exclusive: After 15 years at Charles Roven’s atlas Entertainment, where he served as Executive Vice President and Producer Andy Horowitz Go to launch Big Swell Entertainmenta producing group that aims to be a home for the next generation of young, practical producers and storytellers.
Big Swell will look to take a different approach compared to the traditional production company model, allowing producers to operate independently under the Big Swell banner while encouraging a team and collaborative approach with all creators involved. Horowitz is currently working on assembling his team, having already compiled a solid roster of projects in various stages.
Horowitz is supported on this project by Mountaintop Productions, a Tel Aviv-based production company founded by Hezi and Omri Bezalel. In partnership with Bezalels, Big Swell plans to leverage Mountaintop’s relationship base within the Israeli and European content business to bridge the gap between those regions and Hollywood.
“Working at Atlas for the past 15 years has been the experience of a lifetime,” Horowitz said. “Chuck Ruffin is one of Hollywood’s most successful and experienced producers, a giant in the industry, and I look forward to gaining the invaluable skills and experience he has given me to create content of all shapes and sizes for the next generation, with prizes for storytelling, talent and relationships above all else.” .
“I am very proud and happy for Andy, who has been an invaluable member of Atlas for his entire time here,” said Ruffin. “I couldn’t be happier that he realized his dream of starting his own company.”
Horowitz brings to Big Swell a deep creative relationship base and a wealth of experience navigating the Hollywood scene, having worked mostly within the studio system, helping direct films from idea to release. During his time at Atlas, the company produced four of the 100 greatest films of all time, which together earned nearly $10 billion.
In 2019, Horowitz produced JC Chandor trinomial, starring Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund and Pedro Pascal, which was released theatrically by Netflix on March 6, 2019 and began broadcasting on the thirteenth, watched by more than 63 million accounts and more than 120 million people. The first four weeks.
Horowitz previously worked as a co-producer on David Ayer’s DC pic suicide squad, starring Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Jared Leto, Jay Courtney, Joel Kinman, Cara Delevingne and Viola Davis, which opened in August of 2016 and holds the largest August opening weekend in history with $135.1 million domestically. In its second and third weeks, the film took first place, grossing over $745 million worldwide at the box office. during production on suicide squadHorowitz created and led an immersive virtual reality project that, once completed, turned into a multi-million dollar promotional deal and marketing campaign with Samsung.
Horowitz also served as a producer on Atlas Independent’s Vertical Entertainment The Hollow PointStarring Patrick Wilson, Ian McShane, Jim Belushi and John Leguizamo, Executive Producer William Monahan Film A24-Release Mojavestarring Oscar Isaac and Garrett Hedlund, for Atlas The Independent.
In 2013 he co-produced David O. Russell’s American blackmailStarring Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Jennifer Lawrence, which has been nominated for ten Academy Awards and won three Golden Globe Awards including Best Picture, as well as three BAFTA Awards and several critics’ awards. American blackmail It was the biggest limited box office release of 2013 and has since grossed over $250 million worldwide.
Horwitz is represented by the UTA Independent Film Group and Richard Thompson at Brecheen Feldman Breimer.