William Hunt Block (born April 2, 1954) is an American film producer who was CEO of Miramax from April 2017 to October 2023. His producing credits include W. (2008), District 9 (2009), Fury (2014), Bad Moms (2016), Dirty Grandpa (2016), Halloween (2018), and Halloween Kills (2021).
Early life
Block was born in New York City, where he attended Columbia University and later became a supporter of the school's film program.[1]
In 2002, Block founded film finance, production and sales company QED International. He was CEO of QED for 12 years, producing films including Neill Blomkamp's District 9 and Elysium, Oliver Stone's W. and David Ayer's WWII thriller Fury starring Brad Pitt.[5] In 2014, after Media Content Capital took a controlling interest in QED, Block left the company to launch Merced Media with producer Kevin Frakes.[6]
From 2015–17, he was managing director of Bill Block Media, producing the commercially successful Bad Moms starring Mila Kunis and Kristen Bell, and Dirty Grandpa starring Robert De Niro and Zac Efron. In November 2015, he settled a legal dispute with QED, after his former company filed a federal lawsuit alleging trademark infringement and unfair competition concerning the rights to Dirty Grandpa.[7]
He was named CEO of Miramax in April 2017.[5] He left the studio in October 2023 following the lapse of his contract with them, forming another production company, BlockFilm, later that month.[8][9] Producer Jonathan Glickman subsequently replaced Block as Miramax's CEO on April 2, 2024.[10]
