Friday, December 28, 2018

Donna Gigliotti to Produce the 91st Oscars, Glenn Weiss to Co-Produce and Direct

Oscar-winning maker Donna Gigliotti will deliver the 91st Oscars, and Emmy-winning executive Glenn Weiss will co-create and coordinate the show, Academy President John Bailey reported today. The Oscars will air live on the ABC Television Network and communicate outlets worldwide on Sunday, February 24, 2019.

"Donna and Glenn will implant new vitality and vision into this 91st Awards introduction, and we are amped up for an expansive based inventive association with these two specialists," said Bailey.

"I'm appreciative to the Academy and ABC for entrusting me with this extremely exceptional chance," said Gigliotti. "I'm certain it will end up being a lowering, elating and totally one of a kind affair. Fortunately, I will have Glenn Weiss close by consistently!"

"I'm so anticipating being back to help celebrate and respect the film business and all the skilled individuals behind the current year's motion pictures," said Weiss. "Furthermore, I am 'co-energized' to be co-creating the current year's show with Donna Gigliotti!"

"We're excited to work with somebody as energetic about the Academy as Donna Gigliotti—an Oscar champ and different chosen one. She and (the now well known) Glenn Weiss are focused on benefitting as much as possible from the advancements we've grasped for our 91st Oscars," said Academy CEO Dawn Hudson.

"Donna Gigliotti has taken a shot at the absolute most praised movies within recent memory and is exceptionally met all requirements to convey her ability to the most anticipated awards of the year," said Channing Dungey, president, ABC Entertainment. "Also, because of Glenn Weiss, we simply encountered the most discussed minute at the Emmys with his genuine in front of an audience wedding proposition. We can hardly wait to perceive how they top that at The Oscars 2019 Live Stream."

Gigliotti won a Best Picture Oscar for "Shakespeare in Love" and earned selections for "Concealed Figures," "Silver Linings Playbook" and "The Reader." Her other delivering credits incorporate such highlights as "The Fundamentals of Caring," "Mammoths of No Nation," "Two Lovers," "The Good Night" and "Emma." The movies she has created and directed have earned a sum of 43 Oscar designations.

Coming back to coordinate his fourth continuous Oscars, Weiss has won 14 Primetime Emmy Awards, including one prior this year for the 90th Oscars. He has coordinated and created various broadcast occasions, including 18 Tony Awards® appears. His other coordinating credits incorporate "The Kennedy Center Honors," "Billboard Music Awards," "BET Awards," "Subside Pan Live!," "Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest," "Primetime Emmy Awards," "Live from Lincoln Center," "Macy's fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular," "Garth Brooks, Live from Las Vegas" and the "American Music Awards."

The 91st Oscars will be hung on Sunday, February 24, 2019, at the Dolby® Theater at Hollywood and Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be broadcast live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscars additionally will be broadcast live in excess of 225 nations and regions around the world.

Source: https://www.oscars.org/news/donna-gigliotti-produce-91st-oscars

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