Person
David Ellison
Production · Born 1983-01-09 · Santa Clara, California, USA
Biography
David Ellison (born January 9, 1983) is an American film producer serving as chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Paramount Skydance since August 2025. He is the son of Oracle Corporation co-founder Larry Ellison, a centibillionaire. He founded Skydance Media in 2006 and served as its CEO until 2025, and has produced the films, including Terminator Genisys (2015), Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), Life (2017), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022), with the latter nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Ellison, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Reacher
Executive Producer
Swapped
Producer
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Executive Producer
Foundation
Executive Producer
Top Gun: Maverick
Producer
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Executive Producer
World War Z
Executive Producer
Altered Carbon
Executive Producer
The Gorge
Producer
Leverage
Ballard
Filmography
- 2027The RescueProducer
- 2026Ray GunnProducer
- 2026Way of the Warrior KidProducer
- 2026MatchboxProducer
- 2026BrothersExecutive Producer
- 2026NeagleyExecutive Producer
- 2026MaydayProducer
- 2026Ride or DieExecutive Producer
- 2026RafaProducer
- 2026SwappedProducer
- 2026Balls UpProducer
- 2025ElwayExecutive Producer
- 2025The Family Plan 2Producer
- 2025The RunaroundsExecutive Producer
- 2025America's Team: The Gambler and His CowboysExecutive Producer
- 2025One Night in Idaho: The College MurdersExecutive Producer
- 2025The Old Guard 2Producer
- 2025Fountain of YouthProducer
- 2025Mission: Impossible - The Final ReckoningExecutive Producer
- 2025Flink's Pigeon ProblemsExecutive Producer
- 2025The GorgeProducer
- 2024Aaron Rodgers: EnigmaExecutive Producer
- 2024FreediverProducer
- 2024SpellboundProducer
- 2024CrossExecutive Producer
- 2024Terminator ZeroExecutive Producer
- 2024WondLaExecutive Producer
- 2024NFL Draft: The Pick Is inExecutive Producer
- 2023The Family PlanProducer
- 2023Spy Kids: ArmageddonProducer
- 2023KelceExecutive Producer
- 2023Heart of StoneProducer
- 2023Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part OneExecutive Producer
- 2023Transformers: Rise of the BeastsExecutive Producer
- 2023FUBARExecutive Producer
- 2023GhostedProducer
- 2023AirProducer
- 2023The Big Door PrizeExecutive Producer
- 2023Bad Luck Spot!Executive Producer
- 2022The Checkup with Dr. David AgusExecutive Producer
- 2022Good RivalsExecutive Producer
- 2022The Greatest Beer Run EverProducer
- 2022LuckProducer
- 2022Top Gun: MaverickProducer
- 2022The Adam ProjectProducer
- 2022ReacherExecutive Producer
- 2021FoundationExecutive Producer
- 2021The Tomorrow WarProducer
- 2021Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe OriginsExecutive Producer
- 2021BlushExecutive Producer
- 2021Tom Clancy's Without RemorseExecutive Producer
- 2020The Old GuardProducer
- 20196 UndergroundProducer
- 2019Terminator: Dark FateProducer
- 2019Gemini ManProducer
- 2018Tom Clancy's Jack RyanExecutive Producer
- 2018Mission: Impossible - FalloutProducer
- 2018CondorExecutive Producer
- 2018AnnihilationExecutive Producer
- 2018Altered CarbonExecutive Producer
- 2017GeostormProducer
- 2017BaywatchExecutive Producer
- 2017LifeProducer
- 2016Jack Reacher: Never Go BackExecutive Producer
- 2016Star Trek BeyondExecutive Producer
- 2015Mission: Impossible - Rogue NationProducer
- 2015Terminator GenisysProducer
- 2015Grace and FrankieExecutive Producer
- 2014Jack Ryan: Shadow RecruitExecutive Producer
- 2013World War ZExecutive Producer
- 2013Star Trek Into DarknessExecutive Producer
- 2013The Wind GodsExecutive Producer
- 2013G.I. Joe: RetaliationExecutive Producer
- 2012Jack ReacherExecutive Producer
- 2012The Guilt TripExecutive Producer
- 2012I Against IDirector
- 2011Mission: Impossible - Ghost ProtocolExecutive Producer
- 2010True GritExecutive Producer
- 2009Little Fish, Strange PondRomeo
- 2009Hole in OneTyler Hayden
- 2008LeverageBallard
- 2008Blank SlateBlake Feltzer
- 2006FlyboysEddie Beagle
- 2005The ChumscrubberStudent #1
- 1980Juliet BravoSergeant Joseph Beck
- —Untitled Top Gun 3Producer
- —The 47 Night StandProducer
- —AtlantisProducer
- —Best Served ColdProducer
- —Eternal ChampionsProducer
- —BermudaProducer
- —The TravelerProducer
- —Untitled Mike Hammer FilmProducer
- —The Tides of FateProducer
- —Untitled Nathan Greno Animated MovieExecutive Producer
- —NeuromancerExecutive Producer
- —Untitled Bull Riding Drama SeriesExecutive Producer
- —12 12 12Executive Producer
- —The LandExecutive Producer
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