Basil Iwanyk

Basil William Iwanyk (born January 4, 1970) is an American film producer. He is the founder of Thunder Road Films and most known for the films Sicario, The Town, Greenland, and the John Wick franchise. His films have earned more than $2 billion internationally as of 2018.^[1]

Basil Iwanyk
Iwanyk on the set of Sicario
Born	(1970-01-04) January 4, 1970 (age 55) Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma mater	Villanova
Occupation	Film producer

After starting out working for Warner Bros in the 1990s, Basil founded the film production company Thunder Road in 2000.^[2]

Biography

Iwanyk grew up in New Jersey.^[3] He is of Ukrainian descent.^{[4][failed verification]} Iwanyk worked for Warner Bros in the 1990s before founding Thunder Road. Iwanyk was on the production team for the films Sicario and Wind River, both of which were written by Taylor Sheridan, who also directed Wind River and later became the show-runner of the TV show Yellowstone. Basil is also named as a producer for movies in the John Wick franchise.^[5]

Filmography

Films

Producer

• K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) (co-producer)
• Welcome to Mooseport (2004)
• Firewall (2006)
• We Are Marshall (2006)
• Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008) (Direct-to-video)
• Brooklyn’s Finest (2009)
• Clash of the Titans (2010)
• The Town (2010)
• Lost Boys: The Thirst (2010) (Direct-to-video)
• Wrath of the Titans (2012)
• John Wick (2014)
• Seventh Son (2015)
• Sicario (2015)
• Gods of Egypt (2016)
• John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
• Wind River (2017)
• The Current War (2017)
• 24 Hours to Live (2017)
• Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
• Hotel Mumbai (2018)
• A Private War (2018)
• John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)
• The Informer (2019)
• Endless (2020)
• Bruised (2020)
• Greenland (2020)
• Voyagers (2021)
• National Champions (2021)
• The Contractor (2022)
• Black Site (2022)
• Love Again (2023)
• John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
• Kandahar (2023)
• Silent Night (2023)
• Red Right Hand (2024)
• Monkey Man (2024)
• Breathe (2024)
• Trigger Warning (2024)
• Ballerina (2025)
• Wind River: The Next Chapter (TBA)^[6]
• Dust Bunny (TBA)
• John Wick: Chapter 5 (TBA)
• Relay (TBA)
• Greenland: Migration (TBA)
• By Any Means (TBA)
• The Boondock Saints 3 (TBA)

Executive producer

• Basic (2003)
• If Only (2004)
• Mindhunters (2004)
• Laws of Attraction (2004)
• The Expendables (2010)
• The Expendables 2 (2012)
• The Expendables 3 (2014)
• A Star Is Born (2018)
• Robin Hood (2018)
• 62,000:1 Three Teams One City One Year (2019)

Other credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Invisible: The Chronicles of Benjamin Knight	Production assistant
2003	Masked and Anonymous	Production manager	Uncredited
2025	Wick Is Pain	Himself	Documentary film

Television

Executive producer

• King of Late Night (2012)
• The Messengers (2015)
• The Fugitive (2020)
• The Continental: From the World of John Wick (2023)

Further reading

• Barnes, Brooks (October 6, 2010). "Film Producer on a Roll, With Fingers Crossed". The New York Times. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
• Roxborough, Scott (May 16, 2014). "Cannes: 'Wrath of the Titans' Producer Basil Iwanyk Joins 'Ivanhoe'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 18, 2018.