Moritz Borman is a veteran film producer

Film producer

A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

. His credits include K-19: The Widowmaker

K-19: The Widowmaker

K-19: The Widowmaker is a movie released on July 19, 2002, about the first of many disasters that befell the Soviet submarine of the same name. The film was directed by Kathryn Bigelow...

, The Life of David Gale

The Life of David Gale

The Life of David Gale is a 2003 American drama film directed by Alan Parker and written by Charles Randolph.Kevin Spacey stars as the eponymous character, a college Professor and longtime activist against capital punishment who is sentenced to death for killing a fellow capital punishment opponent...

, Mindhunters

Mindhunters

Mindhunters is a 2004 thriller film directed by Renny Harlin and written by Wayne Kramer and Kevin Brodbin...

, Nurse Betty

Nurse Betty

Nurse Betty is a 2000 American comedy film directed by Neil LaBute starring Renée Zellweger as a sweet Kansas waitress who undergoes a nervous breakdown after witnessing her husband's murder, and starts obsessively pursuing her favorite soap actor....

, Alexander

Alexander (film)

Alexander is a 2004 epic film based on the life of Alexander the Great. It is not a remake of the 1956 film which starred Richard Burton. It was directed by Oliver Stone, with Colin Farrell in the title role...

and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, commonly abbreviated as T3, is a 2003 science fiction action film directed by Jonathan Mostow and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes and Kristanna Loken...

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Borman was a German television

German television

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 producer and director in the 1970s and became a Directing Fellow at the American Film Institute

American Film Institute

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 in Los Angeles in 1977.

1997 Borman started Pacifica Entertainment which merged with Intermedia Films in 2000 forming IM Internationlmedia AG.

In 2009, Borman filed suit against Terminator Salvation

Terminator Salvation

Terminator Salvation is a 2009 American science fiction action film directed by McG and starring Christian Bale and Sam Worthington. The fourth installment in the Terminator series, the film is set in 2018 and focuses on the war between Skynet and humanity, with the human Resistance fighting...

co-producers Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek, alleging fraud

Fraud

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 and breach of contract

Breach of contract

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after he was allegedly only paid half of his $5 million producing fee for his work in transferring the Terminator rights to the pair.