Producer LAURA BICKFORD is the Academy Award® nominated producer of the critically-acclaimed "TRAFFIC", her first collaboration with Soderbergh and Del Toro. The film earned four out of five Oscars® for which it was nominated.
One of the film industry's leading producers, Laura Bickford Productions was merged with River Road Entertainment for two years during which time they financed Ang Lee's multiaward- winning "BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN", Steven Shainberg's "FUR: AN IMAGINARY PORTRAIT OF DIANE ARBUS", starring Nicole Kidman, and Robert Altman's swan song "A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION".
Bickford made her producing debut in 1995 with "CITIZEN X" for HBO Pictures. Based on the true story of Russian serial killer Andrei Chikatila, the film was written and directed by Chris Gerolmo. "CITIZEN X" received a Cable Ace Award for Best Picture and earned multiple Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominations.