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Denise Di Novi is an American film producer and director.

She is the daughter of jazz musicianGene DiNovi.^[1] When Di Novi was three years old, her family moved to Los Angeles from New York, where her father had been aBebop jazz musician inBig Bands, as well as musical conductor forPeggy Lee,Lena Horne,Ann-Margret, andDinah Shore. In the 70s, the family moved toToronto, Canada. Her mother, Patricia McNeil Di Novi, was a dancer in New York City on Broadway.

Di Novi studied communications atSimmons College inMassachusetts, and received a degree injournalism. After working as a copy editor at theNational Observer and staff writer forCanada AM, she became a reporter for Toronto'sCitytv, but left to take a job as a unit publicist forFinal Assignment. She became a principal in the Montreal-based production company Filmplan International, acting in various production capacities on nine major studio releases, includingScanners. In 1983, Filmplan relocated to Los Angeles and merged with Arnold Kopelson's Film Packages.^{[citation needed]}

Di Novi joinedNew World Pictures as Executive Vice President of production. She later shifted into an overall deal as an independent producer, producingHeathers (1988) starringWinona Ryder. Di Novi then headedTim Burton Productions and was responsible for producing several films. She set up her own production company, Di Novi Pictures, in 1993, atColumbia Pictures. She then entered into a producing deal withWarner Brothers Pictures.

Di Novi has produced over 40 films. These include six from her partnership withTim Burton:Edward Scissorhands (1990),Batman Returns (1992),The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993),Cabin Boy (1994),Ed Wood (also 1994) andJames and the Giant Peach (1996). She produced four films based on books byNicholas Sparks:Message in a Bottle (1999),A Walk to Remember (2002),Nights in Rodanthe (2008) andThe Lucky One (2012).

For four years, Di Novi was executive producer ofThe District, aCBS primetime series created byTerry George. Di Novi made her directorial debut on the thrillerUnforgettable (2017), for Warner Bros.^[2]

Most recently Di Novi completed a series for FX ,The Veil, starring Elisabeth Moss to air in 2024.

She was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

As director

Miscellaneous crew

Script and continuity department

Thanks

As executive producer

As director

Thanks

• Denise Di Novi atIMDb
• Profile of Di Novi, Lukeford.net
• Profile of Di Novi, Filmbug.com
• Movieline 1994 profile article

• 1956 births
• Living people
• American people of Italian descent
• People from Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles
• Simmons University alumni
• Film producers from California
• American women film producers
• American women film directors
• Film directors from Los Angeles
• 21st-century American women

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