Biography
Bill Pohlad is an American film producer and director. He is the son of Mary Eloise (O'Rourke) and billionaire financier Carl Pohlad, who owned the Minnesota Twins baseball franchise from 1984 until his death in 2009; and the brother of Jim Pohlad, who took over as the team's principal owner upon their father's death and Bob Pohlad, owner of NorthMarq Capital.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Unicorns
2024
Producer
When hard-working single father Luke stumbles across an underground nightclub, he meets Aysha, a beautiful, seductive woman. Their first kiss yields f...

Dreamin' Wild
2023
Director, Screenplay, Producer
The true story of the Emerson family and the tumult that followed the success of their self-recorded pop-funk album of the same name, which went large...

David Byrne's American Utopia
2020
Executive Producer
A filmed version of David Byrne's Broadway show, a unifying musical celebration that inspires audiences to connect to each other and to the global com...

A Hidden Life
2019
Executive Producer
Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.

Voyage of Time: Life's Journey
2017
Producer
A celebration of the universe, displaying the whole of time, from its start to its final collapse. This film examines all that occurred to prepare the...

The Last Face
2017
Producer
Miguel, a heroic Spanish doctor, puts himself in harm's way to deliver medical treatment to the victims of military uprisings in Africa.

A Monster Calls
2016
Executive Producer
12-year-old Conor encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.

Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience
2016
Producer
A celebration of the universe, displaying the whole of time, from its start to its final collapse. This film examines all that occurred to prepare the...

Love & Mercy
2015
Director, Producer
In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the s...

Wild
2014
Producer
A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.

Time Out of Mind
2014
Producer
Evicted from his squat and suddenly alone on the streets, George is a man without a home. Struggling with his demons and desperately trying to connect...

12 Years a Slave
2013
Producer
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well...
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
2011
as Self
A documentary on Terrence Malick and the making of his film "The Tree of Life."

The Tree of Life
2011
Producer
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhoo...

Fair Game
2010
Producer
A devoted wife and mother leads a secret life as a CIA agent until her husband’s article exposes a scandal, putting her identity and loved ones at ris...

The Runaways
2010
Producer
Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the frontwomen for The Runaways -- the now-legendary group that...

Food, Inc.
2008
Executive Producer
Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner examines how mammoth corporations have taken over all aspects of the food chain in the United States, from the far...

Chicago 10
2008
Executive Producer
Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic Natio...

Into the Wild
2007
Producer
After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savi...

A Prairie Home Companion
2006
Executive Producer
A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country m...

Brokeback Mountain
2005
Executive Producer
In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they ge...

Old Explorers
1990
Director, Writer
Two elderly friends trade stories of adventure with each other.
Miles & Juliette
N/A
Director, Producer
22-year-old Miles Davis embarks on a transformative trip to Paris in 1949, where he falls into a passionate romance with Juliette Gréco, the French si...