SAXON, Edward

PERSONAL

Born in St. Louis, MO. Education: University of Southern California School of Cinema–Television, degree, 1984.

Addresses: Office—Ed Saxon Productions, 9 Desbrosses St., 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10013. Agent—Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career: Producer and actor. Ed Saxon Productions, New York City, principal; Clinica Estetico Ltd. (a production company), New York City, partner (with Jonathan Demme); Independent Film Channel, founding advisory member. Artists for Democracy in Haiti, founding member.

Awards, Honors: Academy Award (with others) and Film Award nomination (with others), British Academy of Film and Television Arts, both best film, 1991, Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award (with others), PGA Golden Laurel Awards, 1992, all for The Silence of the Lambs; Pare Lorentz Award (with others), International Documentary Association, 1997, for Mandela; Rockie Award (with others), Banff Television Festival, 1998, for Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground; Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award nomination (with others), PGA Golden Lauren Awards, 2003, for Adaptation.

CREDITS

Film Producer:

Married to the Mob, Orion, 1988.

The Silence of the Lambs, Orion, 1991.

Cousin Bobby (documentary), Cine Vista, 1992.

Philadelphia, TriStar, 1993.

Mandela (also known as Mandela: Son of Africa, Father of a Nation), Island Pictures, 1996.

That Thing You Do!, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1996.

Beloved, Buena Vista, 1998.

The Truth about Charlie, Universal, 2002.

Adaptation, Columbia, 2002.

Around the World in 80 Days, Buena Vista, 2004.

Film Executive Producer:

Something Wild (also known as Dangereuse sans tous rapports), United Artists, 1986.

Haiti: Dreams of Democracy (documentary), 1988.

Miami Blues, Orion, 1990.

One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets From the Dolly Madison Room (also known as Yksi jalka), 1993.

Devil in a Blue Dress (also known as Le diable en robe bleue), TriStar, 1995.

Ulee's Gold, Orion, 1997.

Storefront Hitchcock, Orion, 1998.

The Opportunists, First Look, 2000.

Also associated with the production of the documentary The Making of Sun City.

Film Appearances:

Kevin Stroup, Something Wild (also known as Dangereuse sans tous rapports), United Artists, 1986.

Krishna Ravindra, Miami Blues, Orion, 1990.

Mike Michaels, TV reporter, The Ref (also known as Hostile Hostages), Buena Vista, 1994.

(Uncredited) Man with rubbery face, Beloved, Buena Vista, 1998.

Scout's Honor, 1999.

People Like Us: Making "Philadelphia," 2003.

Television Work; Episodic:

Coproducer of "Accumulation Talking Plus Water Motor," broadcast as an episode of Alive from Off Center, PBS.

Television Work; Movies:

Coproducer, "A Domestic Dilemma," Women and Men II (also known as Women and Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules), HBO, 1991.

Executive producer, Cloudsplitter, HBO, 2004.

Television Work; Specials:

Producer, Haiti: Killing the Dream, PBS, 1992.

(With Jonathan Demme and Rosie Perez) Executive producer, Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground, 1997.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Ad man, "A Domestic Dilemma," Women and Men II (also known as Women and Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules), HBO, 1991.

Television Appearances; Specials:

The 64th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1992.