Bill Todman Jr.
Bill Todman Jr. is an American media executive. He began his career working for his father, Hall of Fame television producer Bill Todman. In 1981, Todman moved to Goodson-Todman West in Los Angeles to concentrate on television production. He quickly transitioned to MGM/UA Television in 1982 as a programming executive working under the president, Thomas Tannenbaum. In 1984, Todman joined 20th Century Fox TV as a producer reporting to Leslie Moonves. He moved with Moonves to Lorimar-Telepictures, where Todman teamed up with Joel Simon to form a producing partnership called Todman/Simon Productions that spanned decades. Together, they produced eight television pilots, two series, and one made-for-television movie. While working in television, Todman and Simon ventured into feature films, producing hit Warner Bros. movies such as Married to the Mob and Hard to Kill. In 1995, Todman became president of Morgan Creek Productions. He served as executive producer on films including Two if by Sea, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Diabolique, Incognito, Wild America, Bad Moon, Major League: Back to the Minors, Wrongfully Accused, and The King and I. In 1998, Todman produced the feature film Wild Wild West for Warner Bros. In 2000, he co-produced X-Men for 20th Century Fox. He joined forces with Kopelson Entertainment in 1999 for the ABC television program Thieves while simultaneously producing The In-Laws with Joel Simon at Warner Bros. In 2003, Todman and Edward L. Milstein formed Level 1 Entertainment. Together, they have produced and financed such motion pictures as Grandma's Boy for 20th Century Fox, Rendition for New Line Cinema, and Strange Wilderness for Paramount Pictures. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Todman Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Producer
- 15 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
What are Bill Todman Jr.'s films like?
Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 4 · Earnest 9
Light 8 · Serious 3 · Dark 4
Grounded 5 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 2
A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 5 · Intense 7
Steady 3 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 4
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 4
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 4
Casual 6 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 10 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 2
Resolved 12 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy10
- Bittersweet1
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Bill Todman Jr.'s films?
As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
- Howdy, show their 2 titles on Howdy
- Cineverse, show their title on Cineverse
- Fear Factory, show their title on Fear Factory
- Indie Club, show their title on Indie Club
- Screambox, show their title on Screambox
- Shout! TV, show their title on Shout! TV
- Sony Pictures Core, show their title on Sony Pictures Core
Subscription and free streaming for Bill Todman Jr.'s titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
17 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.
Detour(2013)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Strange Wilderness(2008)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Rendition(2007)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Grandma's Boy(2006)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
The In-Laws(2003)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
X-Men(2000)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Wild Wild West(1999)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Incognito(1997)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Wild America(1997)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Bad Moon(1996)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Diabolique(1996)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Two If by Sea(1996)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
The Owl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Hard to Kill(1990)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Married to the Mob(1988)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all filmsMini War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 17 titles, 16 of them dated from 1988 to 2013.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Bill Todman Jr.'s films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 35th percentile, the median of all 15; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 38th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 15 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed8
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Bill Todman Jr.'s work okay for kids?
Across up to 11 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Bill Todman Jr. work with?
People who share at least 2 of Bill Todman Jr.'s MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Gary Barber shares the most, 6.
Actors
- Allen CovertShared titles: Strange Wilderness (2008), Grandma's Boy (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Allen Covert
- Jonah HillShared titles: Strange Wilderness (2008), Grandma's Boy (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Jonah Hill
- Shirley KnightShared titles: Grandma's Boy (2006), Diabolique (1996)See all 2 shared titles with Shirley Knight
- Julia Montgomery BrownShared titles: Bad Moon (1996), Two If by Sea (1996)See all 2 shared titles with Julia Montgomery Brown
Composers and editors
- Tom CostainShared titles: Strange Wilderness (2008), Grandma's Boy (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Tom Costain
- Waddy WachtelShared titles: Strange Wilderness (2008), Grandma's Boy (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Waddy Wachtel
- O. Nicholas BrownShared titles: Major League: Back to the Minors (1998), Wild America (1997)See all 2 shared titles with O. Nicholas Brown
Producers
- Gary BarberShared titles: Major League: Back to the Minors (1998), Incognito (1997), Wild America (1997), Bad Moon (1996), Diabolique (1996), Two If by Sea (1996)See all 6 shared titles with Gary Barber
- James G. RobinsonShared titles: Major League: Back to the Minors (1998), Incognito (1997), Wild America (1997), Bad Moon (1996), Diabolique (1996), Two If by Sea (1996)See all 6 shared titles with James G. Robinson
- Joel SimonShared titles: The In-Laws (2003), X-Men (2000), Wild Wild West (1999), Hard to Kill (1990), Married to the Mob (1988)See all 5 shared titles with Joel Simon
- Edward MilsteinShared titles: Detour (2013), Strange Wilderness (2008), Rendition (2007), Grandma's Boy (2006)See all 4 shared titles with Edward Milstein