Todd J. Labarowski

Todd J. Labarowski is a feature film producer, CEO/Founder of Dreambridge Films, and a member of the Director's Guild of America. Focusing primarily on innovative storytelling with premiere talent, Labarowski's films have received numerous awards around the globe premiering at Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, Berlin, Venice, LA Film Festival, Tribeca, South By Southwest, BAFTA, the Gotham Awards, the Film Independent Spirit Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, and the Academy Awards. Labarowski was born October 13, 1969. He grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, received a college degree from the University of Georgia, and after years of extensive traveling he settled in North Carolina. It was in Wilmington, NC that he landed his first job in the film business as an actor and began working on the many feature films, movies-of-the- week, and television productions filming in the region. In 1992, he became a set production assistant and over the next decade he worked on film sets, became an Assistant Director, and was admitted into the Director's Guild of America. After spending many years in film production management, he then transitioned over to producer in 2005. After producing numerous television shows and independent feature films, he started the production company Dreambridge Films in 2008. In 2009 he produced 'The Kids Are All Right', an acclaimed film that was the 2010 Sundance darling directed by Lisa Cholodenko and starring Julianne Moore, Annette Bening, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, and Josh Hutcherson, which garnered 4 Academy Award nominations, 2 Golden Globe wins, as well as 4 BAFTA, and 5 Independent Spirit Award nominations. Focus Features/Universal purchased the film after a heated bidding war that resulted in the largest sale of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. The film was the highest grossing per screen opening of 2010 and grossed $30M worldwide. Other releases include the 2012 critically acclaimed, Golden Globe, Gotham, and Independent Spirit Award nominated film 'Bernie' (Millennium Entertainment, 2011 LA Film Festival and 2012 SXSW) directed by Richard Linklater and starring Jack Black, Matthew McConaughey, and Shirley MacLaine; 'Prince Avalanche' (Magnolia Pictures, Sundance 2013 and Berlin 2013 Silver Bear Award Winner) directed by David Gordon Green starring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch. David Gordon Green's 'Joe' starring Nicolas Cage, which premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, released by Lionsgate; 'The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby', directed by Ned Benson starring Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, William Hurt, Viola Davis, and Bill Hader which premiered in Toronto 2013, Cannes 2014, and released by The Weinstein Company in 2014; and 'Manglehorn', a David Gordon Green drama starring Al Pacino and Holly Hunter which premiers in 2014.