Walter Hamada

Walter Hamada is an American film executive and producer. He joined New Line Cinema in 2007, where he served as an executive producer on films such as The Conjuring (2013), Annabelle (2014), The Conjuring 2 (2016), Lights Out (2016), and It (2017). In January 2018, he was appointed the President of DC-based film production at Warner Bros. Pictures.
==Career==
He began his career as an assistant at TriStar and became Vice President of production at Columbia Pictures. In 2007, he joined New Line Cinema, a division of Warner Bros., where he served as a production executive for a decade. He oversaw their horror slate of films with Dave Neustadter, including The Conjuring series and It (2017). He also co-wrote the story for 47 Ronin (2013), a Universal Pictures film starring Keanu Reeves.
In January 2018, after Justice League underperformed critically and commercially, Warner Bros. appointed Hamada as the President of DC Films. He oversees production of the DC Films shared universe and other DC-based films, and works closely with Geoff Johns, the President and chief creative officer of DC Entertainment.[2][1] According to The Hollywood Reporter, his overseeing of the DC film Shazam! (2019) at New Line impressed Toby Emmerich, the then-President and chief content officer of Warner Bros. Pictures.
==Filmography==
Year	Film 	Role
2002	Sorority Boys 	Producer
2007	Whisper 	Producer
2009	Friday the 13th 	Executive producer
2009	The Final Destination 	Executive producer
2010	A Nightmare on Elm Street 	Executive producer
2011	Final Destination 5 	Executive producer
2013	The Incredible Burt Wonderstone	Executive producer
2013	The Conjuring 	Executive producer
2013	47 Ronin 	StoryExecutive producer
2014	Into the Storm 	Executive producer
2014	Annabelle 	Executive producer
2015	The Gallows 	Executive producer
2016	The Conjuring 2 	Executive producer
2016	Lights Out 	Executive producer
2016	Crawlspace 	Executive producer
2016	Wolves at our Door 	Executive producer
2017	Annabelle: Creation 	Executive producer
2017	It 	Executive producer
2018	Tag 	Executive producer
2018	Aquaman 	Executive producer
2019	Shazam! 	Executive producer
2020	Birds of Prey 	Executive producer
2020	Wonder Woman 1984 	Executive producer
==See also==
List of films based on DC Comics
==External links==
*Walter Hamada at Warner Bros.
*Walter Hamada on IMDb
Category:Living people
Category:American producers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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Category:American people of Japanese descent
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