Evelyn O'Neill
{{short description|American film producer}}
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| alma_mater = Harvard University
University of California, Los Angeles.
| years_active = 1990 - present
| occupation = Talent manager and producer
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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42788267 |title=Oscars 2018: The list of nominees in full |work=BBC News |date=January 23, 2018 |accessdate=January 23, 2018}} She is also a founding partner of Management 360 and the talent manager for Julianne Moore, Chadwick Boseman, Salma Hayek, Daniel Kaluuya, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Greta Gerwig.
Career
O'Neill graduated cum laude from Harvard University and went on to the Master's program in Film History, Theory and Criticism at the University of California, Los Angeles,{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/bymel-o-neill-wage-wattage-on-social-causes-1118009073/|title=Bymel, O'Neill wage wattage on social causes|last=Johnson|first=Ted|date=2009-09-24|work=Variety|access-date=2018-02-24|language=en-US}} 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.{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/exec/suzan-bymel/|title=Suzan Bymel|last=Piper-Shimizu|first=Stephane|date=2017-10-03|work=Variety|access-date=2018-02-24|language=en-US}}
In 2002, O'Neill and Bymel, together with Eric Kranzler, David Seltzer, Guymon Casady and Daniel Rappaport founded the Management 360 talent and literary management company.{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2008/scene/markets-festivals/guymon-casady-1117992734/|title=Guymon Casady|author=Variety Staff|date=2008-09-23|work=Variety|access-date=2018-02-24|language=en-US}} In 2009, The Hollywood Reporter named her the 90 in their #100 Most Influential Women in the Entertainment Industry.{{Cite web|url=http://www1.thr.com/hr/features/womeninentertainment/profile-display.jsp|title=Women In Entertainment|website=www1.thr.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302104038/http://www1.thr.com/hr/features/womeninentertainment/profile-display.jsp|archive-date=2018-03-02|url-status=dead}}
In 2017, O'Neill produced Lady Bird, with her Management 360 client and actress turned director Greta Gerwig with Scott Rudin and Eli Bush.{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/lady-bird-how-greta-gerwig-created-2002-tell-her-coming-age-story-1055561|title='Lady Bird': How Greta Gerwig Re-created 2002 to Tell Her Coming-of-Age Story|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2018-02-24|language=en}} The film earned many nominations and awards including Academy Award for Best Picture{{Cite web|url=http://oscar.go.com/nominees/best-picture/lady-bird%20Lady%20Bird|title=Best Picture - Lady Bird|website=oscar.go.com|access-date=2018-02-24}}
Filmography
- 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
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0642161}}
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Category:American film producers
Category:American women film producers
Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni
Category:Harvard University alumni