Editing Nigel Sinclair (section)

== Film career ==

In 2014, Sinclair founded documentary, television and film company White Horse Pictures alongside East with partners Nicholas Ferrall, Cassidy Hartmann and Jeanne Elfant Festa.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |date=2022-12-13 |title=Nigel Sinclair Gets New Role as White Horse Pictures Reorganizes |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/white-horse-pictures-nigel-sinclair-new-role-1235281239/ |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> With White Horse Pictures, Sinclair has produced a series acclaimed documentaries, including Ron Howard's [[The Beatles: Eight Days a Week|''The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years'']] and [[Pavarotti (film)|''Pavarotti'']], [[The Apollo (2019 film)|''The Apollo'']] (exec) directed by [[Roger Ross Williams]], ''[[The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart]]'' directed by [[Frank Marshall (filmmaker)|Frank Marshall]], and [[Amy Poehler]]'s documentary directorial debut [[Lucy and Desi|''Lucy and Des''i]].

Prior to launching White Horse Pictures, Sinclair was the CEO and co-chairman of Exclusive Media, a global independent film company that financed, produced and globally distributed feature films and documentaries. With Exclusive, Sinclair produced ''[[Parkland (film)|Parkland]]'', starring [[Zac Efron]], [[Billy Bob Thornton]] and [[Paul Giamatti]]; ''[[Snitch (film)|Snitch]]'', starring [[Dwayne Johnson]]; and ''[[End of Watch]]'', starring [[Jake Gyllenhaal]], [[Michael Peña]], [[Anna Kendrick]] and [[America Ferrera]].

In addition, Sinclair was executive producer on [[Ron Howard]]'s epic action-thriller ''[[Rush (2013 film)|Rush]]'', set in the spectacular world of [[Formula 1]] [[auto racing]]. Along with Michael Shevloff and [[Paul Crowder (filmmaker)|Paul Crowder]], Sinclair also produced the documentary ''1'', the authorized history of Formula 1.

At White Horse, Sinclair's latest productions include a feature adaptation of [[Conn Iggulden]]'s ''Emperor'' series about [[Julius Caesar]]'s early years and a biopic about [[The Who]] drummer [[Keith Moon]]. The latter of the two projects will be produced with Exclusive.

Previously, Sinclair served as executive producer on [[George Clooney]]'s ''[[The Ides of March (2011 film)|The Ides of March]]'', nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay]], and the Academy Award-winning documentary feature ''[[Undefeated (2011 film)|Undefeated]]'', produced by Exclusive Media's documentary production arm [[Spitfire Pictures]]. Sinclair also served as an executive producer on the [[Hammer Film Productions|Hammer Films]] production and box-office hit ''[[The Woman in Black (2012 film)|The Woman in Black]]'', starring [[Daniel Radcliffe]].

Sinclair's other film credits include [[Peter Weir]]'s ''[[The Way Back (2010 film)|The Way Back]]'', starring [[Jim Sturgess]] and [[Ed Harris]]; ''[[Sliding Doors]]'', starring [[Gwyneth Paltrow]]; ''[[Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines]]'', starring [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]; and [[Alan Parker]]'s ''[[The Life of David Gale]]'', starring [[Kevin Spacey]] and [[Kate Winslet]].

Prior to co-founding Exclusive Media, Sinclair and Guy East (who is also co-chairman of White Horse Pictures), founded [[Intermedia Films]] in 1996, which grew to become one of the world's leading independent film companies. After their departure in 2002, Sinclair and East then founded Spitfire Pictures, which was merged with Hammer to form Exclusive Media in 2008.

Under the Spitfire Pictures label Sinclair produced (along with [[Olivia Harrison]]) the award-winning ''[[George Harrison: Living in the Material World]]'', [[Martin Scorsese]]'s biographical film about the life of [[George Harrison]], which won an [[Emmy Award|Emmy]]. He also produced the Bob Dylan documentary ''[[No Direction Home]]'', also directed by Scorsese, which won an Emmy, two [[Grammy Awards]], a [[Peabody Award]] and a DuPont.

In 2012, Sinclair won his second Grammy for ''[[Foo Fighters: Back and Forth]]'' and in 2007 he was nominated for a Grammy for ''[[Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who]]''. Sinclair won his first Grammy in 2006 for ''[[No Direction Home]]''.

His company Spitfire Pictures had been involved with [[Tongal]] since 2013, working with the company to crowd-source a documentary. According to the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', Tongal users will submit pitch ideas, with Spitfire selecting the top five, and awarding one the winning idea before distributing the final project.<ref name="fjklatimes">
{{cite news
| title       =Spitfire Pictures partners with Tongal to crowd-source documentary 
| first       =Ryan
| last        =Raughnder
| url         =http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-spitfire-tongal-documentary-20130916-story.html
| newspaper   =[[Los Angeles Times]]
| date        =22 September 2013
| accessdate  = 2015-05-15
}}</ref>