Laura Bickford

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Laura Bickford (* 20th century in New York City ) is an American film producer best known for her works Traffic - Power of the Cartel , Che - Revolución and Duplicity - Common Secret Matter . For the episodrama Traffic she was nominated for an Oscar in 2001 in the category “Best Film” together with Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz .

Life

Bickford was born in New York to Jewelle and Nathaniel Bickford. Her father is a lawyer and her mother works in a managerial position at an investment bank of the Rothschild Group. Bickford's three brothers Timothy, Joseph and Ben have chosen the acting profession.

After graduating from Sarah Lawrence College with a degree in film design, the young woman worked as a production manager for political commercials in New York . Following this, she was a production assistant at Robert Altman , in 1987 in Paris the film treatment futile ( Beyond Therapy ) turned. After finishing this work, Bickford moved to London for five years . As a result, she produced over fifty music videos, both in the USA and in Europe . At the same time she developed and designed feature films for Luc Roeg and Jeremy Thomas . In Los Angeles , where Bickford then moved, worked with writer and director Matthew Chapman .

She made her debut as a producer with the film Citizen X for HBO Pictures in 1995. The film is based on the true story of the Russian serial killer Andrei Romanovich Tschikatilo . Chris Gerolmo wrote the script and directed. Stephen Rea , Donald Sutherland and Max von Sydow played the leading roles. Sutherland has received an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his performance . In 1997, Bickford produced Playing God for Beacon Pictures. It was directed by Andy Wilson, David Duchovny , Timothy Hutton and Angelina Jolie starred. Bongwater directed by Richard Sears with Luke Wilson and Alicia Witt co- produced it with Alessandro Uzielli also in 1997.

In Traffic - Power of the Cartel (2000), Bickford first worked with Steven Soderbergh and Benicio del Toro . Soderbergh received the Oscar for directing , Del Toro was honored with the trophy for “Best Supporting Actor”. The film also received two more Oscars for “Best Screenplay” and “Best Editing”. He was also given many other prizes.

With her company Laura Bickford Productions, the producer merged with River Road Entertainment for two years, where she starred in the multi-award-winning films Brokeback Mountain (2005) and Fell - Eine Liebesgeschichte ( Fur: ​​An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus - 2006) with Nicole Kidman and Robert Altman's last film, Robert Altman's Last Radio Show ( A Prairie Home Companion - 2006), co-funded with Meryl Streep .

In the two-part epic Che - Revolución and Che - Guerrilla (2008), Bickford worked again with Soderbergh and del Toro. This film also found international recognition and was awarded numerous prizes.

Laura Bickford Production is also responsible for the agent comedy Duplicity (2009) by Tony Gilroy with Julia Roberts and Clive Owen .

Private

From 2002 until his death in 2008, Laura Bickford was married to actor Sam Bottoms . For Bottoms, it was his second marriage.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Weddings / Celebrations; Laura Bickford, Sam Bottoms In: The New York Times , September 22, 2002. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
  2. ↑ Laura Bickford biography at Cinema.com (English). Retrieved January 4, 2014.
  3. ↑ a b c Laura Bickford at reelladies.wordpress.com. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Bickford, Laura
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film producer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City