Lloyd Phillips
{{Short description|New Zealand film producer (1949–2013)}}
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Lloyd Phillips (14 December 1949 in Cape Town – 25 January 2013 in Los Angeles) was a South African-born New Zealand film producer. In 1980, he produced the movie The Dollar Bottom. The film received an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 1981, making Phillips the first New Zealander to win an Academy Award in any category.{{cite news|first=Mike|last=Barnes|title=Beau St. Clair, Pierce Brosnan’s Producing Partner, Dies at 63 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/beau-st-clair-dead-pierce-854349 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=2016-01-11 |accessdate=2016-02-04}}
Phillips was an executive producer on films such as Inglourious Basterds, The Tourist, and Man of Steel. His commercially most successful films had been Man of Steel which grossed US$649 million,{{cite web | url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=superman2012.htm | title=Man of Steel | website=Box Office Mojo | accessdate=21 August 2013}} Inglourious Basterds which grossed US$321 million{{cite web | url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=inglouriousbasterds.htm | title=Inglourious Basterds | website=Box Office Mojo | accessdate=21 August 2013}} and The Tourist which grossed US$278 million worldwide.{{cite web | url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tourist.htm | title=The Tourist | website=Box Office Mojo | accessdate=21 August 2013}} Phillips died of a heart attack on 25 January 2013 in Malibu, California, at the age of 63.{{cite news|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/126630/film-producer-lloyd-phillips-dies|title=Film producer Lloyd Phillips dies|publisher=Radio New Zealand|date=28 January 2013|accessdate=29 January 2013}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118065227/|title=Producer Lloyd Phillips dies at 63|magazine=Variety|date=27 January 2013|accessdate=29 January 2013}} A message reading 'In Memory Of Lloyd Phillips 1949–2013' appears during the ending credits of Man of Steel.
Phillips' widow, film producer Beau St. Clair, died on January 9, 2016.
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Category:Producers who won the Live Action Short Film Academy Award
Category:New Zealand film producers
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