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Anthony Bregman
Anthony Bregman is a film and television producer. His films include the Academy Award-winning “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” “Friends With Money,” “Our Idiot Brother,” “Synecdoche, New York,” “Please Give,” “The Tao of Steve,” “Lovely & Amazing,” “Human Nature,” “The Extra Man,” “Thumbsucker,” “The Savages,” “The Ice Storm,” “The Brothers McMullen,” “Trick,” “Darling Companion,” “Lay the Favorite,” and “The Oranges.” Nicole Holofcener’s “Enough Said” (starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini) is currently in theaters, and future releases include John Carney’s “Can A Song Save Your Life?” (starring Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo), Bennett Miller’s “Foxcatcher” (starring Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, and Mark Ruffalo) and Amy Berg’s “Every Secret Thing” (starring Diane Lane, Elizabeth Banks, and Dakota Fanning).

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In the Fall of 2006, Bregman founded the New York City-based production company Likely Story, which he currently runs with Stefanie Azpiazu. Prior to Likely Story, Bregman was a partner at This is That for four years, and spent ten years as head of production at Good Machine, where he supervised the production and post-production of over thirty feature films, including “Sense and Sensibility,” “Eat Drink, Man Woman,” “Walking & Talking,” “What Happened Was…,” “The Wedding Banquet,” and “Safe.” Bregman teaches producing at Columbia University’s Graduate Film School and is Chairman of the Board of the IFP, the nation’s oldest and largest industry association for independent filmmakers, which also sponsors the annual Gotham Awards.

 Awards 

Bregman’s movies have won numerous awards at the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTAs, Gothams, Indie Spirits, and Cannes, Berlin and Sundance Film Festivals, among others. In 2010 Roger Ebert named “Synecdoche, New York” the Best Film of the Decade.

BAFTA Awards Nominated, Best Film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Australian Film Institute Nominated AFI Award, Best Foreign Film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Gotham Awards Nominated, Best Film Synecdoche, New York (2008)

Independent Spirit Awards Won, Best First Feature Synecdoche, New York (2008)

Nominated, Best First Feature Sleep Dealer (2008)

Nominated, Best First Feature Thumbsucker (2005)

Nominated Best Feature, Lovely & Amazing (2001)

Munich Film Festival High Hopes Award, Human Nature (2001)