Lianne Halfon is an American film and television producer and partner of

Mr. Mudd Mr. Mudd is a film production company founded in 1998 by Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, and Russell Smith. The company is known for producing the films ''Ghost World (film), Ghost World'' (2001), ''Juno (film), Juno'' (2007) and ''The Perks of Bei ...

, a production company founded in 1998 with

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and Russell Smith. Halfon has produced critically acclaimed and award-winning

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s, including ''Ghost World'', '' Juno'', and ''

The Perks of Being a Wallflower ''The Perks of Being a Wallflower'' is a 1999 young adult novel by American author Stephen Chbosky. Set in the early 1990s, the novel follows Charlie, an introverted and observant teenager, through his freshman year of high school in a Pittsbu ...

''. Since 2018, Halfon has served as the Head of the Producing Discipline at the

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Awards & recognition

In 2008, Halfon was nominated for an

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for her work on ''Juno''. That same year, she won an

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for ''Juno'', and again in 2013 for ''The Perks of Being a Wallflower''.

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Independent Spirit Awards The Independent Spirit Awards, originally known as the FINDIE or Friends of Independents Awards, and later as the Film Independent Spirit Awards, are awards presented annually in Santa Monica, California, to independent filmmakers. Founded in ...

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Filmography

Film

As producer, unless otherwise noted.

Television (as producer)

References

External links

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