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Todd Black

at Escape Artists · Culver City, California (Sony Pictures Studios lot – Astaire Building)

21 Productions1 CompanyUpdated Jun 2, 2026

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Todd Black (born February 9, 1960, Dallas, TX) is one of Hollywood's most respected and prolific film and television producers, best known for his decades-long creative partnership with Denzel Washington. He co-founded Escape Artists in 2000 alongside Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch, an independently financed production company with a first-look deal at Sony Pictures Entertainment and MGM Television. His credits span Oscar-nominated prestige dramas including Fences (2017 Best Picture nominee), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Being the Ricardos, and The Pursuit of Happyness, as well as major franchise action films like The Equalizer trilogy and The Magnificent Seven. Black began his career as a casting associate after attending USC's School of Dramatic Arts (BFA '82), and went on to serve as President of Motion Picture Production at Mandalay Entertainment before launching his own banner.

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Fences (2016)Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)Antwone Fisher (2002)The Great Debaters (2007)The Equalizer (2014)The Equalizer 2 (2018)The Equalizer 3 (2023)The Magnificent Seven (2016)Being the Ricardos (2021)Emancipation (2022)The Piano Lesson (2024)A Knight's Tale (2001)The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)Southpaw (2015)Seven Pounds (2008)Hope Springs (2012)The Upside (2019)Cassandro (2023)A Journal for Jordan (2021)Untamed (2025)DTF St. Louis (2025)Dr. Death (2021)Highest 2 Lowest (2025)

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