Bill Pohlad

Bill Pohlad has been making groundbreaking films under the River Road Entertainment banner for over thirty years. As a producer, he has been instrumental in Academy Award®-winning Best Picture 12 Years a Slave, The Tree of Life, and Into the Wild. As an executive producer, Bill’s credits include Brokeback Mountain and the documentary Food, Inc.

After earning a bachelor’s degree in accounting and economics from Gonzaga University and working in marketing for the family’s financial services companies through much of the 1980s, Bill decided to pursue his life-long passion for film. While he has been focusing on his producing activities for the last 15 years, Bill made his return to directing in 2014 with Love & Mercy, a dramatic and unconventional portrait of the mercurial leader of the Beach Boys, Brian Wilson.

Bill currently serves as chairman of the Pohlad Family Foundation.