Graham King

Graham King OBE is an English film producer. He was nominated four times for the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing the films The Aviator (2004), Hugo (2011), Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and winning for The Departed (2006).

Career

King is president and CEO of production company GK Films. He is best known for his 2006 crime thriller film The Departed, which was awarded the Best Picture Oscar at the 79th Academy Awards, and for Bohemian Rhapsody which was nominated for five awards including Best Picture, at the 91st Academy Awards. King's multiple-commercial successes as a producer include The Departed (which grossed $289.8 million worldwide),[1] The Tourist ($278.3 million),[2] and Bohemian Rhapsody -- a film which grossed over $903.7 million worldwide against a production budget of about $50 million. Bohemian Rhapsody ultimately became the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2018 worldwide, the highest-grossing musical biographical film of all time,[3] and, in 2022 it was listed as one of 20th Century Fox's top ten highest-grossing films.[4]

Honours

King was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.[5]

Filmography

Film

Producer

Executive producer

Television

Executive producer

References

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