Betsy Beers | |
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| Born | 1957 (age 67–68) |
| Alma mater | Williams College |
| Occupation | Television producer |
| Years active | 1993–present |
Betsy Beers (born 1957) is an American television and film producer whose credits includeShondaLand'sGrey's Anatomy,Scandal,Private Practice,How to Get Away with Murder,The Catch,Station 19,For the People, andBridgerton.
Beers is a 1975 graduate of theMilton Academy.[1] She went on to graduate fromWilliams College where she studiedtheater andEnglish literature. Beers acted and performed comedy for several years inNew York City before moving toLos Angeles to make the transition to producing.
Beers served as President of directorMike Newell’s Dogstar Films, where she produced the films200 Cigarettes, starringBen Affleck,Dave Chappelle, andKate Hudson, andBest Laid Plans, starringReese Witherspoon. She also developed such films asHigh Fidelity, directed byStephen Frears and starringJohn Cusack, as well asPushing Tin, starringBilly Bob Thornton,Cate Blanchett, andAngelina Jolie. She also served asExecutive Producer on the filmsSafe Passage, starringSusan Sarandon, andWitch Hunt, starringDennis Hopper, with producerGale Ann Hurd.
She then served as President of theMark Gordon Company. While there, she oversaw the development and production of its feature film and television projects, including the development ofGrey's Anatomy. Additionally, Ms. Beers produced the feature filmsThe Hoax, starringRichard Gere, andCasanova, starringHeath Ledger; both films were directed byLasse Hallström.
In 2009, Beers partnered withShonda Rhimes' production companyShondaLand to develop and produce additional feature film and television projects.
Beers serves on theMotion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF) Board of Governors.[2]
For her work onGrey's Anatomy, Beers and her fellow producers were awarded the 2007 Producer of the Year Award from theProducers Guild of America,[3] the 2007Golden Globe Award[4] for Best Television Series Drama, and received the 2006 and 2007Emmy nominations for Outstanding Drama Series.[5] Beers has been nominated three times by theProducers Guild of America for their Television Producer of the Year Award.
In 2014,Scandal was awarded theAmerican Film Institute's Television Program of the Year Award.[6] as well as aPeabody Award.[7]
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