Well-known for producing the Will Smith starrer The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), producer Todd Black has been a part of Hollywood for a long time, and has been associated with varying genres of film. Making his debut in the TV series Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1986), he produced films like Class Act (1992), Dunston Checks In (1996), Alex & Emma (2003), The Back-up Plan (2010), The Equalizer (2014), Southpaw (2015), The Magnificent Seven (2016), and Fences (2016) for which he received an Academy Award for Best Picture. He returns as producer for The Equalizer 2 in 2018.