Life and career

Tull grew up in Endwell, New York, the son of a dental hygienist single mother. As a youth, Tull was an athlete, playing baseball and playing football, earning a football scholarship. Tull graduated from nearby Hamilton College in 1992. After college, Tull abandoned plans to become a lawyer and instead went into business, starting a chain of laundromats. Tull went into the field of financing, buying and selling several tax and accounting offices. In the private equity business, Tull rose to President of Convex Group and later as the Chief of Operations of Tax Services of America. His firm invested in entertainment, where Tull began to learn the entertainment business. After discussing the potential of private equity with a film executive in 2003, Tull quit Convex, raising $600 million in equity to finance movies under the Legendary Pictures banner. The company entered into a partnership in 2005 with Warner Bros. to jointly finance and produce films. In 2009, Tull became the majority shareholder of Legendary, in a buyout of the original investors. The Warner deal was followed by a similar deal with Universal Pictures in 2013. He also helped produce the film Blackhat.

Tull describes himself as a "fanboy" of comics and several of the films produced by Legendary were personal favorites of Tull. Watchmen had been in "development hell" for years when Tull arranged to pick up the rights. 300 had been turned down by other studios. Tull also describes himself as a "gamer", and founded the short-lived Brash Entertainment to work on film-to-video game conversions.

Tull is a member of the Board of Trustees for the American Film Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, and the San Diego Zoo. In 2009, Tull became a part-owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team. Tull had been a fan of the Steelers since age four, watching the Steelers take on the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IX.

Tull is a billionaire. He has donated US$1 million to Priorities USA Action, a Super PAC supporting Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Filmography as producer

Year	Title	Notes
2006	Superman Returns	executive producer
	The Ant Bully	executive producer
	Beerfest	executive producer
	We Are Marshall	executive producer
2007	300	executive producer
	Trick 'r Treat	executive producer
2008	10,000 B.C.	executive producer
	The Dark Knight	executive producer
	It Might Get Loud	producer
2009	Watchmen	executive producer
	Observe and Report	executive producer
	The Hangover	executive producer
	Where the Wild Things Are	executive producer
	Ninja Assassin	executive producer
2010	Clash of the Titans	executive producer
	Jonah Hex	executive producer
	Inception	executive producer
	The Town	executive producer
	Due Date	executive producer
2011	Sucker Punch	executive producer
	The Hangover Part II	executive producer
	Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope	producer
2012	Wrath of the Titans	executive producer
	The Dark Knight Rises	executive producer
2013	Jack the Giant Slayer	executive producer
	42	producer
	The Hangover Part III	executive producer
	Man of Steel	executive producer
	Pacific Rim	producer
2014	300: Rise of an Empire	producer
	Godzilla	producer
	As Above, So Below	producer
	Dracula Untold	executive producer
	Interstellar	executive producer
	Unbroken	executive producer
2015	Blackhat	producer
	Seventh Son	producer
	Jurassic World	executive producer
	Straight Outta Compton	executive producer
	Crimson Peak	producer
	Krampus	producer
2016	Warcraft	producer
	Spectral	producer
	The Great Wall	producer
2017	Kong: Skull Island	producer
2018	Godzilla 2	producer
	Jurassic World sequel	producer

[ Source: Wikipedia ]