Bruce Hendricks

{{short description|American film director and film producer}}

{{for|the American judge|Bruce Howe Hendricks}}

Bruce Hendricks is an American film director and film producer. In 1985, Hendricks joined the Walt Disney Company as an associate producer and production manager.{{Cite web |last=Lyons |first=Charles |date=1999-09-03 |title=Exec gets physical |url=https://variety.com/1999/biz/news/exec-gets-physical-1117755384/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} Remaining with the company, in 1999 Hendricks was named the President of Physical Production. There he oversaw the production of over 250 motion pictures,{{Cite web |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=2021-02-10 |title=Unmade Stanley Kubrick Movie 'Lunatic at Large' Getting Feature Film Treatment |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/stanley-kubrick-film-lunatic-at-large-1234904891/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} developing projects including the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise and National Treasure.{{Cite web |last=Weinstein |first=Joshua L. |date=2011-02-14 |title=Disney Exec Shake-Up: Hendricks and Ross Exit |url=https://www.thewrap.com/two-high-level-disney-executives-exit-24737/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US}} He left Disney in 2011 as the company planned to scale back physical features.{{Cite web |last=McClintock |first=Pamela |date=2011-02-14 |title=Disney Physical Production President Bruce Hendricks Exiting Studio |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-physical-production-president-bruce-99517/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

In 2021, he optioned the rights to “Lunatic at Large”, an unmade film by the late director Stanley Kubrick.

Hendricks currently serves on the committee for the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting.{{Cite web |title=ACADEMY REVEALS 2024 NICHOLL SCREENWRITING FELLOWS |url=https://press.oscars.org/news/academy-reveals-2024-nicholl-screenwriting-fellows |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=press.oscars.org |language=en}}