Dan Jinks is an American film and television producer. In February 2010, Jinks launched his own film and television production company, the Dan Jinks Company.Producers Dan Jinks & Bruce Cohen Split Up
Deadline Hollywood In July 2011, he signed an overall deal with CBS Television Studios.Dan Jinks Launches Solo TV Producing Career with Overall Deal at CBS Studios
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Life and career

Previously, working with producing partner Bruce Cohen, Jinks produced ''

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'', directed by

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and starring

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. The film was nominated for 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won for Best Actor and

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. ''Milk'' was named Best Picture of 2008 by the New York Film Critics Circle.New York Film Critics Circle 2008 Awards
/ref> The pair won the Best Picture Academy Award in 2000 for producing '' American Beauty''.Nominees & Winners for the 72nd Academy Awards
The film, which won a total of five Oscars, was the first film produced through The Jinks/Cohen Company. Their second film was the sex comedy '' Down with Love'' starring Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor. Next up was

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's '' Big Fish'', which was nominated as Best Picture for both the Golden Globes and the

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s. Other films include '' The Forgotten'', starring

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, and John August's directing debut, ''

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'', starring Ryan Reynolds, Melissa McCarthy and Hope Davis. In television, Jinks and Cohen executive produced the acclaimed ABC series '' Pushing Daisies'', which won eight

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s and was nominated for a

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as best television comedy. They also served as executive producers on the series '' Traveler'' (ABC) and '' Side Order of Life'' (Lifetime). In the summer of 2008, Jinks and Cohen produced ''A Timeless Call'', a tribute to war veterans that

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directed for the Democratic National Convention. Jinks produced '' Nothing to Lose'', starring

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and

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for

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, and executive produced '' The Bone Collector'', with

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and

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for Universal. A graduate of New York University's

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, Jinks began his career working in the theatre in New York. Along with Laurence Mark, for six years Dan has produced ''A Fine Romance'', a benefit for the Motion Picture & Television Fund. Jinks is openly gay.

Filmography (as producer)

Film

* '' Nothing to Lose'' (1997) * '' The Bone Collector'' (1999) (as executive producer) * '' American Beauty'' (1999) **''Won'':

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* '' Down with Love'' (2003) * '' Big Fish'' (2003) * '' The Forgotten'' (2004) * ''

'' (2007) * ''

'' (2008) **''Nominated'':

* ''

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'' (TBA) * ''

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'' (TBA)

Television

* '' Traveler'' (2007) * '' Side Order of Life'' (2007) * '' Pushing Daisies'' (2007–09) * '' Emily Owens, M.D.'' (2012–13) * '' Nancy Drew'' (2018) * ''Sub/Liminal (TBA)''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jinks, Dan Filmmakers who won the Best Film BAFTA Award Producers who won the Best Picture Academy Award Living people Film producers from Florida Tisch School of the Arts alumni Year of birth missing (living people) LGBTQ film producers