Daniel Bobker
- Producer
- Executive
Daniel began his career in New York's publishing world, starting as an assistant editor at Farrar, Straus & Giroux, where he worked on acclaimed books including William Steig's now ubiquitous favorite "Shrek!," Nobel Prize winner Seamus Heaney's "Collected Poems," and Fred Marcellino's adaptation of "Puss in Boots" which garnered Caldecott honors.
After rising through the editorial ranks at HarperCollins and William Morrow, he segued into the film industry as a literary VP for Brillstein-Grey Entertainment. Bobker then worked as a VP at Scott Rudin Productions, before relocating to Los Angeles to run Sony-based production company Ballyhoo, where he launched development of the novel "About Schmidt" that reached the screen as a film directed by Alexander Payne and starring Jack Nicholson.
With his own production company's focus on elevated storytelling, Daniel has produced standout films across genres, including revisionist Shakespeare drama "Ophelia" that brought a female perspective to the Bard's most famous work, starring Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, and Clive Owen, directed by Claire McCarthy; fantasy adventure "The Brothers Grimm" which debunked the roots of literature's most iconic fairy tale auteurs, starring Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, and Lena Headey, directed by Terry Gilliam; and horror thriller "The Skeleton Key" that spun a subversive twist on Southern gothic terror, starring Kate Hudson, John Hurt, and Gena Rowlands, directed by Iain Softley.
Bobker grew up in New York, and is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he majored in Creative Writing under acclaimed author Lorrie Moore.
After rising through the editorial ranks at HarperCollins and William Morrow, he segued into the film industry as a literary VP for Brillstein-Grey Entertainment. Bobker then worked as a VP at Scott Rudin Productions, before relocating to Los Angeles to run Sony-based production company Ballyhoo, where he launched development of the novel "About Schmidt" that reached the screen as a film directed by Alexander Payne and starring Jack Nicholson.
With his own production company's focus on elevated storytelling, Daniel has produced standout films across genres, including revisionist Shakespeare drama "Ophelia" that brought a female perspective to the Bard's most famous work, starring Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, and Clive Owen, directed by Claire McCarthy; fantasy adventure "The Brothers Grimm" which debunked the roots of literature's most iconic fairy tale auteurs, starring Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, and Lena Headey, directed by Terry Gilliam; and horror thriller "The Skeleton Key" that spun a subversive twist on Southern gothic terror, starring Kate Hudson, John Hurt, and Gena Rowlands, directed by Iain Softley.
Bobker grew up in New York, and is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he majored in Creative Writing under acclaimed author Lorrie Moore.
