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David Heyman is a British film producer who has worked on many films. He is the main producer of all the Harry Potter films, Fantastic Beasts films, and the Harry Potter television series.

Biography[]

Early life[]

Heyman was born in London, England in 1961. He went to school in the United States, earning a degree in Art History from Harvard University in 1983.

Career[]

David Heyman first worked in the film industry as a production assistant, before producing his first film, Juice, in 1992, followed by the cult "stoner" film The Stoned Age (1994).

Heyman enjoyed some success as an executive in America before returning to London to found his own production company, Heyday Films, in 1997. In 1997, his secretary Nisha Parti read the first book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and told him that it would be a good candidate for a film adaptation. He read the book and immediately acquired the rights.[1] He has since produced a number of notable films, the best known of which are the Harry Potter film adaptations, beginning with the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 2001, and ending with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. He later produced Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018), and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022). In 2005, Heyman was the executive producer of the CBS television series Threshold. He has also produced the 2007 blockbuster I Am Legend with Will Smith, the Holocaust drama The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas starring David Thewlis, Yes Man starring Jim Carrey, and produced the John Crowley movie Is Anybody There? starring Michael Caine.

Heyman is the son of John Heyman, producer of films such as The Go-Between and Jesus, and Norma Heyman, producer of Dangerous Liaisons and Mrs Henderson Presents. Heyman is married to an interior designer, Rose Uniacke.

He is attached as an executive producer on the upcoming Harry Potter television series.[2]

Notable awards and nominations[]

Awards[]

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Behind the scenes[]

David Heyman Quest of Sir Cadogan

Heyman's portrait in his cameo appearance in The Quest of Sir Cadogan

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