River Road Entertainment is a leading independent production company known for making distinguished feature films and documentaries that astonish, inspire, reveal and provoke. Founded by Bill Pohlad, acclaimed filmmaker and producer of Academy Award®-winning films, the company’s ability to seek out compelling material and bring it to life has established River Road’s reputation as unafraid to take creative risks. Over the past two decades, River Road has made some of the most significant independent films, including the Academy Award®-winning Best Picture 12 Years A Slave directed by Steve McQueen; Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, which won the Palme d’Or at the 2011 Cannes International Film Festival; and other critically-acclaimed films such as Sean Penn’s Into The Wild, Jean Marc Vallée’s Wild, Doug Liman’s Fair Game, and Bill Pohlad’s Love & Mercy. Other credits include Ang Lee’s Academy Award®-winning epic Brokeback Mountain, Robert Altman’s Prairie Home Companion, J.A. Bayona’s A Monster Calls as well as many feature documentaries including Robert Kenner’s Academy Award®-nominated Food, Inc.