Denise Di Novi

Denise Di Novi is an American film producer and director.

Denise Di Novi
Born (1956-03-21) March 21, 1956
Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Film producer, director

Early life

Denise Di Novi is one of the most prominent women producers in Hollywood, producing dozens of films for most of the Hollywood studios. Her most popular include Heathers, Edward Scissorhands, Nightmare Before Christmas, Crazy Stupid Love and Practical Magic, as well as Little Women starring Winona Ryder and more recently Soarse Ronin, She is the daughter of jazz musician Gene DiNovi,[1] when Di Novi was three years old her family moved to Los Angeles from New York, where her father had been a prominent Bebop jazz musician in many of the Big Bands, as well as serving as Musical Conductor for Peggy Lee, Lena Horne, Anne Margaret and Dinah Shore. In the 70's, the family moved to Toronto, Canada. Her mother Patricia McNeil Di Novi, who was a dancer in New York City on Broadway.

Career

Di Novi studied communications at Simmons College in Massachusetts, and received a degree in journalism. After working as a copy editor at the National Observer and staff writer for Canada AM, she became a reporter for Toronto's Citytv, but left to take a job as a unit publicist for Final Assignment. She became a principal in the Montreal-based production company Filmplan International, acting in various production capacities on nine major studio releases, including films with David Cronenberg. In 1983, Filmplan relocated to Los Angeles and merged with Arnold Kopelson's Film Packages.

Di Novi joined New World Pictures as Executive Vice President of production. She later shifted into an overall deal as an independent producer, producing Heathers (1988) starring Winona Ryder. Di Novi then headed Tim Burton Productions and was responsible for producing several films. She set up her own production company, Di Novi Pictures, in 1993, at Columbia Pictures. She then entered into a producing deal with Warner Brothers Pictures.

Di Novi has produced over 40 films. These include six from her partnership with Tim Burton, Edward Scissorhands (1990), Batman Returns (1992), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Cabin Boy (1994), Ed Wood (also 1994) and James and the Giant Peach (1996). She produced four films based on books by Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle (1999), A Walk to Remember (2002), Nights in Rodanthe (2008) and The Lucky One (2012).

For four years, Di Novi was executive producer of The District, a CBS primetime series created by Terry George. Di Novi made her directorial debut on the thriller Unforgettable (2017), for Warner Bros.[2]

Most recently Di Novi completed a series for FX , The Veil, starring Elisabeth Moss to air in 2024.

Filmography

She was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year Film Credit
1983Going BerserkAssociate producer
For Those I LovedAssociate producer
1988Heathers
1990Meet the Applegates
Edward Scissorhands
1992Batman Returns
1993The Nightmare Before Christmas
1994Cabin Boy
Ed Wood
Little Women
1996James and the Giant Peach
1998Almost Heroes
Practical Magic
1999Message in a Bottle
2001Happy Campers
Original Sin
2002A Walk to Remember
2003What a Girl Wants
2004New York Minute
Catwoman
2005The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
2007Lucky You
2008The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Nights in Rodanthe
2010Ramona and Beezus
Life as We Know ItExecutive producer
2011Monte Carlo
Crazy, Stupid, Love
2012The Lucky One
2014If I StayExecutive producer
You're Not You
The Best of Me
2015Focus
Danny CollinsExecutive producer
2017Unforgettable
2019Little Women
2022 The Sky Is Everywhere
TBAThe Selection
As director
Year Film
2017Unforgettable
Miscellaneous crew
Year Film Credit
1980The Lucky StarUnit publicist
Final AssignmentUnit publicist
1983VideodromeCreative consultant
Of Unknown OriginAssistant to director
1985Fraternity VacationProduction executive
Script and continuity department
Year Film Credit
1981GasScript coordinator
1982Visiting HoursScript coordinator
Thanks
Year Film Credit
1995Live Nude GirlsSpecial thanks
2015The InternSpecial thanks

Television

As executive producer
Year Title Notes
2000The '70sTelevision film
2002JoTelevision film
2003Eloise at the PlazaTelevision film
Eloise at ChristmastimeTelevision film
HotelTelevision pilot
2000−2004The DistrictTelevision series
2004SudburyTelevision film
2017BeachesTelevision film
2021Ways & MeansTelevision pilot
TBAUntitled Sarah Cooper/Cindy Chupack projectTelevision pilot
TeachableTelevision pilot
As director
Year Title
2017Bones
2018Sneaky Pete
Outlander
Ray Donovan
Thanks
Year Title Credit
2015The Veronica ExclusiveDedicated to

References

  1. Schneller, Johanna (October 25, 2005). "The Player". The Globe & Mail. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  2. McNary, Dave (June 22, 2015). "Producer Denise Di Novi to Direct Thriller 'Unforgettable'".
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