Lorenzo di Bonaventura
Lorenzo di Bonaventura (born 1957) is an American film producer, long-time collaborator of Michael Bay, and the godfather of pretty much every single blockbuster Transformers film. During the 1990s he served as an executive at Warner Bros. Pictures, climbing up the ranks to become President of Worldwide Production. While at Warner, some of his more noteworthy accomplishments included discovering and overseeing the production of The Matrix trilogy of movies (which starred Hugo Weaving) (yay!) as well as securing the rights to the Harry Potter series (boo!) before leaving in 2002 to form his own production company. For the next twenty years, he stewarded the film arm of the Transformers brand at the helm of the self-titled Di Bonaventura Pictures (in association with Paramount) through hell or high water, where he continues to this day.
Outside of the Transformers brand, some of his other projects include all three G.I. Joe films, Keanu Reeves' cult classic Constantine, the fourth sequel to The Hunt for Red October, and Madame Web.
Producer
- Transformers (2007)
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- Transformers: Age of Extinction
- Transformers: The Last Knight
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
- Transformers One
Actor
Convention appearances (Transformers related)
Notes
- He loves the Mini-Cons and wanted them to appear in the third Transformers movie.[1] Oh well, maybe some other time!
- Lorenzo cites Ironhide as his favorite character he's worked on, finding his enthusiasm for exploding things oddly endearing. Ironhide is also the favorite of his son, who has never quite forgiven him for killing him off in Dark of the Moon.[2]
References
- ↑ Latest on Transformers 3 with producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura
- ↑ June 2024 TFWiki interview with Di Bonaventura (along with director Josh Cooley) for Transformers One
External links
- Lorenzo di Bonaventura at the Internet Movie Database
- Lorenzo di Bonaventura at Wikipedia
- Di Bonaventura Pictures at Wikipedia
Interviews
- July 2007—Transformers At The Moon
- June 2021—The Hollywood Reporter (with Steven Caple Jr., Anthony Ramos, and Dominique Fishback)
- April 2023—Collider
- May 2023—Geek Culture
- May 2023—Paramount (with Steven Caple Jr., Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, and Peter Cullen)
- June 2023—Collider (incomplete transcript)
- June 2023—Collider
- June 2023—CGR Cinémas (with Steven Caple Jr., Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, and Tobe Nwigwe)
- June 2023—Black Girl Nerds (with Steven Caple Jr., Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, and Tobe Nwigwe)
- June 2023—JoBlo Celebrity Interviews (with Steven Caple Jr., Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, and Tobe Nwigwe)
- June 2023—Variety (with Steven Caple Jr.)
- June 2023—Insider (with Steven Caple Jr.)
- June 2023—GSCinemas (with Steven Caple Jr., Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, and Tobe Nwigwe)
- June 2023—Entertainment Weekly (with Steven Caple Jr.)
- June 2024—TFWiki (with Josh Cooley)
- October 2024—Triple Takeover Toycast (with Josh Cooley)
