---
name: "Bill Pohlad"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bill-pohlad"
fi1m_id: "bill-pohlad"
imdb_id: "nm0688361"
tmdb_id: 46588
wikidata_id: "Q4910517"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "30 November 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-17T12:23:59.412808+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bill Pohlad

## Identity

Bill Pohlad

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bill-pohlad
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bill-pohlad
- **IMDb ID:** nm0688361
- **TMDB ID:** 46588
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4910517
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Pohlad, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4910517, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0688361/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/46588

Producer. Born 30 November 1955 in Minnesota.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 30 November 1955, Minnesota
- **Active:** 2005–2019
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as producer, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 85 (2), 2010s 82 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 78 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, History 2, Adventure 1, Fantasy 1, Romance 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $533m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Pohlad, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4910517, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0688361/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/46588

## Biography

Bill Pohlad is an American film producer and director. He founded River Road Entertainment in 1987 and has production credits on films including *Brokeback Mountain* (2005, as executive producer), *Into the Wild* (2007), *The Tree of Life* (2011), *12 Years a Slave* (2013) and *Wild* (2014). He directed the Brian Wilson biopic *Love & Mercy* (2014) and *Dreamin' Wild* (2023).

Born in Minnesota in 1955, Pohlad is the son of financier Carl Pohlad, former owner of the Minnesota Twins baseball team, and Mary Eloise Pohlad. He has two brothers, Jim and Bob Pohlad. He was nominated for an Academy Award as a producer of *The Tree of Life*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, screendollars.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *A Hidden Life* (2019), Fi1m 82, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-hidden-life.md)
- *Wild* (2014), Fi1m 70, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/wild.md)
- *12 Years a Slave* (2013), Fi1m 91, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/12-years-a-slave.md)
- *The Tree of Life* (2011), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-tree-of-life.md)
- *Into the Wild* (2007), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/into-the-wild.md)
- *Brokeback Mountain* (2005), Fi1m 92, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/brokeback-mountain.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Take Me Home* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Unicorns* (2024), Producer
- *Frybread Face and Me* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Dreamin' Wild* (2023), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *After Antarctica* (2021), Executive Producer
- *David Byrne's American Utopia* (2020), Executive Producer
- *A Hidden Life* (2019), Executive Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/a-hidden-life.md)
- *Voyage of Time: Life's Journey* (2017), Producer
- *The Last Face* (2017), Producer
- *A Monster Calls* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience* (2016), Producer
- *Time Out of Mind* (2015), Producer
- *Love & Mercy* (2015), Director, Producer
- *Wild* (2014), Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/wild.md)
- *12 Years a Slave* (2013), Producer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/12-years-a-slave.md)
- *The Tree of Life* (2011), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-tree-of-life.md)
- *Fair Game* (2010), Producer
- *The Runaways* (2010), Producer
- *Food, Inc.* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Chicago 10* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Into the Wild* (2007), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/into-the-wild.md)
- *A Prairie Home Companion* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Brokeback Mountain* (2005), Executive Producer — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/brokeback-mountain.md)
- *I'm Going to Tell You a Secret* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Old Explorers* (1990), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Miles & Juliette*, Director, Producer
- *David Byrne: Who Is The Sky?*, Executive Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2012: Best Picture (nominated), for *The Tree of Life*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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