BILL BLOCK
Bill Block founded QED International in December 2005 where he leads day-to-day operations and strategy for the company. Between The Blair Witch Project and District 9, Block has produced, financed, acquired, or distributed over 30 theatrical feature films, and has worked with a broad array of filmmakers (Peter Jackson, Oliver Stone, Michael Mann, Steve Soderburgh, Jon Favreau, David Koepp, Darren Aronofsky, Christopher McQuarrie)

In 2011 QED will currently produce Elysium to be directed by Neill Blomkamp with Matt Damon and Jodie Foster starring and Sony distributing, Extinction Event with Sam Raimi producing at Warner Brothers and will produce and finance I, Alex Cross with Tyler Perry starring and Rob Cohen directing.

Previously, Block was President of Artisan Entertainment. Along with Bain Capital, Block led the LBO of Live Entertainment, a publicly traded video company, which became Artisan. He recruited the management team, helped secure new production financing, and turned Artisan into a competitive force in the independent acquisition and distribution world.

At Artisan, Block supervised all divisions - international, home entertainment, and television syndication to quantify and offset risk with Artisan's banking and distribution partners. Among the projects that he produced or acquired include: The Blair Witch Project; The Buena Vista Social Club; Darren Aronofsky's Pi and Requiem For A Dream; Belly directed by Hype Williams; The Limey directed by Steven Soderbergh; The Ninth Gate starring Johnny Depp and directed by Roman Polanski and Made starring Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn.

At the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, he acquired The Blair Witch Project, which became one of the most profitable returns on investment in film history. Block also bought the Spanish-language film Open Your Eyes, and sub-licensed the remake rights to Paramount, and Executive Produced the remake, Vanilla Sky, starring Tom Cruise.

Before this, Block was one of the industry's leading talent agents. As Head of West Coast Operations for International Creative Management from 1992 to 1997 and founder of the Intertalent Agency, Block's clients included such artists as Kim Basinger, Samuel L. Jackson, Steven Seagal, Charlie Sheen, John Travolta, and Forest Whitaker; and filmmakers Sam Raimi, Roland Emmerich, Billy Friedkin, George Armitage, Stephen Hopkins, Peter Hyams, and Herbert Ross. Block attended Columbia University and lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two sons.