REEL Ladies: Laura Bickford

Producer LAURA BICKFORD is the Academy Award® nominated producer of the critically acclaimed film “Traffic,” which was her first collaboration with Steven Soderbergh and Benicio Del Toro. In addition, the film earned four out of five Oscars® for which it was nominated. One of the film industry’s leading producers with numerous studio and independent projects in development, Bickford recently collaborated again with Soderbergh and Del Toro, producing the two part epic, “Che”, which garnered award acclaim internationally including Plam D'or for Best Actor at Cannes and The Spanish Academy Goya Award for Benicio Del Toro. Laura Bickford Productions was based at Universal Studios for two years following “Traffic” where, among other projects, she developed “Duplicity,” with Tony Gilroy, starring Julia Roberts and Clive Owen. Laura Bickford Productions merged with River Road Entertainment for two years during which time they financed the multi-award winning film “Brokeback Mountain”; as well as “Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus,” starring Nicole Kidman; and Robert Altman’s last film “A Prairie Home Companion” with Meryl Streep heading a stellar ensemble cast that included Lily Tomlin, Kevin Kline, Tommy Lee Jones, Virginia Madsen, Lindsey Lohan and John C. Reilly among others. She also served as executive producer on “Chicago 10,” a documentary by Brett Morgen and Graydon Carter.