Lloyd Phillips (14 December 1949 in
Cape Town
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– 25 January 2013 in
Los Angeles
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) was a South African-born New Zealand
film producer. In 1980, he produced the movie ''
The Dollar Bottom''. The film received an
Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
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From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards, ''Best Short Subject, On ...
in 1981, making Phillips the first New Zealander to win an
Academy Award
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in any category.
Phillips was an
executive producer
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on films such as ''
Inglourious Basterds
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'',
''The Tourist'', and
''Man of Steel''.
[ His commercially most successful films had been ''Man of Steel'' which grossed US$649 million, ''Inglourious Basterds'' which grossed US$321 million and ''The Tourist'' which grossed US$278 million worldwide. Phillips died of a heart attack on 25 January 2013 in ]Malibu, California
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, at the age of 63.[
]
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1940s births
2013 deaths
Producers who won the Live Action Short Film Academy Award
New Zealand film producers
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