Jeremy Bolt is a British film producer. He co-founded Impact Pictures with Paul W. S. Anderson in 1992, producer Jeremy Bolt has produced the majority of Anderson's movies. He is most well-known for producing the Resident Evil film series and Death Race. As well as producing big budget genre movies, Bolt also produced the art house filmVigo for Film Four, and the comedy Stiff Upper Lips. He has also produced There’s Only One Jimmy Grimble, and teen horrorThe Hole, both for Pathe Pictures.
Education
Bolt was educated at Edge Grove School, a boys' preparatory independent school in the village of Aldenham in Hertfordshire in Southern England, and then Wellington College, an independent boarding school, in Berkshire, followed by Bristol University, where he studied English and Philosophy, achieving a 2:1.
Career
Bolt and Anderson's first collaboration, 1994's Shopping starring Jude Law, was a film about joyriding and ram-raiding British youth that revved up Bolt's career and established his love of cars and death defying races. Having attracted interest from Hollywood, Bolt produced big budget films such as Event Horizon and Soldier. 2002's Resident Evil was the first movie under Impact Pictures' joint venture deal with Constantin Film, going on to gross over $100M worldwide. Under a joint venture with Constantin, Bolt has also produced 2004's ', the psychological horrorThe Dark, teen actioner ', an adaptation of Tecmo’s best-selling video game franchise, and the third movie in the Resident Evil franchise, 2007’s ' debuted at #1 in the US box office and grossed $150M worldwide. In 2008, Bolt produced Death Race with Jason Statham, Joan Allen and Ian McShane, a reimagining of the Roger Corman classic, with Cruise/Wagner Productions for Universal Pictures. Fall 2009 saw the release of the science fiction horror filmPandorum for Overture Films and Constantin Film starring Dennis Quaid & Ben Foster. The fourth film in the Resident Evil franchise was released in the Fall of 2010 and grossed $300M worldwide. Action horror ' was shot in 3D for Constantin Film, and stars Milla Jovovich & Ali Larter. The Three Musketeers was released in the fall of 2011, which Paul W. S. Anderson directed for Constantin Film and Summit Entertainment. The film, shot in 3D, starred Orlando Bloom, Milla Jovovich, and Logan Lerman and was the No. 1 movie in Germany and Japan. It grossed approximately $150M worldwide. The fifth film in the Resident Evil franchise began production in October 2011 with Paul W. S. Anderson directing for Constantin Film. ' was released in September 2012. Resident Evil: Retribution grossed $220M worldwide. Bolt produced Pompeii, a love story set against the backdrop of the eruption of Mt Vesuvius in 79 A. D., which Paul W. S. Anderson directed in 3D for Summit Entertainment and Constantin Film. ', the last film in Anderson's Resident Evil series was released worldwide in early 2017, with an early release in Japan in late 2016. This was the highest grossing film of the franchise, bringing the Resident Evil theatrical franchise total to over $1.25 Billion. Bolt produced Polar for Netflix starring Mads Mikkelsen, Vanessa Hudgens and Katheryn Winnick. Most recently, Bolt produced Monster Hunter, based on Capcom's worldwide best selling game, for Constantin Film, Sony, Toho and Ten Cent. The film was directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and stars Milla Jovovich, Tony Jaa, Ron Perlman, T.I., and Megan Goode. Next up Bolt is producing Titanoboa, Danger Girl and Black Beauty for Constantin Film.
