Evelyn O'Neill
Evelyn O'Neill | |
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| Alma mater | Harvard University University of California, Los Angeles. |
| Occupation(s) | Talent manager and producer |
| Years active | 1990 - present |
Evelyn O'Neill is an American talent manager and film producer. She is best known for producing the critically acclaimed film Lady Bird, for which she was co-nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 90th Academy Awards.[1] She is also a founding partner of Entertainment 360 (formerly Entertainment 360) and the talent manager for Julianne Moore, Chadwick Boseman, Salma Hayek, Daniel Kaluuya, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Greta Gerwig.
Career
[edit]O'Neill graduated cum laude from Harvard University and enrolled in the master's program in Film History, Theory and Criticism at the University of California, Los Angeles,[2] She started her career in the late 1980s as an assistant to Suzan Bymel, with whom she founded the agency Bymel O'Neill & Associates in 1994.[3]
In 2002, O'Neill and Bymel, together with Eric Kranzler, David Seltzer, Guymon Casady, and Daniel Rappaport began Management 360, a talent and literary management company.[4] In 2009, The Hollywood Reporter listed her as #90 on their 100 Most Influential Women in the Entertainment Industry list.[5] In 2017, O'Neill produced Lady Bird, with her Management 360 client and actress turned director Greta Gerwig directing and with Scott Rudin and Eli Bush as producers.[6] The film was nominated for awards, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.[7]
Filmography
[edit]- 2017: Lady Bird (producer)
- 2006: Faceless (TV Movie) (executive producer)
- 2005: Trust the Man (executive producer)
- 2000: Talk to Me (TV Series) (producer - 6 episodes)
- 1998: House Rules (TV Series) (producer - 7 episodes)
References
[edit]- ^ "Oscars 2018: The list of nominees in full". BBC News. January 23, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
- ^ Johnson, Ted (2009-09-24). "Bymel, O'Neill wage wattage on social causes". Variety. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
- ^ Piper-Shimizu, Stephane (2017-10-03). "Suzan Bymel". Variety. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
- ^ Variety Staff (2008-09-23). "Guymon Casady". Variety. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
- ^ "Women In Entertainment". www1.thr.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-02. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
- ^ "'Lady Bird': How Greta Gerwig Re-created 2002 to Tell Her Coming-of-Age Story". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
- ^ "Best Picture - Lady Bird". oscar.go.com. Retrieved 2018-02-24.