Lorenzo Di Bonaventura

Lorenzo Di Bonaventura

History

Di Bonaventura is best known for being the President of Worldwide Production for Warner Bros. Pictures. Di Bonaventura had been an executive at Warner Bros. since the 1990s. During his tenure at Warner Bros. he has discovered and shepherded many blockbuster movies.  Di Bonaventura is responsible bringing pop culture classics The Matrix and Harry Potter, among others to the big screen. Di Bonaventura also owns his own production company called Di Bonaventura Pictures and is based at Paramount Pictures.

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Lorenzo Di Bonaventura

Movies

Transformers One
Producer
The story of how a young Optimus Prime and Megatron went from being brothers-in-arms to sworn enemies.
Madame Web
Producer
Forced to confront revelations about her past, paramedic Cassandra Webb forges a relationship with three young women destined for powerful futures...if they can all survive a deadly present.
Meg 2: The Trench
Producer
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Producer
A '90s globetrotting adventure that introduces the Maximals, Predacons, and Terrorcons to the existing battle on earth between Autobots and Decepticons.
Plane
Producer
After a heroic job of successfully landing his storm-damaged aircraft in a war zone, a fearless pilot finds himself between the agendas of multiple militias planning to take the plane and its passengers hostage.
Infinite
Producer
Evan McCauley has skills he never learned and memories of places he has never visited. Self-medicated and on the brink of a mental breakdown, a secret group that call themselves “Infinites” come to his rescue, revealing that his memories are real.
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
Producer
After saving the life of their heir apparent, tenacious loner Snake Eyes is welcomed into an ancient Japanese clan called the Arashikage where he is taught the ways of the ninja warrior. But, when secrets from his past are revealed, Snake Eyes' honor and allegiance will be tested – even if that means losing the trust of those closest to him.
The Secrets We Keep
Producer
In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.
Doom: Annihilation
Executive Producer
A group of UAC Marines responds to a distress call from a top-secret scientific base on Phobos, a Martian moon, only to discover it's been overrun by demons.
El Chicano
Producer
A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.
Pet Sematary
Producer
Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, move from Boston to Ludlow, in rural Maine, with their two young children. Hidden in the woods near the new family home, Ellie, their eldest daughter, discovers a mysterious cemetery where the pets of community members are buried.
Bumblebee
Producer
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary yellow VW bug.
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Self
The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, true pioneer of cinema, the first person who made a narrative fiction film; author of hundreds of movies, but banished from history books. Ignored and forgotten. At last remembered.
Replicas
Producer
A scientist becomes obsessed with returning his family to normalcy after a terrible accident.
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Executive Producer
A recently divorced young man discovers a mint condition Blade doll in his deceased brother's closet and plans to sell the toy at a convention in Oregon celebrating the 30th anniversary of the infamous Toulon Murders. All hell breaks loose during the auction when a strange force animates all of the puppets throughout the convention, setting them on a bloody killing spree.
The Meg
Producer
A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.
Higher Power
Producer
When the Universe decides what it wants, it's pointless to resist. With his family's life at stake, Joseph Steadman finds himself the unwilling test subject of a maniacal scientist in a battle that could save the world – or destroy it.
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Executive Producer
Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.
Only the Brave
Producer
Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town.
American Assassin
Producer
Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.
Kidnap
Producer
A mother (in her Minivan) stops at nothing to recover her kidnapped son.
Transformers: The Last Knight
Producer
Autobots and Decepticons are at war, with humans on the sidelines. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth.
Unlocked
Producer
After failing to apprehend the terrorist behind a Paris attack that claimed dozens of lives, CIA agent Alice Racine is forced to live in London as a caseworker. Her mentor unexpectedly calls her back into action when the CIA discovers that another attack is imminent. Alice soon learns that the classified information she's uncovered has been compromised...
Deepwater Horizon
Producer
A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant
A documentary about how the critically acclaimed film wound up being a box office disappointment, only to become regarded as a classic over a decade after its initial release.
The Death of
Self
The Death of 'Superman Lives': What Happened? feature film documents the process of development of the ill fated "Superman Lives" movie, that was to be directed by Tim Burton and star Nicolas Cage as the man of steel himself, Superman. The project went through years of development before the plug was pulled, and this documentary interviews the major players: Kevin Smith, Tim Burton, Jon Peters, Dan Gilroy, Colleen Atwood, Lorenzo di Bonaventura and many many more.
Dead Rising
Executive Producer
A group of people fight to survive in a zombie infested town.
Evolution Within Extinction
Self
The definitive feature-length documentary on the creation of "Transformers: Age of Extinction".
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Producer
As humanity picks up the pieces, following the conclusion of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," Autobots and Decepticons have all but vanished from the face of the planet. However, a group of powerful, ingenious businessman and scientists attempt to learn from past Transformer incursions and push the boundaries of technology beyond what they can control - all while an ancient, powerful Transformer menace sets Earth in his cross-hairs.
Electric Slide
Executive Producer
A heightened homage to the City of Angels, Electric Slide riffs on the real-life story of Eddie Dodson, the notorious "Gentleman Bank Robber." With a debonair sophistication and a serious talent for flirt, Dodson managed to lure money from mesmerized female tellers at over 60 banks during an epic spree in the 1980s.
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Producer
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
RED 2
Producer
Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Producer
Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This forces the G.I. Joes into not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.
Milius
Self
The life story of ‘Zen Anarchist’ filmmaker John Milius, one of the most influential storytellers of his generation.
Side Effects
Producer
A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.
The Last Stand
Producer
Ray Owens is sheriff of the quiet US border town of Sommerton Junction after leaving the LAPD following a bungled operation. Following his escape from the FBI, a notorious drug baron, his gang, and a hostage are heading toward Sommerton Junction where the police are preparing to make a last stand to intercept them before they cross the border. Owens is reluctant to become involved but ultimately joins in with the law enforcement efforts
Man on a Ledge
Producer
An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest diamond heist ever pulled.
The Devil Inside
Executive Producer
In Italy, a woman becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms during her mission to discover what happened to her mother, who allegedly murdered three people during her own exorcism.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Producer
The Autobots continue to work for NEST, now no longer in secret. But after discovering a strange artifact during a mission in Chernobyl, it becomes apparent to Optimus Prime that the United States government has been less than forthright with them.
RED
Producer
After surviving an assault from a squad of hit men, retired CIA black ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team for an all-out war. Frank reunites with old Joe, crazy Marvin and wily Victoria to uncover a massive conspiracy that threatens their lives. Only their expert training will allow them to survive a near-impossible mission -- breaking into CIA headquarters.
Salt
Producer
As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture. Salt's efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: "Who is Salt?"
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Producer
From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos.
Imagine That
Producer
A financial executive who can't stop his career downspiral is invited into his daughter's imaginary world, where solutions to his problems await.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Producer
Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.
Stardust
Producer
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.
Transformers
Producer
Teenage Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of transforming robots – the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Sam holds the clue to unimaginable power and the Decepticons will stop at nothing to retrieve it.
1408
Producer
A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
Shooter
Producer
A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why??
The Making of Derailed
Himself
A documentary about the making of Derailed (2005).
Derailed
Producer
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
Doom
Producer
A team of space marines known as the Rapid Response Tactical Squad, led by Sarge, is sent to a science facility on Mars after somebody reports a security breach. There, they learn that the alert came after a test subject, a mass murderer purposefully injected with alien DNA, broke free and began killing people. Dr. Grimm, who is related to team member Reaper, informs them all that the chromosome can mutate humans into monsters -- and is highly infectious.
Four Brothers
Producer
Four adopted brothers return to their Detroit hometown when their mother is murdered and vow to exact revenge on the killers.
Constantine
Producer
John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles.
The Matrix Revisited
Self - President, Worldwide Theatrical Production, Warner Bros.
The film goes behind the scenes of the 1999 sci-fi movie The Matrix.
Untitled Constantine Sequel
Executive Producer
After a long hiatus, John Constantine is drawn back into action after finding out supreme demons have acquired a map to Heaven and are planning a mission to destroy the kingdom of God.
Untitled Houdini Project
Producer
A movie about iconic escape artist and illusionist Harry Houdini. Plot details are being kept under wraps on the untitled development project, but it will be set of its time in the early 20th Century and have a Sherlock Holmes tone, dealing as it does with a human superhero type.
Love In Vain
Producer
The story of blues music pioneer Robert Johnson
Untitled Pet Sematary Prequel
Producer
Prequel to the 2019 remake.
Bumblebee 2
Producer
The upcoming film in the TRANSFORMERS and BUMBLEBEE franchise.
2084
Producer
A science fiction film described as a spiritual sibling to the George Orwell novel 1984 and with a similar tone to Inception and The Matrix.
G.I. Joe: Ever Vigilant
Producer
The GI Joe force is reinstated for a confrontation when the Cobra terrorists acquire a deadly new weapon.
El-Alamein
Producer
After British forces defeated Italian forces in North Africa, Germany tapped Gen. Rommel to drive eastward along the North African coast to seize the Suez Canal. British forces were routed, and it came down to a stand at El-Alamein. There, British forces kept the Germans bottled up and unable to overrun Egypt. After several long, bloody battles, and with assistance from Australian and New Zealand forces, the Allies won the day. Rommel signaled Hitler that the cause was lost. He was not granted permission to retreat but began withdrawing troops, leaving the Italians alone to be trounced by allied forces.
Storming Las Vegas
Producer
Commando vet of the Soviet army, Jose Vigoa, takes down several Vegas hotels and makes off with millions of dollars.
The Saint
Producer
Simon Templar creates false identities named after saints in order to steal money from various criminal organizations and redistribute the wealth to others.
Speedhunters
Producer
Car-racing action-thriller
The Mission
Producer
An action thriller about the 2008 rescue of 15 hostages from the guerrila group in the Colombian jungle.