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 had two children, Ari and Anna. He initially was a cancer survivor.
[9] He was
Jewish .
[10] 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 .
^
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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. 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 . Retrieved November 26, 2010 .
^ Noah Robischon (June 13, 2001).
"Mini Drivers" .
Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved November 26, 2010 .
^
"Academy Awards Database" .
Academy Awards . Archived from
the original on September 21, 2008. Retrieved November 26, 2010 .
^ 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 .
^
Bloom, Nate (February 25, 2016).
"The tribe at the Oscars, 2016" .
Times of Israel .
^
"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 .
External links
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)