American film and television producer (1955–2019)
Steven Aaron Golin (March 6, 1955 – April 21, 2019)[ 1] was an American film and television producer and the founder and CEO of Anonymous Content LLP, a multimedia development, production and talent management company and co-founder and CEO of Propaganda Films .[ 2] Golin graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University in 1976[ 3] and attended the AFI Conservatory .[ 4] He won Best Picture at the 2016 Academy Awards for Spotlight .
Career
Propaganda Films
Golin and partner Joni Sighvatsson launched Propaganda Films, a talent management, advertising, and video production company, in 1986.[ 2] They built Propaganda into the largest music video and commercial production company in the world, winning more MTV Video Awards and Cannes Palme d'Or Awards than any other company and quickly became a home for the most sought-after young music video and commercial directors. One of its first discoveries was David Fincher , then an unknown video director.[ 2] Not long afterward, a young filmmaker showed up with a reel containing a Donny Osmond video and a spec Coke commercial.[ 2] Golin watched the clips and told Michael Bay , "Nice to meet you. You're hired."[ 2] After seeing a couple of skateboard videos he liked, Golin brought Spike Jonze into the fold. Other discoveries included Antoine Fuqua , Gore Verbinski , and Alex Proyas .[ 2] Golin and Sighvatsson sold the company to PolyGram ,[when? ] but when PolyGram was sold to Seagram in 1998, Golin lost control of the company and exited in 1999.[ 2]
Anonymous Content
Golin's next company, Anonymous Content, located in Culver City , California , was launched in early 2000.[ 2] Golin has guided the company's commercial division to become one of the top commercial production entities in the industry, producing spots and campaigns for Audi , Citibank , Coca-Cola , Ford , Intel , Nike , Pepsi , United Airlines , and others. Its music video division, which earned Best New Artist Clip (Hard Rock category) at the 2000 Billboard Music Video Awards for A Perfect Circle 's "Judith " (2000),[ 5] directed by David Fincher ,[ 6] has also produced projects for Cypress Hill , Filter , Smashmouth , Third Eye Blind , and The Wallflowers , among other artists. Under Golin's leadership, the company's management division has grown to represent more than 50 writers, directors, and actors. Fincher also worked with the company to produce "The Hire ", a series of adverts for BMW , which were only available online.[ 7]
Golin has also produced a number of feature films and television shows, some of which were produced with Anonymous Content and others through Propaganda Films. These include David Fincher 's The Game (1997), Spike Jonze 's Being John Malkovich (1999), Michel Gondry 's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Alejandro González Iñárritu 's Babel (2006), and Gavin Hood 's Rendition (2007), Nic Pizzolatto 's True Detective (2014), Sam Esmail 's Mr. Robot (2015) and Tom McCarthy 's Spotlight (2015).
Golin received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture for producing Babel ,[ 8] The Revenant , and Spotlight , the latter of which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Personal life
Golin was Jewish and had two children, Ari and Anna.[ 9] He initially was a cancer survivor.[ 10] However, Golin died of Ewing's sarcoma on April 21, 2019, at the age of 64.[ 11] [ 12]
Filmography
Producer
Executive producer
References
^ "Steve Golin" . Filmreference.com .
^ a b c d e f g h Goldstein, Patrick (April 4, 2004). "For original work, producer is the real deal" . Los Angeles Times / The Boston Globe . Retrieved November 26, 2010 .
^ "66th Primetime Emmy® Nominees" . NYU TISCH. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014 .
^ "Steve Golin" . Focus Features. Archived from the original on April 28, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2014 .
^ Carla Hay (November 25, 2000). Gilman sweeps Billboard Video Music Awards . Billboard . Retrieved November 26, 2010 .
^ David Basham (March 30, 2000). "David Fincher to direct A Perfect Circle video" . MTV . Archived from the original on May 21, 2001. Retrieved November 26, 2010 .
^ Noah Robischon (June 13, 2001). "Mini Drivers" . Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2010 .
^ "Academy Awards Database" . Academy Awards . Archived from the original on September 21, 2008. Retrieved November 26, 2010 .
^ Bloom, Nate (February 25, 2016). "The tribe at the Oscars, 2016" . Times of Israel .
^ Siegel, Tatiana (September 4, 2013). " 'Fifth Estate' Producer Steve Golin on Possible Snowden Movie and How Anne Hathaway Left Him Hanging (Q&A)" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved August 28, 2014 .
^ "Steve Golin is Dead at 64; Producer Built a Small Hollywood Empire" . The New York Times . April 26, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019 .
^ Siegel, Tatiana (April 22, 2019). "Steve Golin, Oscar-Winning 'Spotlight' Producer and Founder of Anonymous Content, Dies at 64" . Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved December 17, 2019 .
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Awards for Steve Golin
1951–1975 1976–2000
Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler (1976)
Charles H. Joffe (1977)
Michael Cimino , Michael Deeley , John Peverall and Barry Spikings (1978)
Stanley R. Jaffe (1979)
Ronald L. Schwary (1980)
David Puttnam (1981)
Richard Attenborough (1982)
James L. Brooks (1983)
Saul Zaentz (1984)
Sydney Pollack (1985)
Arnold Kopelson (1986)
Jeremy Thomas (1987)
Mark Johnson (1988)
Lili Fini Zanuck and Richard D. Zanuck (1989)
Kevin Costner and Jim Wilson (1990)
Ron Bozman , Edward Saxon and Kenneth Utt (1991)
Clint Eastwood (1992)
Branko Lustig , Gerald R. Molen and Steven Spielberg (1993)
Wendy Finerman , Steve Starkey and Steve Tisch (1994)
Bruce Davey , Mel Gibson and Alan Ladd Jr. (1995)
Saul Zaentz (1996)
James Cameron and Jon Landau (1997)
Donna Gigliotti , Marc Norman , David Parfitt , Harvey Weinstein and Edward Zwick (1998)
Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks (1999)
David Franzoni , Branko Lustig and Douglas Wick (2000)
2001–present
Brian Grazer and Ron Howard (2001)
Martin Richards (2002)
Peter Jackson , Barrie M. Osborne and Fran Walsh (2003)
Clint Eastwood , Tom Rosenberg and Albert S. Ruddy (2004)
Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman (2005)
Graham King (2006)
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen and Scott Rudin (2007)
Christian Colson (2008)
Kathryn Bigelow , Mark Boal , Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro (2009)
Iain Canning , Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin (2010)
Thomas Langmann (2011)
Ben Affleck , George Clooney and Grant Heslov (2012)
Dede Gardner , Anthony Katagas , Jeremy Kleiner , Steve McQueen and Brad Pitt (2013)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu , John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole (2014)
Blye Pagon Faust , Steve Golin , Nicole Rocklin and Michael Sugar (2015)
Dede Gardner , Jeremy Kleiner and Adele Romanski (2016)
J. Miles Dale and Guillermo del Toro (2017)
Jim Burke , Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly , Nick Vallelonga and Charles B. Wessler (2018)
Bong Joon-ho and Kwak Sin-ae (2019)
Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand , Peter Spears and Chloé Zhao (2020)
Fabrice Gianfermi, Philippe Rousselet , Patrick Wachsberger (2021)
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang (2022)
Emma Thomas , Charles Roven , and Christopher Nolan (2023)
1990s
Goodfellas – Martin Scorsese , Robert Chartoff , and Irwin Winkler (1990)
The Commitments – Alan Parker , Lynda Myles , and Roger Randall-Cutler (1991)
Howards End – James Ivory and Ismail Merchant (1992)
Schindler's List – Steven Spielberg , Branko Lustig , and Gerald R. Molen (1993)
Four Weddings and a Funeral – Mike Newell and Duncan Kenworthy (1994)
Sense and Sensibility – Ang Lee and Lindsay Doran (1995)
The English Patient – Anthony Minghella and Saul Zaentz (1996)
The Full Monty – Peter Cattaneo and Uberto Pasolini (1997)
Shakespeare in Love – Donna Gigliotti , Marc Norman , David Parfitt , Harvey Weinstein , and Edward Zwick (1998)
American Beauty – Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks (1999)
2000s
Gladiator – David Franzoni , Branko Lustig , and Douglas Wick (2000)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Peter Jackson , Barrie M. Osborne , Tim Sanders , and Fran Walsh (2001)
The Pianist – Robert Benmussa, Roman Polanski , and Alain Sarde (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Peter Jackson , Barrie M. Osborne , and Fran Walsh (2003)
The Aviator – Sandy Climan , Charles Evans Jr. , Graham King , and Michael Mann (2004)
Brokeback Mountain – Diana Ossana and James Schamus (2005)
The Queen – Andy Harries , Christine Langan , and Tracey Seaward (2006)
Atonement – Tim Bevan , Eric Fellner , and Paul Webster (2007)
Slumdog Millionaire – Christian Colson (2008)
The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow , Mark Boal , Nicolas Chartier , and Greg Shapiro (2009)
2010s
The King's Speech – Iain Canning , Emile Sherman , and Gareth Unwin (2010)
The Artist – Thomas Langmann (2011)
Argo – Ben Affleck , George Clooney , and Grant Heslov (2012)
12 Years a Slave – Dede Gardner , Anthony Katagas , Jeremy Kleiner , Steve McQueen , and Brad Pitt (2013)
Boyhood – Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland (2014)
The Revenant – Steve Golin , Alejandro G. Iñárritu , Arnon Milchan , Mary Parent , and Keith Redmon (2015)
La La Land – Fred Berger , Jordan Horowitz , and Marc Platt (2016)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Graham Broadbent , Peter Czernin , and Martin McDonagh (2017)
Roma – Nicolás Celis , Alfonso Cuarón , and Gabriela Rodríguez (2018)
1917 – Pippa Harris , Callum McDougall, Sam Mendes , and Jayne-Ann Tenggren (2019)
2020s
Nomadland – Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand , Peter Spears , and Chloé Zhao (2020)
The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion , Iain Canning , Roger Frappier , Tanya Seghatchian , and Emile Sherman (2021)
All Quiet on the Western Front – Malte Grunert (2022)
Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan , Charles Roven , and Emma Thomas (2023)
International National Artists