Garrett Basch is an American film and television producer. He is best known for his work on the Emmy-winning series The Night Of and What We Do in the Shadows.[1]

Career

While attending Tulane University, Basch was hired by Oscar-winning writer/director Steven Zaillian as his assistant.[2] The pair later formed Film Rites, a production company whose work included Moneyball, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and the HBO limited series The Night Of.[3] In addition to scripted content, Basch produced the documentary film Life Itself, for which he won the Producers Guild of America Award in 2015.[4]

Basch was nominated a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series for The Night Of in 2017. He was nominated again for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2020 and 2022 for FX's What We Do in the Shadows.[5][6]

In 2022, Basch founded Dive, a production company whose projects include Taika Waititi's Next Goal Wins, What We Do in the Shadows, Reservation Dogs, Our Flag Means Death, Time Bandits, Interior Chinatown and Steve Zaillian's Ripley.[7]

In June 2022, Basch received the Peabody Award for his work on FX's Reservation Dogs.[8]

Filmography

Film

Year Film Credit
2010 Welcome to the Rileys Co-Producer
2011 Extraterrestrial Executive Producer
2011 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Production Executive
2012 The Cold Light of Day Co-Producer
2014 Open Windows Executive Producer
2016 Colossal[9] Executive Producer
2017 The Current War[10] Executive Producer
2018 Red Sparrow[11] Executive Producer
2018 Assassination Nation Director Wishes to Thank
2019 The Irishman Production Executive
2021 Those Who Wish Me Dead[12] Producer
2022 Deep Water[13] Executive Producer
2023 Next Goal Wins[14] Producer

Television

Year Title Credit Notes
2016 The Night Of Co-Executive Producer, Actor ("Ivan")
2018 My Dinner with Hervé[15] Co-Executive Producer Television film
2019 Diagnosis[16] Executive Producer Documentary series
2020 Devs[17] Executive Producer
Dispatches from Elsewhere[18] Executive Producer
Barkskins[19] Executive Producer
2021−23 Reservation Dogs Executive Producer
2019−23 What We Do in the Shadows[20] Executive Producer
2022−23 Our Flag Means Death Executive Producer
TBA Time Bandits Executive Producer
Interior Chinatown Executive Producer
Ripley[21] Executive Producer

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2014 Gotham Awards Best Documentary Life Itself Nominated
2014 Gotham Awards Audience Award Life Itself Nominated
2015 Producers Guild Awards Outstanding Producer of Documentary Life Itself Winner
2015 Critics Choice Awards Best Documentary Feature Life Itself Winner
2016 News & Documentary Emmy Best Documentary Life Itself Nominated
2017 Producers Guild Awards Outstanding Producer of Longform Television The Night Of Nominated
2017 BAFTA Awards Best International The Night Of Nominated
2017 Golden Globes Best Television Limited Series The Night Of Nominated
2017 Primetime Emmy Outstanding Limited Series The Night Of Nominated
2017 AFI Awards TV Program of the Year The Night Of Winner
2020 Primetime Emmy Outstanding Comedy Series What We Do in the Shadows Nominated
2021 Producers Guild Awards Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy What We Do in the Shadows Nominated
2021 Gotham Awards Breakthrough Series Reservation Dogs Winner
2021 Critics Choice Awards Best Comedy Series What We Do in the Shadows Nominated
2022 Critics Choice Awards Best Comedy Series What We Do in the Shadows Nominated
2022 Critics Choice Awards Best Comedy Series Reservation Dogs Nominated
2022 Golden Globes Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy Reservation Dogs Nominated
2022 Independent Spirit Awards Best New Scripted Series Reservation Dogs Winner
2022 Primetime Emmy Outstanding Comedy Series What We Do in the Shadows Nominated
2022 Peabody Awards Entertainment Reservation Dogs Winner
2022 AFI Awards TV Program of the Year Reservation Dogs Winner
2023 Peabody Awards Entertainment Reservation Dogs Nominated
2023 Peabody Awards Entertainment Our Flag Means Death Nominated
2023 Critics Choice Awards Best Comedy Series Reservation Dogs Nominated
2023 AFI Awards TV Program of the Year Reservation Dogs Winner

References

  1. ^ "How HBO stole back "The Night Of," its next big show". CNN Money, by Bill Carter July 7, 2016
  2. ^ "Next Gen 2013: Hollywood's New Class". Hollywood Reporter, 11/6/2013 Lacey Rose
  3. ^ "Fox Re-Ups First-Look Deal With Steve Zaillian's Film Rites (Exclusive)". Hollywood Reporter, 1/27/2014 by Tatiana Siegel
  4. ^ "‘Birdman’ Wins Producers Guild Award for Best Movie". Dave McNary, Variety, January 24, 2015
  5. ^ "'Westworld' and 'Saturday Night Live' lead the 2017 Emmy nominations. Here's the complete list". Los Angeles Times. 2017-07-13. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  6. ^ "Garrett Basch". Television Academy. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  7. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (2022-01-19). "Garrett Basch's Dive Wins Rights To Develop Anthony Veasna So's 'Afterparties' For TV; Lauren Yee To Exec Produce". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  8. ^ "Reservation Dogs". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  9. ^ "Cannes: Anne Hathaway to Star in 'Colossal' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
  10. ^ "Michael Shannon Joins Benedict Cumberbatch in 'The Current War'". EW.com. 2016-09-29. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
  11. ^ McNary, Dave (2016-08-04). "Joel Edgerton in Talks to Join Jennifer Lawrence in Spy Thriller 'Red Sparrow'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
  12. ^ Vlessing, Eton (May 2, 2019). "New Line Cinema to Co-Finance Angelina Jolie's 'Those Who Wish Me Dead'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  13. ^ New Regency Bringing Adrian Lyne Back To Directing With ‘Deep Water;’ Ben Affleck, Ana de Armas In Talks For Patricia Highsmith Adaptation
  14. ^ Taika Waititi Sets New Project With Fox Searchlight Before ‘Thor 4’ (EXCLUSIVE)
  15. ^ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (2017-05-09). "Peter Dinklage and Jamie Dornan Team Up for HBO Film". Variety. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
  16. ^ Hipes, Patrick (2018-03-22). "Netflix Giving NYT Magazine's 'Diagnosis' Column The Docuseries Treatment". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  17. ^ Boucher, Geoff (2019-10-05). "Alex Garland's 'Devs': FX Releases New Images And Teaser – New York Comic Con". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
  18. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2018-07-28). "Jason Segel Anthology Series 'Dispatches From Elsewhere' Gets AMC Series Order". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  19. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2018-12-03). "National Geographic Orders 'Barkskins' Scripted Series Based On Book From Elwood Reid, Scott Rudin Prods. & Fox 21". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
  20. ^ Otterson, Joe (2018-05-03). "'What We Do in the Shadows' Scores Series Order at FX". Variety. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  21. ^ Thorne, Will (2019-04-02). "Showtime Nears Deal for Steve Zaillian Series Based on Patricia Highsmith Novels". Variety. Retrieved 2019-11-29.

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