The Goldfinch, an adaptation of Donna Tart's novel of the same name,^[25] and will serve as one of the executive producers on the television adaptation of Y: The Last Man for FX.^[26]

Filmography

He was producer for all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Miscellaneous crew

Thanks

Television