Thomas Tull

Thomas Tull
Tull at San Diego Comic-Con in 2015
Born (1970-06-09) June 9, 1970
Endwell, New York, U.S.
Residence Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater Hamilton College
Occupation Film producer, businessman
Years active 2003–present
Net worth US$1.19 billion (June 2018)[1]
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Alba Tull

Thomas Tull (born 1970) is an American businessman and film producer. He is the former chairman of the board and chief executive officer (CEO) of Legendary Entertainment. His firm has produced and/or financed several major motion pictures, including The Dark Knight Trilogy, The Hangover and its sequels, 300, Man of Steel and others.

Life and career

Tull grew up in Endwell, New York, the son of a dental hygienist single mother.[2][3][4] As a youth, Tull was an athlete, playing baseball and playing football, earning a football scholarship.[3] Tull graduated from nearby Hamilton College in 1992. After college, Tull abandoned plans to become a lawyer and instead went into business, starting a chain of laundromats. Among his distinguishing innovations was different prices according to demand at different times of day. Tull went into the field of financing, buying and selling several tax and accounting offices.[3] In the private equity business, Tull rose to President of Convex Group and later as the Chief of Operations of Tax Services of America.[5] His firm invested in entertainment, where Tull began to learn the entertainment business. After discussing the potential of private equity with a film executive in 2003, Tull quit Convex, raising $600 million in equity to finance movies under the Legendary Pictures banner.[2] The company entered into a partnership in 2005 with Warner Bros. to jointly finance and produce films.[3] In 2009, Tull became the majority shareholder of Legendary, in a buyout of the original investors.[3] The Warner deal was followed by a similar deal with Universal Studios in 2013. He also helped produce the film Blackhat.

Tull describes himself as a "fanboy" of comics and several of the films produced by Legendary were personal favorites of Tull.[4] Watchmen had been in "development hell" for years when Tull arranged to pick up the rights.[4] 300 had been turned down by other studios.[3] Tull also describes himself as a "gamer", and founded the short-lived Brash Entertainment to work on film-to-video game conversions.[2]

Tull is a member of the board of trustees for the American Film Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, and the San Diego Zoo.[5] In 2009, Tull became a part-owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team.[3] Tull had been a fan of the Steelers since age four, watching the Steelers take on the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IX.[6]

Tull is a billionaire.[7] He has donated US$1 million to Priorities USA Action, a Super PAC supporting Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.[8]

He resides in Thousand Oaks, California with his wife Alba and their children. On January 16, 2018, his home was listed for $85 million and is one of the largest private residences in the world.[9] He plans to move his business and family to the Pittsburgh area.

Filmography as producer

Year Title Notes
2006Superman Returnsexecutive producer
The Ant Bullyexecutive producer
Beerfestexecutive producer
We Are Marshallexecutive producer
2007300executive producer
Trick 'r Treatexecutive producer
200810,000 B.C.executive producer
The Dark Knightexecutive producer
It Might Get Loudproducer
2009Watchmenexecutive producer
Observe and Reportexecutive producer
The Hangoverexecutive producer
Where the Wild Things Areexecutive producer
Ninja Assassinexecutive producer
2010Clash of the Titansexecutive producer
Jonah Hexexecutive producer
Inceptionexecutive producer
The Townexecutive producer
Due Dateexecutive producer
2011Sucker Punchexecutive producer
The Hangover Part IIexecutive producer
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hopeproducer
2012Wrath of the Titansexecutive producer
The Dark Knight Risesexecutive producer
2013Jack the Giant Slayerexecutive producer
42producer
The Hangover Part IIIexecutive producer
Man of Steelexecutive producer
Pacific Rimproducer
2014300: Rise of an Empireproducer
Godzillaproducer
As Above, So Belowproducer
Dracula Untoldexecutive producer
Interstellarexecutive producer
Unbrokenexecutive producer
2015Blackhatproducer
Seventh Sonproducer
Jurassic Worldexecutive producer
Straight Outta Comptonexecutive producer
Crimson Peakproducer
Krampusproducer
2016Warcraftproducer
Spectralproducer
The Great Wallproducer
2017Kong: Skull Islandproducer
2018Pacific Rim: Uprisingproducer
2019Godzilla: King of the Monstersproducer
2020Godzilla vs. Kongproducer

References

  1. ↑ "Thomas Tull". Forbes.com. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Lippold, Kye (April 21, 2008). "Thomas Tull '92 Discusses His Journey From Hamilton to Hollywood". Hamilton College. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Garahan, Matthew (December 5, 2010). "Producer follows his own script". Financial Times.
  4. 1 2 3 Brophy-Warren, Jamin (February 27, 2009). "A Producer of Superheroes". Wall Street Journal.
  5. 1 2 "Executive Profile: Thomas Tull". Business Week. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  6. ↑ Labriola, Bob (April 7, 2010). "Investor profile: Thomas Tull". Pittsburgh Steelers. Archived from the original on March 15, 2014.
  7. ↑ Robehmed, Natalie (February 10, 2016). "Box Office Billionaire: How Legendary's Thomas Tull Used Comics, China And A Secret Formula To Remake Hollywood". Forbes. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  8. ↑ Johnson, Ted (January 31, 2016). "Thomas Tull, Haim Saban Give Seven-Figure Sums to Pro-Clinton SuperPAC". Variety. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  9. ↑ Leitereg, Neal J. "Billionaire Thomas Tull lists a small village in Thousand Oaks for $85 million". latimes.com. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
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