Halfon, Lianne 1953-

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Halfon, Lianne 1953-

PERSONAL

Born August 2, 1953.

Addresses:

Office—Mr. Mudd Productions, Farmer's Market, 6333 West Third St., Suite 902, Los Angeles, CA 90036. Agent—Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., Third Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Career:

Producer. Mr. Mudd (production company), Los Angeles, partner (with John Malkovich and Russell Smith).

Awards, Honors:

Independent Spirit Award, best feature, Independent Feature Project/West, Christopher Award, feature films, Academy Award nomination, best motion picture of the year, and nomination for Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award, theatrical motion pictures, Producers Guild of America, all with others, 2008, for Juno.

CREDITS

Film Executive Producer:

Crumb (documentary), Sony Pictures Classics, c. 1995.

The Dancer Upstairs (also known as Pasos de baile), Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2002.

How to Draw a Bunny (documentary), Artisan Entertainment/Palm Pictures/Arthouse Films, 2002.

Which Way Home (documentary), Reason Pictures/ White Buffalo Entertainment, 2008.

Film Producer:

House of Cards (also known as Before I Wake), Miramax, 1993.

A Good Baby, Curb Entertainment, 1999.

Ghost World, United Artists, 2001.

The Loner (short film series), 2001.

The Libertine, The Weinstein Company, 2004.

Art School Confidential, Sony Pictures Classics, 2006.

Kill the Poor, IFC Films, 2006.

Drunkboat, Arclight Films, 2006, Seven Arts Pictures, 2007.

Juno, Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2007.

Worked on other projects.

Film Associate Producer:

Los Dos Mundos de Angelita, First Run Features, 1984.

Crooked Hearts, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1991.

Film Work; Other:

Production manager, Los Dos Mundos de Angelita, First Run Features, 1984.

Story developer, Heavy Petting, Skouras Pictures, 1988.

Television Work; Specials:

Producer, "Some Assembly Required," The First Amendment Project (also known as The First Amendment Project: Some Assembly Required), Court TV and Sundance Channel, 2004.