Biography
Jib Polhemus started his career in the contemporary art business working in New York and Los Angeles. He then transitioned into the entertainment business starting his career at CAA.
In 2015, Jib founded the literary management company, source management + production where he represents cutting-edge directors and screenwriters.
In addition, Jib is President of Simon West Productions where he produces Film and TV with British director, Simon West (Con Air (1997), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), The Expendables 2 (2012)). As President of Simon West Productions, Jib has developed and sold numerous high profile projects to Warner Brothers, Universal, Fox, Paramount, Sony and others including Black Hawk Down (2001) directed by Ridley Scott.
His work has been featured at top-tier film festivals such as Berlin, Tribeca, Zurich, Newport, Karlovy Vary, Deuville, Fantastic Fest and Reims Polar, among others.
Most recently he wrapped production on The Night Driver starring Josh Lucas, David Arquette and Alyssa Milano. His film Coyotes directed by Colin Minihan (Grave Encounters) premiered at the Fantastic Fest and will be released theatrically in October 2025.
He is in post on multiple projects:
Zealot, directed by Vadim Perelman (House of Sand and Fog), starring Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog) and Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond and In America)
World Breaker, directed by Brad Anderson (The Machinist), starring Mill Jovovich and Luke Evans.
In 2023, Polhemus produced Sunrise starring Alex Pettyfer (Magic Mike) Guy Pearce (Memento) directed by Andrew Baird (Zone 414, One Way). The film was released by Lionsgate in 2024.
He also produced Old Guy, starring Christoph Waltz, Cooper Hoffman and Lucy Liu, directed by Simon West (Con Air, The Mechanic). The film opened the 2023 Newport and Reims Polar Film Festivals and was released world wide in early 2025.
In 2022, he produced critically acclaimed feature film, Taurus, starring Colson Baker aka Machine Gun Kelly and written and directed by Tim Sutton (Last Son, Dark Night, Funny Face and Donnybrook). Taurus premiered at the prestigious Berlin film festival then on to Tribeca, Karlovy Vary, Newport, SCAD, Zürich and San Diego Film Festivals. Colson was honored with numerous awards for his breakout performance. Taurus also starred Megan Fox, Maddie Hasson, Lil TJay, Lil Meech, Scoot McNairy, Ruby Rose and Naomi Wild.
In 2022, he produced stoner comedy, Good Mourning, written and directed by Machine Gun Kelly and Mod Sun. Released by Open Road, it starred an impressive cast including Machine Gun Kelly, Pete Davidson, Becky G., Whitney Cummings, Dove Cameron and many more.
He also Executive Produced Boundless aka Sin Limites, an Amazon limited series, based on Magellan's perilous 1752 circumnavigation of the globe. Directed by Simon West (Con Air, Tomb Raider, Expendables 2).
In 2021, he produced One Way, directed by Andrew Baird and starring Colson Baker (MGK), Kevin Bacon, Travis Fimmel and Storm Reid. It was selected by the New York Times as a "Much-Watch" in 2022.
He also produced Stowaway directed by Declan Whitebloom starring Ruby Rose (The Meg), Patrick Schwarzenegger and Frank Grillo which premiered in theaters and AMC+ in August in 2022.
In 2021, Polhemus produced The Last Son, a blacklist script written by Greg Johnson and directed by Tim Sutton starring Sam Worthington, Colson Baker, Heather Graham, and Thomas Jane. The Last Son was in competition at the Deauville Film Festival 2021 and was listed in the New York Times as one of the best action films of 2022.
Also in 2020, he produced sci-fi thriller, Zone 414, directed by Andrew Baird starring Guy Pearce, Travis Fimmel and Matilda Lutz which debuted in the Top 10 most popular movies on Netflix in January 2022.
In television, he has developed and sold shows to most of the top networks including CBS, NBC, FOX, FX, TNT, and WB. He is currently developing shows for e1, Constantin, and Lionsgate.
In his free time, Jib Polhemus is on the advisory board of The Bahamas International Film Festival and judges UCLA's Masters Screenplay Writing Competition. He resides in Los Angeles, CA.
