Timothy Clare Headington (born 1950) is an American billionaire, the CEO and owner of Headington Oil, a film producer, and real estate developer. Early life Timothy Clare Headington is the son of a geologist father, Clare W. Headington, and Catherine Meyer Headington. He has a brother, Gregory Headington, and a sister, Jeanette Kern. In 2013, his brother Gregory married Carrie Christine Boren, daughter of David Boren, the 21st governor of Oklahoma. Headington attended the University of Oklahoma on a tennis scholarship and graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in history. He received graduate degrees in theology and psychology from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, and completed his psychology residency at LA County Hospital. He has received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater. Career Oil Industry Inspired by his geologist father and uncle, Headington founded Headington Oil In 1978, an oil and gas producer based in Oklahoma City. In 1984, he moved his company to Dallas. Headington is currently president and sole shareholder of Headington Resources, Inc. a Dallas-headquartered company. The company is concentrated primarily in oil and natural gas, real estate/hotel development, film production, private equity and entertainment. Headington is an active philanthropist, personally and through various family foundations. Headington stayed under the radar until 2008 when he sold acreage in North Dakota's Bakken oil play to XTO Energy for $1.85 billion. Entertainment Headington was invested in GK Films with British Academy Award-winning producer Graham King from 2007 until 2012. He subsequently formed two production companies, Tango Entertainment and Ley Line Entertainment. As a film producer/executive producer, Headington has worked on numerous projects including Hugo (co-producer) and World War Z (EP credit). Headington produced Angelina Jolie's feature directorial debut, In the Land of Blood and Honey. The movie won the Stanley Kramer for “(an) achievement or contribution (that) illuminates provocative social issues in an accessible and elevating fashion.” He was an executive producer on Gore Verbinski's animated film Rango. Other productions include The Young Victoria, The Tourist, Edge of Darkness, The Rum Diary, and the TV miniseries Camelot. In 2013, Headington partnered with grammy award winning music producer Max Martin to produce the musical "&Juliet." The play premiered in London at the Shaftesbury theater in November 2019. It received nine Olivier Award nominations in 2020, winning three. Real Estate Headington developed a hotel in downtown Dallas, The Joule - a member of the Leading Hotels of the