Education
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he attended DeSales High School and the University of Louisville.
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he attended DeSales High School and the University of Louisville.
Joey McFarland is an American film producer. McFarland oversees the company"s day-to-day operations, its business divisions, personnel and all matters relating to Red Granite Pictures creative developments and film slate. Under his leadership, Red Granite has developed, produced, and structured financing for a slate of films representing more than $825 million in worldwide box office revenue.
In 2011, Variety named McFarland to their list of Top 10 Producers to Watch.
In 2012 McFarland went on to executive produce the dramatic thriller, Out of the Furnace, starring Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Forest Whitaker and directed by Scott Cooper. Next McFarland produced The Wolf of Wall Street.
The Wolf of Wall Street is based upon Jordan Belfort"s best-selling novel of the same name. The book was adapted into a screenplay by Terence Winter.
The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Matthew Mcconaughey, Margot Robbie and was directed by Martin Scorsese.
In 2013, McFarland completed production on Horns, a supernatural thriller starring Daniel Radcliffe, Juno Temple and directed by Alexandre Aja. The film is based on the best-selling novel by Joe Hill and was released October 31, 2014 by Dimension-RADiUS. McFarland is also a producer on the sequel Dumb and Dumber To, directed by Pete and Bobby Farrelly. The film featured Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels again playing Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne, respectively, and was released on November 14, 2014 by Universal Pictures.
Dumb and Dumber To opened number one at the box office.
McFarland is executive producer on the film Daddy"s Home (film) directed by Sean Anders and John Morris. Shot in New Orleans, it re-teams Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg for the first time since 2010.
Red Granite Pictures is co-producing and co-financing the film with Paramount Pictures, in association with Gary Sanchez Productions. Paramount Pictures is also the worldwide distribution partner.
The film was released on December 25, 2015.
McFarland"s current development slate includes The General, a gritty look at the story of George Washington, and an untitled psychological horror film.