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Jordan Horowitz (born April 10, 1980) is an American film producer. He is best known for producing the musical romantic-drama film ''
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'' that earned numerous awards and nominations including a nomination for the
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with producers Marc Platt and Fred Berger.


Early life and education

Horowitz was raised in
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. He is of
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descent. In 2002, he graduated from
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in
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.


Academy Awards incident

At the
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, presenters
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and
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announced that ''La La Land'' was the winner of Best Picture. However, they had mistakenly been given the envelope for Best Actress, a category in which Emma Stone had won for her role in ''La La Land'' several minutes prior. When the mistake was realized, Horowitz rushed to the microphone to announce ''
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'' as the correct winner, snatching the card from
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to show to the audience and then presented the Oscar to the winning producers. This occurred after
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representatives appeared on stage to discuss the mistake with the team from ''La La Land'' and Warren Beatty.


Personal life

Horowitz is married to Julia Hart, who is a Hollywood writer and director, known for ''The Keeping Room'' (2014), '' Miss Stevens'' (2016) and '' Fast Color'' (2018). They have two children together.


Filmography

Producer * 2010: '' The Kids Are All Right'' * 2010: '' Meet Monica Velour'' * 2012: '' Save the Date'' * 2013: '' Are You Here'' * 2014: '' The Keeping Room'' * 2016: '' Miss Stevens'' * 2016: '' The Cleanse'' * 2016: '' Little Boxes'' * 2016: ''
La La Land ''La La Land'' is a 2016 American musical romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle. It stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone as a struggling jazz pianist and an aspiring actress who meet and fall in love while pursuing ...
'' * 2018: '' Fast Color'' (Also co-writer) * 2020: '' Stargirl'' (Also co-writer) * 2020: '' I'm Your Woman'' (Also co-writer) * 2022: '' Hollywood Stargirl'' (Also co-writer) Executive producer * 2012: ''The Garden of Eden'' * 2018: '' Counterpart''


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