TODD LIEBERMAN
Todd Lieberman is an Oscar and Emmy winning producer and founder of Hidden Pictures , a film and television production company telling premium stories with a focus on discoveries of self, of purpose and of time and place. Hidden Pictures believes in the importance of sharing narratives that leave the audience with an uplifting sense of optimism to carry back into their lives.
Lieberman is one of the leading producers in the entertainment industry today. In total, he has had eight movies open at #1 at the box office, and they have been nominated for 11 Academy Awards, winning three.
Lieberman produced Disney’s long-awaited, live-action retelling of Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson as Belle and Dan Stevens as The Beast. The critically hailed film, directed by Bill Condon, broke box office records worldwide and became the highest grossing PG-rated film in North America of all time. It also stars Emma Thompson, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Luke Evans, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellan, Ewan McGregor, and Audra MacDonald. In 2018, Beauty and the Beast was nominated for two Academy Awards©: Costume Design and Production Design.
He most recently released White Bird: A Wonder Story with Helen Mirren and Gillian Anderson for Lionsgate, a beautifully heart wrenching story of love and finding the courage to be kind set against the backdrop of WWII France. Lieberman produced Shotgun Wedding for Amazon Prime starring Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel, which was the number one streaming release worldwide for 2023. Prior to that, Lieberman released Rescue Rangers in May of 2022, starring Andy Samberg and John Mulaney on Disney+, which won the Emmy for Outstanding Television Movie. He also produced Hit & Run, an action thriller series starring Lior Raz (Fauda) on Netflix.
He just wrapped production on three films, including: War Machine, starring Alan Ritchson for Lionsgate and Netflix, which will see a 2025 release; Amazon’s live action Voltron, with Rawson Marshall Thurber directing; and The Housemaid for Lionsgate, based on Freida McFadden’s NYT bestselling novel, with Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried to star and Paul Feig to direct. On the Television side, he is in Production on a take of the classic tale of Robin Hood with Lionsgate for MGM + with John Glenn and Jonathan English writing and producing. He is in Post-Production on two documentaries as well: a Vice Studios collaboration that follows the life and career of all-time rock band Def Leppard, and a documentary series for Amazon titled Soul Power about the American Basketball Association with Julius Erving and Common as Executive Producers.
Prior to the creation of his new company, Hidden Pictures, Lieberman produced under the Mandeville Films banner which he continues to co-own. Some of his extensive credits include: The Fighter, Wonder, The Proposal, The Muppets, Muppets Most Wanted, The Aeronauts, Stronger, Warm Bodies, Insurgent, Allegiant.
Lieberman established himself at international sales and distribution giant Summit Entertainment, where he moved quickly up the ranks after pushing indie sensation Memento into production and acquiring the Universal box-office smash American Pie.
In 2001, Lieberman was named one of the “35 under 35” people to watch in the business by The Hollywood Reporter, which also ranked Lieberman among the 30 most powerful producers in Hollywood. He holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and is a 2022 recipient of the Penn Alumni of Merit Creative Spirit Award. Lieberman is a member of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences and a judge for the Academy’s Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting. He is also a member of the Television Academy and a Producer’s Guild mentor, as well as an active member of the Los Angeles chapter of the Young Presidents’ Organization. A Cleveland native, he is a 2018 recipient of the Key to the State of Ohio. Lieberman is an avid sports fan and consulting producer of the podcast Inside Baseball. He also serves on the board of Run 2 Remember Los Angeles, an annual half marathon and 10K that honors fallen First Responders and their families.
Appearances
- Todd Lieberman on Milken Institute Global Conference panel: “TV executives says A.I. will soon be used in ‘absolutely’ everything from writing to editing as screenwriters strike to protect their work“
- Hollywood Gold Podcast: Todd Lieberman on making iconic boxing movie “The Fighter”