About

Known credits:
58
Birthday:
1956-03-21
Place of birth:
Sherman Oaks, California, USA
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Denise Di Novi

Overview

Denise Di Novi is an American film producer and director.

Denise Di Novi is one of the most prominent producers in Hollywood, producing dozens of films for most Hollywood studios. Her most popular include Heathers, Batman Returns, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Crazy, Stupid, Love and Practical Magic, and Little Women starring Winona Ryder and Little Women starring Saoirse Ronan. She is the daughter of jazz musician Gene DiNovi; when Di Novi was three years old, her family moved to Los Angeles from New York, where her father had been a prominent Bebop jazz musician in many of the Big Bands, as well as serving as Musical Conductor for Peggy Lee, Lena Horne, Anne Margaret and Dinah Shore. In the 70s, the family moved to Toronto, Canada. Her mother, Patricia McNeil Di Novi, was a dancer in New York City on Broadway.

Di Novi studied communications at Simmons College in Massachusetts and earned a journalism degree. After working as a copy editor at the National Observer and staff writer for Canada AM, she became a reporter for Toronto's Citytv. However, she left to take a job as a unit publicist for Final Assignment. She became a principal in the Montreal-based production company Filmplan International, acting in various production capacities on nine major studio releases, including films with David Cronenberg. In 1983, Filmplan relocated to Los Angeles and merged with Arnold Kopelson's Film Packages.[citation needed]

Di Novi joined New World Pictures as Executive Vice President of production. She later shifted into an overall deal as an independent producer, producing Heathers (1988) starring Winona Ryder. Di Novi then headed Tim Burton Productions and was responsible for producing several films. She set up her own production company, Di Novi Pictures, 1993 at Columbia Pictures. She then entered into a producing deal with Warner Brothers Pictures.

Di Novi has produced over 40 films. These include six from her partnership with Tim Burton: Edward Scissorhands (1990), Batman Returns (1992), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Cabin Boy (1994), Ed Wood (also 1994) and James and the Giant Peach(1996). She produced four films based on books by Nicholas Sparks: Message in a Bottle (1999), A Walk to Remember (2002), Nights in Rodanthe (2008) and The Lucky One (2012).

For four years, Di Novi was executive producer of The District, a CBS primetime series created by Terry George. Di Novi made her directorial debut on the thriller Unforgettable (2017) for Warner Bros.

Di Novi completed a series for FX, The Veil, starring Elisabeth Moss, that aired in 2024.

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Known for

Acting
2021 Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale Actor Self 59
Average
2019 This Changes Everything Actor Self 58
Average
2008 Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight Actor Self N/A
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2005 The Many Faces of Catwoman Actor Self 59
Average
1999 Eloise And Her Rawther Enormous Life Actor Self N/A
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1992 The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin Actor Self 58
Average

Directing
2017 Unforgettable Directing Director 58
Average

Production
2026 Practical Magic 2 Production Producer N/A
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2024 The Veil Production Executive Producer 67
Fair
2022 The Sky Is Everywhere Production Producer 58
Average
2021 Not Going Quietly Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2019 Little Women Production Producer 77
Good
2017 Unforgettable Production Producer 58
Average
2017 Beaches Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2015 Danny Collins Production Executive Producer 63
Fair
2015 Focus Production Producer 68
Fair
2014 The Best of Me Production Producer 72
Good
2014 You're Not You Production Producer 68
Fair
2014 If I Stay Production Executive Producer 72
Good
2012 The Lucky One Production Producer 70
Good
2011 Crazy, Stupid, Love. Production Producer 71
Good
2011 Monte Carlo Production Producer 64
Fair
2010 Life As We Know It Production Executive Producer 67
Fair
2010 Ramona and Beezus Production Producer 62
Fair
2008 Nights in Rodanthe Production Producer 61
Fair
2008 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 Production Producer 61
Fair
2007 Lucky You Production Producer 57
Average
2005 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Production Producer 63
Fair
2004 Catwoman Production Producer 47
Bad
2004 New York Minute Production Producer 60
Fair
2004 Sudbury Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2003 Eloise at Christmastime Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2003 Eloise at the Plaza Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2003 What a Girl Wants Production Producer 61
Fair
2002 A Walk to Remember Production Producer 75
Good
2001 Original Sin Production Producer 60
Fair
2001 Happy Campers Production Producer 58
Average
2000 The District Production Executive Producer 69
Fair
1999 Message in a Bottle Production Producer 61
Fair
1998 Practical Magic Production Producer 65
Fair
1998 Almost Heroes Production Producer 57
Average
1996 James and the Giant Peach Production Producer 63
Fair
1994 Little Women Production Producer 68
Fair
1994 Ed Wood Production Producer 72
Good
1994 Cabin Boy Production Producer 57
Average
1993 The Nightmare Before Christmas Production Producer 77
Good
1992 Batman Returns Production Producer 68
Fair
1990 Edward Scissorhands Production Producer 76
Good
1990 Meet the Applegates Production Producer 58
Average
1988 Heathers Production Producer 69
Fair
1983 For Those I Loved Production Associate Producer 59
Average
Splitfoot Production Executive Producer N/A
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Counting Miracles Production Producer N/A
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The Hollys Production Producer N/A
N/A
Method Production Producer N/A
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Untitled A Walk To Remember Reboot Production Producer N/A
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The Jetsons Production Producer N/A
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Crew
1983 Videodrome Crew Creative Consultant 70
Good