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Michael Sugar | |
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| Occupation(s) | Film and television producer |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Michael Sugar is an American film and television producer and principal at Sugar23, best known for producingSpotlight,13 Reasons Why,Maniac andThe Knick.
Sugar attended theArmand Hammer United World College of the American West inNew Mexico after which he completed his undergraduate studies in 1995 atBrandeis University. He went on to study law atGeorgetown University. He is the son of the producer/distributorLarry Sugar and is married toLauren Wall Sugar. He isJewish.[1]
Sugar's list of literary and talent clients includesSteven Soderbergh,Richard Linklater,Cary Fukunaga,Edgar Wright,Marc Webb,Patty Jenkins andRobin Wright.
He was previously an executive producer of Cinemax’s critically acclaimed drama seriesThe Knick, starringClive Owen and directed by Steven Soderbergh. He is currently[when?] an executive producer of theNetflix series,The OA (co-created byZal Batmanglij clientBrit Marling, who also stars),Maniac (starringEmma Stone andJonah Hill, and directed by clientCary Fukunaga) and13 Reasons Why (starringDylan Minnette andKatherine Langford).
On the film side, Sugar won anAcademy Award for Best Picture as producer ofSpotlight (2015), starringMark Ruffalo,Michael Keaton andRachel McAdams. Through his Sugar23 banner, he is[when?] actively producing a lengthy development slate, including projects from clients Soderbergh,Cary Fukunaga andPatty Jenkins.
Sugar is a member of theAcademy of Television Arts and Sciences and lectures regularly at USC, NYU, Columbia and theAmerican Film Institute. He has been nominated for anEmmy Award, and in 2014 he won a Peabody Award for The Knick.[2]
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