Peter Safran

The producer of the Conjuring films, now co-CEO of DC Studios with James Gunn.

Peter Safran, born 22 November 1965, is a British and American film producer, studio executive and talent manager who has been co-chairman and co-CEO of DC Studios alongside James Gunn since 2022. He grew up in the UK, graduated from Princeton University and took a law degree at New York University before working as a corporate attorney.

He became a talent manager, rising to president of Brillstein-Grey Management in 2003, and left in 2006 to found The Safran Company, taking his whole client list with him.

Quick Facts

Born

22 November 1965

Birthplace

London, England

Occupation

Film producer
studio executive
talent manager

Years active

1997–present

Spouse

Natalia Safran

Children

1 (Lou Lou)

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Background

At Brillstein-Grey he was responsible for a department of over 200 clients including Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, Adam Sandler, Nicolas Cage and Courteney Cox, and as a manager he represented Sean Combs, Jennifer Lopez and Brooke Shields among others.

Building on the success of The Conjuring Universe, he went on to produce Aquaman, Shazam!, The Suicide Squad and Shazam! Fury of the Gods, and the television series Peacemaker, under a first-look deal with Warner Bros.

Safran and Gunn took up their DC Studios posts on 1 November 2022, with Gunn handling the creative side and Safran the business side; they had first worked together on the 2000 superhero comedy The Specials. Safran produces all the films in the DC Universe franchise.