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William Horberg is a Hollywood film producer and blogger. His films include Anthony Minghella's adaptations of the novels ''The Talented Mr. Ripley''〔"Stealing a New Life, Carnal, Glamorous and Worth the Price," The New York Times December 24, 1999〕 and ''Cold Mountain''.〔"Lovers Striving for a Reunion, with a War in the Way," The New York Times review December 25, 2003〕 He also produced the critically acclaimed ''Fallen Angels'' series for Showtime from 1993-1995.〔''Variety'' review September 3, 1993〕 ==Early career== Horberg was born in Chicago where, in his first venture into film, he owned and operated the downtown repertory Sandburg Movie Theatre from 1979 to 1981.〔Sandburg Theatre, ''Cinema Treasures'', http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/5765〕 He moved into production starting his company, FutureVision, Inc., and was a producer on Cheap Trick: Live At ChicagoFest for MTV, Chicago Blues a ten-part series featuring legendary blues performers for subscription TV, and was an Associate Producer on Miami Blues,〔"Cop, Thief and Prostitute in Miami," The New York Times April 20, 1990〕 and Executive Producer on A Rage in Harlem (film)〔"Panning For Gold in 1950's Harlem, Via Himes Novel," The New York Times May 3, 1991〕 for Miramax Films. Horberg began his career in 1987 as a creative executive at Paramount Pictures and later a Senior Vice President of Production. While at Paramount he oversaw the development and production of such films as ''Ghost'', ''The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear'', ''Dead Again'', ''Regarding Henry'', ''Soapdish'', ''The Addams Family'' and ''The Godfather Part III''. In 1993, Horberg joined producer/director Sydney Pollack's company, Mirage, where he produced such films as Cold Mountain (movie) based on the best-selling novel by Charles Frazier, ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'', based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith, The Quiet American (2002 film)〔"A Jaded Affair in a Vietnam Already at War," The New York Times November 22, 2002〕 based on the novel by Graham Greene, Heaven (2002 film)〔"When Fate Intrudes, Death on Screen as Well as Off," The New York Times October 4, 2002〕 and Searching for Bobby Fischer,〔"Blessing (or Burden?) of a Child's Chess Gift," The New York Times August 11, 1993〕 the directorial debut of Oscar-winning screenwriter (Schindler's List) Steven Zaillian. During that time, he also created and produced the critically acclaimed Showtime anthology series ''Fallen Angels'' which featured Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Steven Soderbergh and Alfonso Cuaron. He also produced the HBO movie Poodle Springs (film) based on the unfinished novel by Raymond Chandler and adapted by Tom Stoppard, along with Charlie Countryman. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Horberg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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