Milan Popelka(II)
- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Production Manager
Milan Popelka is the Chief Operating Officer at leading independent entertainment company FilmNation Entertainment. Popelka's responsibilities include overseeing all day-to-day operations, strategic planning/business development, and finance for the company, and extend across film, television, theater, and digital/audio.FilmNation is consistently ranked as one of the highest-grossing independent international film distributors, amassing over $1.4B global box office since 2013, as well as 45 Academy Award nominations (including 8 wins).
On the film production/finance slate, Popelka served as Executive Producer on Denis Villeneuve's science fiction epic Arrival - the film garnered 8 Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, and grossed over $170M in worldwide box office. He also served as Executive Producer on this year's Late Night starring Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling, as well as on several high-profile productions the company has coming to theaters in 2020: Greyhound starring Tom Hanks (Sony Pictures), Emerald Fennell's Promising Young Woman starring Carey Mulligan (Focus Features), and Dominic Cooke's Ironbark starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
International sales credits for FilmNation include, among others: Best Picture Academy Award winner The King's Speech starring Colin Firth; Best Picture Academy Award nominated The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Alexander Payne's six-time Academy Award nominated Nebraska, and Rian Johnson's Looper. Popelka is integrally involved in the company's US and UK television activities as well, and the independent studio has a number of high-profile global series lined up including Derek Cianfrance's I Know This Much Is True, starring Mark Ruffalo which is currently in production at HBO. On the digital/audio front, Popelka Executive Produced the company's first podcast, genre-bending science narrative Hyper-Thetical, and is overseeing the company's expansive ambitions in this space.
Prior to joining FilmNation, Popelka oversaw creative/finance at production and financing outfit Samuels Media (Michael Clayton). He also previously worked in the Independent Finance Group at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), and served as a management consultant in the entertainment practice of McKinsey & Company. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, and received a B.A. in Economics with Honors from Harvard College.
On the film production/finance slate, Popelka served as Executive Producer on Denis Villeneuve's science fiction epic Arrival - the film garnered 8 Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, and grossed over $170M in worldwide box office. He also served as Executive Producer on this year's Late Night starring Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling, as well as on several high-profile productions the company has coming to theaters in 2020: Greyhound starring Tom Hanks (Sony Pictures), Emerald Fennell's Promising Young Woman starring Carey Mulligan (Focus Features), and Dominic Cooke's Ironbark starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
International sales credits for FilmNation include, among others: Best Picture Academy Award winner The King's Speech starring Colin Firth; Best Picture Academy Award nominated The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Alexander Payne's six-time Academy Award nominated Nebraska, and Rian Johnson's Looper. Popelka is integrally involved in the company's US and UK television activities as well, and the independent studio has a number of high-profile global series lined up including Derek Cianfrance's I Know This Much Is True, starring Mark Ruffalo which is currently in production at HBO. On the digital/audio front, Popelka Executive Produced the company's first podcast, genre-bending science narrative Hyper-Thetical, and is overseeing the company's expansive ambitions in this space.
Prior to joining FilmNation, Popelka oversaw creative/finance at production and financing outfit Samuels Media (Michael Clayton). He also previously worked in the Independent Finance Group at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), and served as a management consultant in the entertainment practice of McKinsey & Company. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, and received a B.A. in Economics with Honors from Harvard College.
