Basil Iwanyk
{{short description|American film producer (born 1970)}}
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|name = Basil Iwanyk
|image = Basil Iwanyk - Sicario set.png
|caption = Iwanyk on the set of Sicario
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|1|4}}
|birth_place = Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S.
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|occupation = Film producer
|alma_mater = Villanova
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Basil William Iwanyk (born January 4, 1970) is an American film producer. He is the founder of Thunder Road Films and most known for the films Sicario, The Town, Greenland, and the John Wick franchise. His films have earned more than $2 billion internationally as of 2018.{{cite news|last1=Fernandez|first1=Jay A.|title='BASIL IWANYK: Hollywood's Most Bankable Producer Can See The Future In The Past|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/basil-iwanyk-hollywoods-most-bankable-producer-can-see-the-future-2011-5|access-date=April 14, 2017|work=Business Insider|date=March 9, 2012|language=en}}
After starting out working for Warner Bros in the 1990s, Basil founded the film production company Thunder Road in 2000.{{Cite web |last=Scripts |first=Industrial |date=2022-03-01 |title=The Insider Interviews – with Mega-Producer Basil Iwanyk |url=https://industrialscripts.com/basil-iwanyk/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Industrial Scripts® |language=en-US}}
Biography
Iwanyk grew up in New Jersey.{{Cite web |last=Scripts |first=Industrial |date=2022-03-01 |title=The Insider Interviews – with Mega-Producer Basil Iwanyk |url=https://industrialscripts.com/basil-iwanyk/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Industrial Scripts® |language=en-US}} He is of Ukrainian descent.{{cite news |last1=Kit |first1=Borys |title='Sicario' Producer Reveals Movie's Original Ending |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sicario-producer-reveals-movies-original-857645 |access-date=October 23, 2019 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 25, 2016 |language=en}}{{fv|reason=Source only says he has a Ukrainian last name, nothing about descent|date=May 2025}} Iwanyk worked for Warner Bros in the 1990s before founding Thunder Road. Iwanyk was on the production team for the films Sicario and Wind River, both of which were written by Taylor Sheridan, who also directed Wind River and later became the show-runner of the TV show Yellowstone. Basil is also named as a producer for movies in the John Wick franchise.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-07 |title=Producer Basil Iwanyk on the Possibilities for John Wick: Chapter 5 {{!}} Above the Line |url=https://abovetheline.com/2023/11/07/john-wick-chapter-5-basil-iwanyk/ |access-date=2024-04-13 |language=en-US}}
Filmography
=Films=
Producer
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- K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) (co-producer)
- Welcome to Mooseport (2004)
- Firewall (2006)
- We Are Marshall (2006)
- Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008) (Direct-to-video)
- Brooklyn’s Finest (2009)
- Clash of the Titans (2010)
- The Town (2010)
- Lost Boys: The Thirst (2010) (Direct-to-video)
- Wrath of the Titans (2012)
- John Wick (2014)
- Seventh Son (2015)
- Sicario (2015)
- Gods of Egypt (2016)
- John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
- Wind River (2017)
- The Current War (2017)
- 24 Hours to Live (2017)
- Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
- Hotel Mumbai (2018)
- A Private War (2018)
- John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)
- The Informer (2019)
- Endless (2020)
- Bruised (2020)
- Greenland (2020)
- Voyagers (2021)
- National Champions (2021)
- The Contractor (2022)
- Black Site (2022)
- Love Again (2023)
- John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
- Kandahar (2023)
- Silent Night (2023)
- Red Right Hand (2024)
- Monkey Man (2024)
- Breathe (2024)
- Trigger Warning (2024)
- Ballerina (2025)
- Wind River: The Next Chapter (TBA){{Cite web |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |date=November 9, 2022 |title='Falcon and the Winter Soldier' Director Kari Skogland to Helm 'Wind River' Sequel |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/falcon-and-winter-soldier-director-kari-skogland-to-direct-wind-river-sequel-1235258768/ |access-date=November 9, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
- Dust Bunny (TBA)
- John Wick: Chapter 5 (TBA)
- Relay (TBA)
- Greenland: Migration (TBA)
- By Any Means (TBA)
- The Boondock Saints 3 (TBA)
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Executive producer
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- Basic (2003)
- If Only (2004)
- Mindhunters (2004)
- Laws of Attraction (2004)
- The Expendables (2010)
- The Expendables 2 (2012)
- The Expendables 3 (2014)
- A Star Is Born (2018)
- Robin Hood (2018)
- 62,000:1 Three Teams One City One Year (2019)
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Other credits
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| 1993 | Invisible: The Chronicles of Benjamin Knight | Production assistant | |
| 2003 | Masked and Anonymous | Production manager | Uncredited |
| 2025 | Wick Is Pain | Himself | Documentary film |
=Television=
Executive producer
- King of Late Night (2012)
- The Messengers (2015)
- The Fugitive (2020)
- The Continental: From the World of John Wick (2023)
Further reading
- {{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/movies/07producer.html|title=Film Producer on a Roll, With Fingers Crossed|last=Barnes|first=Brooks|date=October 6, 2010|website=The New York Times|access-date=April 18, 2018}}
- {{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-wrath-titans-producer-basil-704811|title= Cannes: 'Wrath of the Titans' Producer Basil Iwanyk Joins 'Ivanhoe'|last=Roxborough|first=Scott|date=May 16, 2014|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=April 18, 2018}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0412588}}
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