Todd Garner is an American film producer and is the founder and head of ''Broken Road Productions''.

Biography

Garner is a former

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executive, and was formerly co-president of production at Disney. In 2000, he signed a deal with

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to produce films with

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, including ''

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'' (2003), ''

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'' (2004) and ''

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'' (2002). Garner partnered in 2016 with ''Covert Media'' to produce two to four films a year. In 2005, Garner founded his production company -- ''Broken Road Productions --'' and signed a first-look deal with

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in 2018. Garner currently hosts ''The Producer's Guide: Todd Garner & Hollywood's Elite'', which takes an in-depth look at the movie business and what it takes to be a producer in today's world. Garner produced the films '' Paul Blart: Mall Cop'', ''

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'', ''Zookeeper'', and '' Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2'', all of which starred

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, as well as the horror films ''

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'' and ''

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''. Garner produced '' Senior Year'' in 2022 for

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, along with producers

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, Timothy M. Bourne and Chris Bender.

Filmography

Garner acted as producer in all films unless otherwise noted:

Film

;Miscellaneous crew ;As an actor ;Thanks

Television

;As writer

References

External links

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