Steven Aaron Golin (March 6, 1955 – April 21, 2019) was an American film and television

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and the founder and CEO of Anonymous Content LLP, a multimedia development, production and talent management company and co-founder and CEO of Propaganda Films. Golin graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts at

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

in 1976 and attended the

AFI Conservatory The AFI Conservatory is a private not-for-profit graduate film school in the Hollywood Hills district of Los Angeles. Students (called "Fellows") learn from the masters in a collaborative, hands-on production environment with an emphasis on st ...

. He won Best Picture at the 2016 Academy Awards for ''Spotlight''.

Career

Propaganda Films

Golin and partner Joni Sighvatsson launched Propaganda Films, a talent management, advertising, and video production company, in 1986. They built Propaganda into the largest music video and commercial production company in the world, winning more

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and Cannes Palme d'Or Awards than any other company and quickly became a home for the most sought-after young music video and commercial directors. One of its first discoveries was

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, then an unknown video director. Not long afterward, a young filmmaker showed up with a reel containing a

Donny Osmond Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond (born December 9, 1957) is an American singer, dancer, actor, television host, and former teen idol. He first gained fame performing with four of his elder brothers as the Osmonds, earning several top ten hits and gol ...

video and a spec Coke commercial. Golin watched the clips and told

Michael Bay Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American film director and producer. He is best known for making big-budget, high-concept action films characterized by fast cutting, stylistic cinematography and visuals, and extensive use of ...

, "Nice to meet you. You're hired." After seeing a couple of skateboard videos he liked, Golin brought

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into the fold. Other discoveries included Antoine Fuqua, Gore Verbinski, and Alex Proyas. Golin and Sighvatsson sold the company to

PolyGram PolyGram N.V. was a multinational entertainment company and major music record label formerly based in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1962 as the Grammophon-Philips Group by Dutch corporation Philips and German corporation Siemens, to be a ...

, but when PolyGram was sold to

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in 1998, Golin lost control of the company and exited in 1999.

Anonymous Content

Golin's next company, Anonymous Content, located in

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, was launched in early 2000. Golin has guided the company's commercial division to become one of the top commercial production entities in the industry, producing spots and campaigns for

Audi Audi AG () is a German automotive manufacturer of luxury vehicles headquartered in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. As a subsidiary of its parent company, the Volkswagen Group, Audi produces vehicles in nine production facilities worldwide. Th ...

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Coca-Cola Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a carbonated soft drink manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company. Originally marketed as a temperance drink and intended as a patent medicine, it was invented in the late 19th century by John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta ...

, Ford,

Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, and is one of the developers of the x86 seri ...

, Nike,

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United Airlines United Airlines, Inc. (commonly referred to as United), is a major American airline headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois.

, and others. Its music video division, which earned Best New Artist Clip (Hard Rock category) at the 2000 Billboard Music Video Awards for

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's " Judith" (2000), directed by

, has also produced projects for

Cypress Hill Cypress Hill is an American hip hop group from South Gate, California. They have sold over 20 million albums worldwide and have multi-platinum and platinum albums. They are considered to be among the main progenitors of West Coast and 1990 ...

, Filter, Smashmouth, Third Eye Blind, and

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, among other artists. Under Golin's leadership, the company's management division has grown to represent more than 50 writers, directors, and actors. Fincher also worked with the company to produce "

The Hire The BMW film series ''The Hire'' is a series of eight short films (averaging about ten minutes each) produced for the Internet in 2001 and 2002. A form of branded content, the shorts were directed by popular filmmakers from around the globe and ...

", a series of adverts for BMW, which were only available online. Golin has also produced a number of feature films and television shows, some of which were produced with Anonymous Content and others through Propaganda Films. These include

's '' The Game'' (1997),

's ''

Being John Malkovich ''Being John Malkovich'' is a 1999 American fantasy comedy film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman, both making their feature film debut. The film stars John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, and Catherine Keener, with John Malkovich as a ...

'' (1999),

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's ''

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'' (also simply known as ''Eternal Sunshine'') is a 2004 American romantic science fiction drama film written by Charlie Kaufman, directed by Michel Gondry, and starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet. P ...

'' (2004), Alejandro González Iñárritu's ''

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'' (2006), and

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's '' Rendition'' (2007), Nic Pizzolatto's ''

True Detective ''True Detective'' is an American anthology crime drama television series created and written by Nic Pizzolatto. The series, broadcast by the premium cable network HBO in the United States, premiered on January 12, 2014. Each season of the ...

'' (2014), Sam Esmail's ''

Mr. Robot ''Mr. Robot'' is an American drama thriller television series created by Sam Esmail for USA Network. It stars Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson, a cybersecurity engineer and hacker with social anxiety disorder, clinical depression and dissociative ...

'' (2015) and Tom McCarthy's '' Spotlight'' (2015). Golin received

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nominations for Best Picture for producing ''

'', '' The Revenant'', and '' Spotlight'', the latter of which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Personal life

Golin had two children, Ari and Anna. He initially was a cancer survivor. He was

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. Golin died of Ewing's sarcoma on April 21, 2019 at the age of 64.

Filmography

Producer

* ''

Nickel Mountain ''Nickel Mountain'' is a 1984 drama film produced in Iceland and the United States written and directed by Drew Denbaum. It stars Michael Cole, Heather Langenkamp, Patrick Cassidy, Grace Zabriskie, and Brian Kerwin. The movie is based on the n ...

'' (1984) (line producer) * '' Hard Rock Zombies'' (1985) (associate producer) * ''American Drive-In'' (1985) (associate producer) * '' P. I. Private Investigations'' (1987) * ''

The Blue Iguana ''The Blue Iguana'' is a 1988 American crime film directed by John Lafia and starring Dylan McDermott, Jessica Harper, Pamela Gidley and James Russo. The plot is about a bounty hunter who is blackmailed into stopping the transfer of twenty mill ...

'' (1988) * ''

Kill Me Again ''Kill Me Again'' is a 1989 American neo-noir Silver, Alain; Ward, Elizabeth; eds. (1992). ''Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style'' (3rd ed.). Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. thriller film directed by John Dahl, an ...

'' (1989) * '' Fear, Anxiety & Depression'' (1989) * '' Daddy’s Dyin’ … Who’s Got the Will?'' (1990) * ''

Salute Your Shorts ''Salute Your Shorts'' is an American television sitcom created by Steve Slavkin and produced by Propaganda Films, which aired on Nickelodeon from July 4, 1991, to September 12, 1992. Focused around the life of young campers at the fictional Cam ...

'' (pilot, 1990) * '' Wild at Heart'' (1990) * '' In Bed with Madonna'' (documentary, 1991) (supervising producer) * ''

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'' (1992) * '' A Stranger Among Us'' (1992) * '' Candyman'' (1992) * ''

Red Rock West ''Red Rock West'' is a 1993 American neo-noir thriller film directed by John Dahl and starring Nicolas Cage, Lara Flynn Boyle, J. T. Walsh, and Dennis Hopper. It was written by Dahl and his brother Rick, and shot in Montana, Willcox, Arizona, Son ...

'' (1993) * ''

Kalifornia ''Kalifornia'' is a 1993 American road thriller film directed by Dominic Sena, in his feature film directorial debut. It stars Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis, David Duchovny, and Michelle Forbes. The film tells the story of a journalist (Duchovny) ...

'' (1993) * '' Final Combination'' (1994) * ''

Sleepers ''Sleepers'' is a 1996 American legal crime drama film written, produced, and directed by Barry Levinson, and based on Lorenzo Carcaterra's 1995 book of the same name. The film stars Kevin Bacon, Jason Patric, Brad Pitt, Robert De Niro, Dustin Ho ...

'' (1996) * ''

The Portrait of a Lady ''The Portrait of a Lady'' is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in ''The Atlantic Monthly'' and ''Macmillan's Magazine'' in 1880–81 and then as a book in 1881. It is one of James's most popular novels and is regarded by cri ...

'' (1996) * '' The Game'' (1997) * '' A Thousand Acres'' (1997) * '' Return to Paradise'' (1998) * '' Your Friends & Neighbors'' (1998) * ''

'' (1999) * ''

Nurse Betty ''Nurse Betty'' is a 2000 American black comedy film directed by Neil LaBute and starring Renée Zellweger as the title character, a small town, Kansas housewife-waitress who suffers a nervous breakdown after witnessing her husband's torture murde ...

'' (2000) * ''

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'' (2000) * ''

50 First Dates ''50 First Dates'' is a 2004 American romantic comedy drama film directed by Peter Segal and starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore with Rob Schneider, Sean Astin and Dan Aykroyd in supporting roles. It follows the story of Henry, a womanizing m ...

'' (2004) * ''

'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2007) * '' In the Land of Women'' (2007) * '' Rendition'' (2007) * '' Cleaner'' (2007) * '' Married Life'' (2007) * ''All God’s Children Can Dance'' (2008) * ''

Case 39 ''Case 39'' is a 2009 American supernatural horror film directed by Christian Alvart, and starring Renée Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Bradley Cooper and Ian McShane. Plot Emily Jenkins (Renée Zellweger) is a social worker living in Oregon who i ...

'' (2009) * ''

44 Inch Chest ''44 Inch Chest'' is a 2009 British crime comedy-drama film directed by Malcolm Venville in his directorial debut. The film stars Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson, Stephen Dillane and Joanne Whalley. The film was released on ...

'' (2009) * '' The Lazarus Effect'' (documentary, 2010) * '' The Beaver'' (2011) * ''The Last Elvis'' (2012) * ''

Big Miracle ''Big Miracle'' is a 2012 drama film directed by Ken Kwapis, and stars Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski. The film is based on Tom Rose's 1989 book '' Freeing the Whales'', which covers Operation Breakthrough, the 1988 international effort to ...

'' (2012) * ''

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World ''Seeking a Friend for the End of the World'' is a 2012 American apocalyptic romantic comedy-drama film, written and directed by Lorene Scafaria, in her feature directorial debut. The film stars Steve Carell and Keira Knightley as a pair of st ...

'' (2012) * ''

Breakup at a Wedding ''Breakup at a Wedding'' is the first film from comedy collective PERIODS. Directed by Victor Quinaz and written by Anna Martemucci, Victor Quinaz, and Philip Quinaz, the movie was produced by Before the Door Pictures (''All Is Lost'', ''Margin C ...

'' (2013) * ''

Uwantme2killhim? ''uwantme2killhim?'' (also known as ''U Want Me 2 Kill Him?'' and stylised as ''Uwantme2killhim?'') is a 2013 British thriller film directed by Andrew Douglas. The film stars Jamie Blackley and Toby Regbo and premiered at the Edinburgh Internat ...

'' (2013) * '' The Fifth Estate'' (2013) * ''

Laggies ''Laggies'' (released in the United Kingdom as ''Say When'') is a 2014 American romantic comedy film directed by Lynn Shelton and written by Andrea Seigel. It stars Keira Knightley, Chloë Grace Moretz, Sam Rockwell, Kaitlyn Dever, Jeff Garlin, ...

'' (2014) * '' The Loft'' (2014) * '' Spotlight'' (2015) * '' The Revenant'' (2015) * '' Bastille Day'' (2016) * ''

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot ''Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot'' is a 2018 American comedy-drama film directed by Gus Van Sant and based upon the memoir of the same name by John Callahan. The cast includes Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, and Jack Black, and ...

'' (2018) * '' Boy Erased'' (2018) * ''

The Beach Bum ''The Beach Bum'' is a 2019 American stoner comedy film written and directed by Harmony Korine and starring Matthew McConaughey, Snoop Dogg, Isla Fisher, Jimmy Buffett, with Zac Efron, Martin Lawrence, and Jonah Hill. The plot follows the advent ...

'' (2019)

Executive Producer

* '' Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted'' (video, 1990) * '' Dream Lover'' (1993) * ''A Pig’s Tale'' (video, 1994) * ''

Lord of Illusions ''Lord of Illusions'' is a 1995 American neo-noir supernatural horror film written and directed by Clive Barker, based on his own short story "The Last Illusion" published in 1985 in the anthology ''Books of Blood'' Volume 6. The same story introdu ...

'' (1995) * '' The Match'' (1999) * ''

Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus ''Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus'' is a 2003 documentary film about the American South starring Jim White. Commissioned by the BBC, it documents the intersection of country music and Christianity in the United States. It was inspired by Whi ...

'' (documentary, 2003) * '' Lake of Fire'' (documentary, 2006) * '' Girl Most Likely'' (2012) * ''

Little Red Wagon ''Little Red Wagon'' is a 2012 docudrama directed by David Anspaugh and written by Patrick Sheane Duncan. The film stars Anna Gunn, Daveigh Chase, Frances O'Connor, and Chandler Canterbury. ''Little Red Wagon'' covers Zach Bonner's philanthr ...

'' (2012) * ''

Fun Size ''Fun Size'' (known as ''Half Pint'' in some countries) is a 2012 American teen comedy film directed by Josh Schwartz and written by Max Werner. Starring Victoria Justice, Thomas Mann, Jane Levy and Chelsea Handler, the film tells the story of a ...

'' (2012) * ''

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'' (2014) * '' The Loft'' (2014) * ''

The Age of Adaline ''The Age of Adaline'' is a 2015 American romantic fantasy film directed by Lee Toland Krieger and written by J. Mills Goodloe and Salvador Paskowitz. The film stars Blake Lively in the title role, with Michiel Huisman, Kathy Baker, Amanda Cre ...

'' (2015) * ''

Len and Company ''Len and Company'' is a 2015 American independent comedy-drama film, written and directed by Tim Godsall and Katie Knight. The film stars Rhys Ifans, Juno Temple, Jack Kilmer, Keir Gilchrist, and Kathryn Hahn. The film had its world premiere on J ...

'' (2015) * ''

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'' (2015) * ''

Triple 9 ''Triple 9'' is a 2016 American heist action thriller film directed by John Hillcoat and written by Matt Cook. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie, Aaron Paul, Clifton Collins Jr., Norman Re ...

'' (2016) * '' Outlaw King'' (2018)

Television

* ''

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'' (1990) * ''Memphis'' (1992) * ''Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell'' (documentary, 1993) * ''Due East'' (2002) * ''

The L Word ''The L Word'' is a television drama that aired on Showtime from January 18, 2004 to March 8, 2009. The series follows the lives of a group of lesbian and bisexual women who live in West Hollywood, California. The premise originated with Ilene Ch ...

'' (2004) * ''

'' (2014–2019) * ''

'' (2015–2019) * '' Quarry'' (2016) * '' Berlin Station'' (2016–2018) * ''

13 Reasons Why ''13 Reasons Why'' is an American teen drama television series developed for Netflix by Brian Yorkey and based on the 2007 novel ''Thirteen Reasons Why'' by author Jay Asher. The series revolves around high school student Clay Jensen (Dylan Mi ...

'' (2017–2020) * ''

The Alienist ''The Alienist'' is a crime novel by Caleb Carr first published in 1994 and is the first book in the Kreizler series. It takes place in New York City in 1896, and includes appearances by many famous figures of New York society in that era, inc ...

'' (2018) * ''

Flint Town ''Flint Town'' is an eight episode American documentary television series that was released on Netflix on March 2, 2018. The documentary focuses on the thoughts and conflicted emotions of police officers serving to protect urban areas of Flint, M ...

'' (2018) * ''

Catch-22 ''Catch-22'' is a satirical war novel by American author Joseph Heller. He began writing it in 1953; the novel was first published in 1961. Often cited as one of the most significant novels of the twentieth century, it uses a distinctive non-chr ...

'' (2019)

References

External links

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