In 2014, Sinclair founded documentary, television and film company White Horse Pictures alongside East with partners Nicholas Ferrall, Cassidy Hartmann and Jeanne Elfant Festa. With White Horse Pictures, Sinclair has produced a series acclaimed documentaries, including Ron Howard's
The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years and
Pavarotti,
The Apollo (exec) directed by
Roger Ross Williams,
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart directed by
Frank Marshall, and
Amy Poehler's documentary directorial debut
Lucy and Desi. Prior to launching White Horse Pictures, Sinclair was the CEO and co-chairman of Exclusive Media, a global independent film company that financed, produced and globally distributed feature films and documentaries. With Exclusive, Sinclair produced
Parkland, starring
Zac Efron,
Billy Bob Thornton and
Paul Giamatti;
Snitch, starring
Dwayne Johnson; and
End of Watch, starring
Jake Gyllenhaal,
Michael Peña,
Anna Kendrick and
America Ferrera. In addition, Sinclair was executive producer on
Ron Howard's epic action-thriller
Rush, set in the spectacular world of
Formula 1 auto racing. Along with Michael Shevloff and
Paul Crowder, Sinclair also produced the documentary
1, the authorized history of Formula 1. At White Horse, Sinclair's latest productions include a feature adaptation of
Conn Iggulden's
Emperor series about
Julius Caesar's early years and a biopic about
The Who drummer
Keith Moon. The latter of the two projects will be produced with Exclusive. Previously, Sinclair served as executive producer on
George Clooney's
The Ides of March, nominated for an
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and the Academy Award-winning documentary feature
Undefeated, produced by Exclusive Media's documentary production arm
Spitfire Pictures. Sinclair also served as an executive producer on the
Hammer Films production and box-office hit
The Woman in Black, starring
Daniel Radcliffe. Sinclair's other film credits include
Peter Weir's
The Way Back, starring
Jim Sturgess and
Ed Harris;
Sliding Doors, starring
Gwyneth Paltrow;
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, starring
Arnold Schwarzenegger; and
Alan Parker's
The Life of David Gale, starring
Kevin Spacey and
Kate Winslet. Prior to co-founding Exclusive Media, Sinclair and Guy East (who is also co-chairman of White Horse Pictures), founded
Intermedia Films in 1996, which grew to become one of the world's leading independent film companies. After their departure in 2002, Sinclair and East then founded Spitfire Pictures, which was merged with Hammer to form Exclusive Media in 2008. Under the Spitfire Pictures label Sinclair produced (along with
Olivia Harrison) the award-winning
George Harrison: Living in the Material World,
Martin Scorsese's biographical film about the life of
George Harrison, which won an
Emmy. He also produced the Bob Dylan documentary
No Direction Home, also directed by Scorsese, which won an Emmy, two
Grammy Awards, a
Peabody Award and a DuPont. In 2012, Sinclair won his second Grammy for
Foo Fighters: Back and Forth and in 2007 he was nominated for a Grammy for
Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who. Sinclair won his first Grammy in 2006 for
No Direction Home. His company Spitfire Pictures had been involved with
Tongal since 2013, working with the company to crowd-source a documentary. According to the
Los Angeles Times, Tongal users will submit pitch ideas, with Spitfire selecting the top five, and awarding one the winning idea before distributing the final project. == Personal life ==