Raymond Mansfield

Academy Award nominee Raymond Mansfield is a veteran producer and financier, and a founding partner of QC Entertainment. Mansfield has been integrally involved in film production, as well as production and distribution financing for nearly two decades. Since launching in 2016, QC-standing for Quality Control-has quickly become a go-to company for financing and producing distinct, entertainment-forward, character & concept-based, socially relevant, director-driven films. Mansfield's recent producing credits include: "BlacKkKlansman" from visionary film director Spike Lee, which premiered in Official Competition at the Cannes International Film Festival and went on to win the 2018 Grand Prix, and was nominated for six Academy Awards (including Best Picture), four Golden Globe awards (including Best Motion Picture - Drama), and five BAFTA awards (including Best Film); Ike Barinholtz's feature directorial debut "The Oath" based on his original screenplay and starring Barinholtz, Tiffany Haddish, Carrie Brownstein, Billy Magnussen, Meredith Hagner, Jon Barinholtz, Nora Dunn, Chris Ellis and John Cho; and Andrew Bowler's "Time Freak" starring Asa Butterfield, Sophie Turner and Skyler Gisondo, which was adapted from Bowler's Academy Award nominated short film of the same name. Mansfield served as Executive Producer on Jordan Peele's feature directorial debut "Get Out," which QC developed, produced & financed from the initial pitch through its successful release. The acclaimed film became a global box office smash, culminating with Peele winning an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor - Daniel Kaluuya. Other past QC projects include: Zoe Lister-Jones' directorial debut "Band Aid" starring Lister-Jones, Adam Pally and Fred Armisen. QC financed and produced the film which was led by an all-female production crew and premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section; "Pride & Prejudice & Zombies" written and directed by Burr Steers, a fresh twist on Jane Austin's classic, released by Screen Gems in 2016; and "A Futile & Stupid Gesture" directed by David Wain and starring Will Forte, Domhnall Gleeson and Joel McHale, which was released by Netflix following its world premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Prior to QC, Mansfield was Co-Founder & Co-President of Movie Package Company (MPC), a packaging/finance/production company with a focus on the business aspects of filmmaking; structuring risk mitigated investment opportunities for financiers interested in the field of entertainment. Over the course of his career, Mansfield has raised millions for film "packaging" - development, production and distribution financing - structured numerous finance models, and negotiated worldwide distribution deals, intellectual property deals, and above-the-line talent deals. Mansfield's highlights prior to QC include: "The Messenger," directed by Academy Award nominee Oren Moverman and starring Academy Award nominee Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Steve Buscemi and Samantha Morton, which received multiple Academy Award nominations including Best Screenplay & Best Lead Actor; crime-thriller "Dog Eat Dog," written and directed by Academy Award, Golden Globe and Palme d'Or nominee Paul Schrader, and starring Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage and Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe, which closed the Cannes International Film Festival 2016 Director's Fortnight; "Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter," starring Academy Award nominee Rinko Kikuchi and co-produced with Academy Award winner Alexander Payne, which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section and went on to garner multiple Independent Spirit Award nominations; and "And So It Goes" directed by Academy Award nominee Rob Reiner and starring Academy Award winners Michael Douglas and Diane Keaton. Early in his career, Mansfield spent several years working with Bernie Mac while with management/production company, 3 Arts Entertainment, where he played a role in 20th Century Fox's television series "The Bernie Mac Show." Mansfield has been nominated for an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award and the PGA's Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Radio-Television-Film.