Lorenzo di Bonaventura

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“What prepared me more for producing than any single job I’ve had was running a white-water rafting company with my college roommate for many years. Rafting is about getting a group of people—who are head-strong and don’t like to be told what to do—down a destination with supplies, and with great panache.”

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Entrepreneurial and determined, Lorenzo di Bonaventura came to Hollywood after studying intellectual history at Harvard and collecting an MBA from Wharton. The New Hampshire-raised producer held executive positions ...

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