American film and television producer
Dan Jinks
Born Occupation(s) Film and television producer Years active 1997–present
Dan Jinks is an American film and television producer. In February 2010, Jinks launched his own film and television production company, the Dan Jinks Company.
[1] In July 2011, he signed an overall deal with CBS Television Studios.
[2]
Life and career
Previously, working with producing partner
Bruce Cohen , Jinks produced
Milk , directed by
Gus Van Sant and starring
Sean Penn as
Harvey Milk . The film was nominated for 8 Academy Awards, including
Best Picture , and won for
Best Actor and
Best Original Screenplay . Milk was named Best Picture of 2008 by the
New York Film Critics Circle .
[3]
The pair won the Best Picture Academy Award in 2000 for producing
American Beauty .
[4] The film, which won a total of five Oscars,
[4] was the first film produced through The Jinks/Cohen Company. Their second film was the sex comedy
Down with Love starring
Renée Zellweger and
Ewan McGregor . Next up was
Tim Burton 's
Big Fish , which was nominated as Best Picture for both the Golden Globes and the
BAFTAs . Other films include
The Forgotten , starring
Julianne Moore , and
John August 's directing debut,
The Nines , starring
Ryan Reynolds , Melissa McCarthy and
Hope Davis .
In television, Jinks and Cohen executive produced the acclaimed
ABC series
Pushing Daisies , which won eight
Emmy Awards and was nominated for a
Golden Globe as best television comedy. They also served as executive producers on the series
Traveler
(ABC) and
Side Order of Life
(Lifetime) .
In the summer of 2008, Jinks and Cohen produced A Timeless Call , a tribute to war veterans that
Steven Spielberg directed for the Democratic National Convention.
Jinks produced
Nothing to Lose , starring
Martin Lawrence and
Tim Robbins for
Touchstone Pictures , and executive produced
The Bone Collector , with
Denzel Washington and
Angelina Jolie for
Universal . A graduate of New York University's
Tisch School of the Arts , Jinks began his career working in the theatre in New York. Along with
Laurence Mark , for six years Dan has produced A Fine Romance , a benefit for the
Motion Picture & Television Fund .
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Filmography (as producer)
Film
Television
References
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Producers Dan Jinks & Bruce Cohen Split Up Deadline Hollywood
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Dan Jinks Launches Solo TV Producing Career with Overall Deal at CBS Studios Deadline Hollywood
^
New York Film Critics Circle 2008 Awards
^
a
b
Nominees & Winners for the 72nd Academy Awards
Archived August 6, 2011, at the
Wayback Machine
^
"A Fine Romance-MPTF" . Archived from
the original on January 1, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2011 .
^ Jinks, Dan (May 22, 2009).
"Milk Producer, Dan Jinks: Tell Your Story" . YouTube (Interview).
Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2016 .
^ Hadleigh, Boze (2001) [1993].
The Lavender Screen . New York: Citadel Press via Kensington Books. p. 312.
ISBN
9780806521992 . Retrieved November 13, 2016 – via Google Books.
^ Epstein, Jeffrey (July 2002).
"Breaking the Rules" . Out . p. 47. Retrieved November 13, 2016 – via Google Books.
External links
Awards for Dan Jinks
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)