Denise Di Novi

Denise Di Novi
Denise Di Novi
Born	March 21, 1956 (age 68); Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, U.S.[citation needed]
Occupation(s)	Film producer, director

Denise Di Novi is an American film producer and director.

Early life

Denise Di Novi is one of the most prominent producers in Hollywood, producing dozens of films for most of the Hollywood studios. Her most popular include

Nightmare Before Christmas, Crazy, Stupid, Love and Practical Magic, as well as Little Women (1994 film) starring Winona Ryder and Little Women (2019 film) starring Saoirse Ronan. 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

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.^{[citation needed}

]

Di Novi joined

Warner Brothers Pictures

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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
1983	Going Berserk	Associate producer
1983	For Those I Loved	Associate producer
1988	Heathers
1990	Meet the Applegates
1990	Edward Scissorhands
1992	Batman Returns
1993	The Nightmare Before Christmas
1994	Cabin Boy
	Ed Wood
	Little Women
1996	James and the Giant Peach
1998	Almost Heroes
1998	Practical Magic
1999	Message in a Bottle
2001	Happy Campers
2001	Original Sin
2002	A Walk to Remember
2003	What a Girl Wants
2004	New York Minute
2004	Catwoman
2005	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
2007	Lucky You
2008	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
2008	Nights in Rodanthe
2010	Ramona and Beezus
2010	Life as We Know It	Executive producer
2011	Monte Carlo
2011	Crazy, Stupid, Love
2012	The Lucky One
2014	If I Stay	Executive producer
	You're Not You
	The Best of Me
2015	Focus
2015	Danny Collins	Executive producer
2017	Unforgettable
2019	Little Women
2022	The Sky Is Everywhere
TBA	The Selection

As director

Year	Film
2017	Unforgettable

Miscellaneous crew

Year	Film	Credit
1980	The Lucky Star	Unit publicist
1980	Final Assignment	Unit publicist
1983	Videodrome	Creative consultant
1983	Of Unknown Origin	Assistant to director
1985	Fraternity Vacation	Production executive

Script and continuity department

Year	Film	Credit
1981	Gas	Script coordinator
1982	Visiting Hours	Script coordinator

Thanks

Year	Film	Credit
1995	Live Nude Girls	Special thanks
2015	The Intern	Special thanks

Television

As executive producer

Year	Title	Notes
2000	The '70s	Television film
2002	Jo	Television film
2003	Eloise at the Plaza	Television film
	Eloise at Christmastime	Television film
	Hotel	Television pilot
2000−2004	The District	Television series
2004	Sudbury	Television film
2017	Beaches	Television film
2021	Ways & Means	Television pilot
TBA	Untitled Sarah Cooper/Cindy Chupack project	Television pilot
TBA	Teachable	Television pilot

As director

Year	Title
2017	Bones
2018	Sneaky Pete
	Outlander
	Ray Donovan

Thanks

Year	Title	Credit
2015	The Veronica Exclusive	Dedicated to

References

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

External links

[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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