Jennifer Fox

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Jennifer Fox (* 20th century ) is an American film producer . Fox was President of Section Eight from 2001 to 2007, and prior to that, she was Vice President of Production at Universal Pictures . Fox was nominated for an Oscar in 2008.

Life

While attending the University of New York City , Jennifer Fox worked at the same time reading material for several New York-based production companies, including American Playhouse. In 1997 she was appointed head of Universal's development department, and two years later she was promoted to vice-president of the company, where she was responsible for film production. One of the first films made under her leadership was the environmental drama Erin Brockovich, filmed by Steven Soderbergh in 1999, with Julia Roberts in the title role, which won an Oscar for its performance.

In 2004 Fox first appeared as executive producer with the crime film Gauner unter sich ( Criminal ), in which John C. Reilly , Diego Luna and Maggie Gyllenhaal played the leading roles. This was followed in 2005 by the mystery drama The Jacket with Adrien Brody and Keira Knightley . In the same year she was also on the drama films Good Night, and Good Luck. and Syriana by and with George Clooney and involved in Rob Reiner's romantic comedy Where Love Falls… with Jennifer Aniston at the end of the year .

During Fox's tenure at Section Eight, the productions Ocean's Eleven , Safecrackers or Diebe haben ist haben sie haben ( Welcome to Collinwood ), Voll Frontal ( Full Frontal ), Dem Himmel so far ( Far From Heaven ), Insomnia - Schlaflos , Geständnisse - Confessions of a Dangerous also fall Mind , Ocean's 12 ( Ocean's Twelve ), The Good German - In denüsten von Berlin , and Ocean's 13 ( Ocean's Thirteen ). Section Eight was a production company founded by Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney . She was also involved in the comedy Out of Sight by Soderbergh starring George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez .

In the court film Michael Clayton (2007) Fox was in 2008 along with George Clooney , Kerry Orent , Sydney Pollack responsible Steve Samuels and Steven Soderbergh for its production. Fox, Pollack and Orent were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture , but it went to Scott Rudin and Ethan and Joel Coen and the literary adaptation No Country for Old Men .

In 2009 Fox produced the romantic thriller Duplicity with Julia Roberts in the title role, as well as the crime drama The Informant! by Steven Soderbergh with Matt Damon . Fox also produced the multi-award-winning drama We Need to Talk About Kevin , in which Tilda Swinton plays a mother who is struggling to develop a relationship with her child. In 2012 she worked again with Tony Gilroy (as in Michael Clayton and Duplicity ), this time on the fourth part of the Bourne film series The Bourne Legacy . In the 2014 thriller Nightcrawler , Fox worked with Dan Gilroy, who made his directorial debut with the film starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo .

Filmography (selection)

Awards (selection)

  • 2008: Oscar nomination in the category "Best Picture" with the thriller Michael Clayton
  • 2008: AFI Award , winner in the category “Film of the Year” with Michael Clayton
    • together with Sydney Pollack, Steve Samuels and Kerry Orent
  • 2008: PGA Award nomination in the category of "Outstanding Producer of Motion Pictures" with Michael Clayton
    • together with Kerry Orent and Sydney Pollack
  • 2012: BAFTA Award nomination in the category “Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film” with the drama We Need to Talk About Kevin
  • 2012: AACTA Award , nominated in the category "Best Film" with We Need to Talk About Kevin ,
    • together with Luc Roeg and Robert Salerno
  • 2014: ACCA (Awards Circuit Community Awards), nominated in the category “Best Film” Nightcrawler - Every night has its price
    • together with Tony Gilroy, Jake Gyllenhaal, David Lancaster, Michel Litvak
  • 2014: Gotham Award , nominated in the Audience Award category with Nightcrawler - Every night has its price
  • 2015: AFI Award, winner in the category “Film of the Year” with the thriller Nightcrawler - Every night has its price
    • together with Michel Litvak, Jake Gyllenhaal, David Lancaster, Tony Gilroy
  • 2015: Independent Spirit Award , winner in the category of best debut film with Nightcrawler - every night has its price
    • together with Dan Gilroy, Tony Gilroy, Jake Gyllenhaal, David Lancaster, Michael Litvak
  • 2015: OFTA Film Award (Online Film & Television Association), nominated in the category “Best Film” with Nightcrawler - Every night has its price
    • together with Tony Gilroy, Michel Litvak, Jake Gyllenhaal and David Lancaster
  • 2015: PGA Award , nominated in the category “Outstanding Producer of Cinema” with Nightcrawler - Every night has its price
    • together with Tony Gilroy

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jennifer Fox, Producer Nightcrawler ( Memento from January 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Fox on filmbug.com
  3. ↑ Jennifer Fox at producedbyconference.com, accessed January 22, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Fox, Jennifer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film producer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH United States