Alix Madigan is an American film producer known for her work on the 2010 film ''

Winter's Bone ''Winter's Bone'' is a 2010 American coming-of-age mystery drama film directed by Debra Granik. It was adapted by Granik and Anne Rosellini from the 2006 novel of the same name by Daniel Woodrell. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence as a poverty- ...

'', for which she was nominated for an

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Career

Madigan's first production credit was for ''

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'' in 1997, which won the

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Grand Jury prize for Best Film. For her work on the 2010 film, ''

'', Madigan, with co-producer Anne Rosellini and director

Debra Granik Debra Granik (born February 6, 1963) is an American filmmaker. She is most known for 2004's '' Down to the Bone,'' which starred Vera Farmiga, 2010's ''Winter's Bone,'' which starred Jennifer Lawrence in her breakout performance and for which Gr ...

, received the

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for Best Feature. The film also earned her nominations for the

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. In 2018, In 2018, Alix Madigan produced the Lebanese film ''

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'' alongside Oualid Mouaness, Myriam Sassine, Georges Schoucair and Christopher Tricarico. The film was Lebanon's 2019 submission to the Academy Awards. The film also won the NETPAC Award for World or International Asian Film Premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. Madigan has worked with Anonymous Content, Propaganda Films, Skouras Pictures, and Avenue Entertainment. She now runs her own independent production company entitled Mad Dog Films.

Background

Alix Madigan was born and raised in New York City. She graduated from Dartmouth College and Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and received her masters in business at the latter. She is married to David Yorkin, with whom she has two children. They live in California.

Filmography

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'' (1997) - producer *''

Your Friends & Neighbors ''Your Friends & Neighbors'' is a 1998 black comedy film written and directed by Neil LaBute and starring Amy Brenneman, Aaron Eckhart, Catherine Keener, Nastassja Kinski, Jason Patric and Ben Stiller in an ensemble cast. The film was the first to ...

'' (1998) - executive producer *''

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'' (2007) - producer *''

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'' (2007) - producer *'' Married Life'' (2007) - executive producer *''

Case 39 ''Case 39'' is a 2009 American supernatural horror film directed by Christian Alvart, and starring Renée Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Bradley Cooper and Ian McShane. Plot Emily Jenkins (Renée Zellweger) is a social worker living in Oregon who i ...

'' (2009) - co-producer *''

'' (2010) - producer *''

Girl Most Likely ''Girl Most Likely'' is a 2012 American comedy film directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. Based on a screenplay by Michelle Morgan, the film stars Kristen Wiig as a playwright who stages a suicide in an attempt to win back her ex ...

'' (2012) - producer *''May in the Summer'' (2013) - producer *''

Laggies ''Laggies'' (released in the United Kingdom as ''Say When'') is a 2014 American romantic comedy film directed by Lynn Shelton and written by Andrea Seigel. It stars Keira Knightley, Chloë Grace Moretz, Sam Rockwell, Kaitlyn Dever, Jeff Garlin, ...

'' (2014) - producer *''

White Bird in a Blizzard ''White Bird in a Blizzard'' is a 2014 art drama thriller film co-produced, written, directed and edited by Gregg Araki and starring Shailene Woodley, Eva Green, and Christopher Meloni. Based on the novel of the same name by Laura Kasischke, the ...

'' (2014) - producer *''

The Automatic Hate ''The Automatic Hate'' is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed by Justin Lerner. It stars Joseph Cross and Adelaide Clemens as cousins who try to determine why their fathers have kept their respective families apart for decades. The film p ...

'' (2015) - producer *''

The Age of Adaline ''The Age of Adaline'' is a 2015 American romantic fantasy film directed by Lee Toland Krieger and written by J. Mills Goodloe and Salvador Paskowitz. The film stars Blake Lively in the title role, with Michiel Huisman, Kathy Baker, Amanda Crew ...

'' (2015) - executive producer *'' It Happened in L.A.'' (2017) - producer *''

All I Wish ''All I Wish'' (also titled ''A Little Something for Your Birthday'') is a 2017 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Susan Walter and starring Sharon Stone (who was also a producer), Tony Goldwyn, Famke Janssen and Ellen Burstyn ...

'' (2017) - executive producer *''

Spinning Man '' Man'' is a 2018 thriller film directed by Simon Kaijser based on a novel by George Harrar and adapted to screenplay by Matthew Aldrich. It stars Guy Pearce, Pierce Brosnan, Minnie Driver, Alexandra Shipp, Clark Gregg and Odeya Rush. The film wa ...

'' (2018) - executive producer *'' The Lie'' (2018) - producer * ''1982'' (2019) - producer

References

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* {{Authority control American film producers