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Andy Horwitz - Founder/CEO, Producer

Andy Horwitz is a film/television Producer and Entertainment executive with over 16 years of experience in the Entertainment business. Most recently, Horwitz served as Executive Vice President of Charles Roven’s Atlas Entertainment, where he'd been for just about 15 years. While at Atlas, Horwitz served as an executive and produced tent pole films, independent features, television series, and podcasts for both the traditional studio system as well as the independent film business, which collectively generated billions of dollars in revenues and worldwide critical acclaim. During Horwitz’s time at Atlas, they produced four of the top 100 grossing films of all time.

In 2019, Horwitz served as Producer on J.C. Chandor’s TRIPLE FRONTIER, starring Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund and Pedro Pascal, which was released theatrically by Netflix on March 6, 2019 and on their platform March 13, 2019 to record setting numbers for the streaming giant. Triple Frontier was watched by more than 63 million accounts and over 120 million people in its first 4 weeks, making it Netflix’s fifth most popular original film ever at the time. Before that, Horwitz served as co-producer on David Ayer’s SUICIDE SQUAD starring Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Jared Leto, Jai Courtney, Joel Kinnaman, Cara Delevingne and Viola Davis. The film 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 held the number one spot and grossed over $745 million worldwide at the box office.

Horwitz also served as Producer on THE HOLLOW POINT starring Patrick Wilson, Ian McShane, Jim Belushi and John Leguizamo, and Executive Produced William Monahan’s MOJAVE starring Oscar Isaac and Garrett Hedlund, which A24 released.

In 2013, Horwitz co-produced David O. Russell’s AMERICAN HUSTLE starring Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Jennifer Lawrence. The film was nominated for 10 Academy Awards® including Best Picture and won three Golden Globes® including Best Picture, three BAFTAs including Best Original Screenplay, among numerous critics’ awards including the New York Film Critics Circle award for Best Picture and a SAG Ensemble nomination. AMERICAN HUSTLE was the biggest limited box-office release of 2013. The film has since grossed over $250 million worldwide.

In September of 2022, Horwitz launched Big Swell Entertainment; one of Hollywood's first Producing collectives. Big Swell is quickly becoming a home for Hollywood’s next generation of young producers and has proven to be a disruptor in the best possible way. Horwitz has a number of high profile films in development under the newly formed Big Swell Entertainment, with two planned to shoot in the 4th quarter of 2023.