Celia D. Costas

{{short description|American film producer}}

Celia D. Costas is a film producer. She won two Emmy Awards for the HBO miniseries Angels in America and the television film Warm Springs and was nominated for a third Emmy Award for the television film For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story. She has also received a Producers Guild of America Award for Angels in America. She is a member of the advisory board of the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema at Brooklyn College.{{Cite web|url=http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2014/11/28/brooklyn-college-opening-new-graduate-school-cinema-steiner-studios|title=Brooklyn College opening new graduate school of cinema at Steiner Studios|last=Frost|first=Mary|date=November 28, 2015|website=|publisher=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|access-date=August 29, 2016}}

Filmography

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

1978

|Slow Dancing in the Big City

|Production assistant{{Cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baf048e2e|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528134216/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baf048e2e|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 28, 2016|title=Celia Costas|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=August 29, 2016}}

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1980

|No Nukes

|Production assistant - Madison Square Garden

|

rowspan="2" |1981

|Nighthawks

|Production assistant

|

Rollover

|Location coordinator

|

1982

|Sophie's Choice

|Location manager

|

1984

|The Cotton Club

|Special effects unit location manager

|

rowspan="2" |1985

|Sweet Liberty

|Location manager

|

The Ultimate Solution of Grace Quigley

|Location manager

|

1986

|Dream Lover

|New York location manager

|

rowspan="3" |1987

|Someone to Watch Over Me

|New York location manager

|

Wall Street

|Location manager

|

Orphans

|Location manager

|

rowspan="2" |1991

|Frankie and Johnny

|New York production manager

|

Deceived

|New York unit production manager

|

rowspan="2" |1992

|Glengarry Glen Ross

|Unit production manager

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Consenting Adults

|Unit production manager

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1993

|The Pelican Brief

|Unit production manager

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1995

|To Woo Fong Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar

|Unit production manager

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1996

|Night Falls on Manhattan

|Unit production manager

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1997

|Private Parts

|Co-producer,{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/1997/film/reviews/private-parts-1200449335/|title=Review: 'Private Parts'|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|date=March 8, 1997|magazine=Variety|access-date=August 29, 2016}} Unit production manager

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1998

|Meet Joe Black

|Associate producer,{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/meet-joe-black-1200456013/|title=Review: 'Meet Joe Black'|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|date=November 8, 1998|magazine=Variety|access-date=August 29, 2016}} Unit production manager

|

rowspan="2" |1999

|A Lesson Before Dying

|Co-producer{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/1999/tv/reviews/a-lesson-before-dying-1117499797/|title=Review: 'A Lesson Before Dying'|last=Fries|first=Laura|date=May 21, 1999|magazine=Variety|access-date=August 29, 2016}}

|Television film

Sleepy Hollow

|New York unit line producer

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rowspan="2" |2000

|28 Days

|Co-producer,{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/28-days-1200463027/|title=Review: '28 Days'|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|date=June 8, 2000|magazine=Variety|access-date=August 29, 2016}} Unit production manager

|

For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story

|Producer{{Cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/celia-costas|title=Celia Costas|last=|first=|date=|website=Emmys|publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|access-date=August 29, 2016}}

|Television film

2001

|Zoolander

|Co-producer, Unit production manager{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/zoolander-1200469725/|title=Review: 'Zoolander'|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|date=September 27, 2001|magazine=Variety|access-date=August 29, 2016}}

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2003

|Angels in America

|Producer

|Miniseries

2004

|Closer

|Executive producer,{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/awards/closer-7-1200529435/|title=Review: 'Closer'|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|date=November 19, 2004|magazine=Variety|access-date=August 29, 2016}} Unit production manager

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2005

|Warm Springs

|Executive producer

|Television film

2007

|Charlie Wilson's War

|Executive producer{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/charlie-wilsons-war-159301|title=Charlie Wilson's War|last=Honeycutt|first=Kirk|date=November 26, 2007|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=August 29, 2016}}

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rowspan="2" |2008

|Che

|New York unit line producer

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Doubt

|Executive producer,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/doubt-is-eighth-highest-grossing-film-of-jan-2-4-weekend-com-156590|title="Doubt" Is Eighth Highest-Grossing Film of Jan. 2-4 Weekend|last=Gans|first=Andrew|date=January 4, 2009|magazine=Playbill|access-date=August 29, 2016}} Unit production manager

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2009

|Taking Woodstock

|Producer, Unit production manager{{Cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/assets/Image/Direct/029702.pdf|title=Taking Woodstock: Production Notes|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Cannes Film Festival|access-date=August 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910234123/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/assets/Image/Direct/029702.pdf|archive-date=September 10, 2016|url-status=dead}}

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2010

|Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

|Executive producer

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2011

|Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

|Executive producer

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2013

|August: Osage County

|Executive producer{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/august-osage-county-toronto-review-624967|title=August: Osage County: Toronto Review|last=Rooney|first=David|date=September 10, 2013|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=August 29, 2016}}

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2014

|Annie

|Executive producer{{cite magazine|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/grosses-in-from-first-night-limited-release-of-annie-movie-com-337834|title=Grosses in From First Night, Limited Release of "Annie" Movie|last=Gioia|first=Michael|date=December 19, 2014|magazine=Playbill|access-date=August 29, 2016}}

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2015

|The Intern

|Executive producer{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/the-intern-review-anne-hathaway-robert-de-niro-1201596471/|title=Film Review: 'The Intern'|last=Lodge|first=Guy|date=September 21, 2015|magazine=Variety|access-date=August 29, 2016}}

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2016

|The Girl on the Train

|Executive producer{{Cite web|url=http://www.thewrap.com/jared-leto-chris-evans-circling-the-girl-on-the-train-at-dreamworks/|title=Jared Leto, Chris Evans Circling 'The Girl on the Train' at DreamWorks|last=Geier|first=Thom|date=September 21, 2015|website=|publisher=The Wrap|access-date=August 29, 2016}}{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/allison-janney-girl-on-the-train-1201629291/|title=Allison Janney Boards 'Girl on the Train' (EXCLUSIVE)|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=October 28, 2015|magazine=Variety|access-date=August 29, 2016}}

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2018

|A Quiet Place

|Executive producer

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Awards

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Award

!Category

!Result

!Work

!Ref.

2001

|Primetime Emmy Award

|Outstanding Television Movie

|{{Nominated}}

|For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story

|

2004

|Primetime Emmy Award

|Outstanding Miniseries

|{{Won}}

| rowspan="2" |Angels in America

|

rowspan="2" |2005

|Producers Guild of America Award

|Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television

|{{Won}}

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.producersguild.org/?page=pga_award_19902010|title=PGA Award Winners 1990-2010|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Producers Guild of America|access-date=August 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408065235/http://www.producersguild.org/?page=pga_award_19902010|archive-date=April 8, 2013|url-status=dead}}

Primetime Emmy Award

|Outstanding Television Movie

|{{Won}}

| rowspan="2" |Warm Springs

|

2006

|Producers Guild of America Award

|Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television

|{{Nominated}}

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamesradar.com/brokeback-wows-movie-guilds/|title=Brokeback wows movie guilds|last=|first=|date=January 5, 2006|website=Total Film|publisher=GamesRadar|access-date=August 29, 2016}}

References

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