J. C. Spink
J.C. Spink is an American film producer.
Life
He established Benderspink with partner Chris Bender in November 1998[1] with American Pie in post-production and fourteen writer clients signed to their management company.[2] Benderspink’s film production arm has had a successful first-look deal with New Line Cinema for almost 15 years.
Spink has produced or exec-produced a wide variety of projects, including “Cats & Dogs,” “The Ring” franchise, “The Butterfly Effect,” “Kyle XY” (for television), “Leap Year” and “A History of Violence,” for which he and Bender received a Golden Globe Award nomination.[3]
BenderSpink has continued to make diverse feature films over the past fifteen years including the romantic comedies “Just Friends,” starring Ryan Reynolds, “Monster-in-Law,” starring Jennifer Lopez and Jane Fonda, and “Red Eye,” directed by Wes Craven and starring Rachel McAdams.
Most recently, Spink served as an executive producer on the worldwide blockbuster comedies “The Hangover” franchise, “We’re the Millers”[4] and “Ride Along” with Ice Cube and Kevin Hart. Among Spink’s recent projects is Criminal, with Kevin Costner.[5]
Filmography
Producer
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Cats & Dogs | executive producer | |
| Cheats | producer | ||
| 2003 | Blind Horizon | co-executive producer | |
| 2004 | The Butterfly Effect | producer | |
| 2005 | The Ring Two | co-executive producer | |
| Monster-in-Law | producer | ||
| A History of Violence | producer | ||
| Red Eye | executive producer | ||
| Just Friends | producer | ||
| 2006-09 | Kyle XY | executive producer | TV Series |
| 2009 | The Hangover | executive producer | |
| 2010 | Leap Year | executive producer | |
| 2011 | I Am Number Four | executive producer | |
| Arthur | executive producer | ||
| The Hangover II | executive producer | ||
| 2013 | The Incredible Burt Wonderstone | executive producer | |
| The Hangover III | executive producer | ||
| We're the Millers | executive producer | ||
| 2014 | Zombeavers | producer | |
| 2016 | Criminal | producer | |
| 2018 | Mulan | producer |
Cultural References
A young J.C. Spink (played by actors Cooper Roth and Zane Emory) was a recurring minor character in the first two seasons of the ABC comedy The Goldbergs. In addition, the real J.C. Spink has had cameos in two episodes. Spink was a real-life schoolmate of series creator Adam F. Goldberg. According to 'The Goldbergs', J.C bullied Adam till he saw the error of his ways.
References
- ↑ JC Spink | LinkedIn
- ↑ BenderSpink: Minimoguls of the Entourage Generation
- ↑ Local Movie Producer J.C.Spink Discusses His Favorite Films
- ↑ BenderSpink: Minimoguls of the Entourage Generation
- ↑ Monsters Lockdown Franklin High; Project Gets New Writers