Garrett Basch

American film and television producer

Garrett Basch is an American film and television producer. He is best known for his work on the Emmy-winning series The Night Of and What We Do in the Shadows.[1]

## Career[edit]

While attending Tulane University, Basch was hired by Oscar-winning writer/director Steven Zaillian as his assistant.[2] The pair later formed Film Rites, a production company whose work included Moneyball, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and the HBO limited series The Night Of.[3] In addition to scripted content, Basch produced the documentary film Life Itself, for which he won the Producers Guild of America Award in 2015.[4]

Basch was nominated a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series for The Night Of in 2017. He was nominated again for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2020 and 2022 for FX's What We Do in the Shadows.[5][6]

In 2022, Basch founded Dive, a production company whose projects include Taika Waititi's Next Goal Wins, What We Do in the Shadows, Reservation Dogs, Our Flag Means Death, Time Bandits, Interior Chinatown and Steve Zaillian's Ripley.[7]

In June 2022, Basch received the Peabody Award for his work on FX's Reservation Dogs.[8]

## Filmography[edit]

### Film[edit]

Year  | Film  | Credit

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2010 | Welcome to the Rileys | Co-Producer
2011 | Extraterrestrial | Executive Producer
2011  | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Production Executive
2012 | The Cold Light of Day | Co-Producer
2014 | Open Windows | Executive Producer
2016 | Colossal[9] | Executive Producer
2017 | The Current War[10] | Executive Producer
2018 | Red Sparrow[11] | Executive Producer
2018  | Assassination Nation | Director Wishes to Thank
2019  | The Irishman | Production Executive
2021 | Those Who Wish Me Dead[12] | Producer
2022 | Deep Water[13] | Executive Producer
2023  | Next Goal Wins[14] | Producer
2024  | Klara and the Sun[15] | Producer

### Television[edit]

Year  | Title  | Credit  | Notes

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2016 | The Night Of | Co-Executive Producer, Actor ("Ivan") |
2018 | My Dinner with Hervé[16] | Co-Executive Producer | Television film
2019  | Diagnosis[17] | Executive Producer | Documentary series
2020 | Devs[18] | Executive Producer |
Dispatches from Elsewhere[19] | Executive Producer |
Barkskins[20] | Executive Producer |
2021−23 | Reservation Dogs | Executive Producer |
2019−23 | What We Do in the Shadows[21] | Executive Producer |
2022−23 | Our Flag Means Death | Executive Producer |
2024  | Ripley[22] | Executive Producer |
Time Bandits | Executive Producer |
TBA | Interior Chinatown | Executive Producer |

### Accolades[edit]

Year  | Award  | Category  | Nominee(s)  | Result  | Ref.

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2014  | Gotham Awards | Best Documentary  | Life Itself | Nominated  |
2014  | Gotham Awards | Audience Award  | Life Itself | Nominated  |
2015  | Producers Guild Awards | Outstanding Producer of Documentary  | Life Itself | Winner  |
2015  | Critics Choice Awards | Best Documentary Feature  | Life Itself | Winner  |
2016  | News & Documentary Emmy | Best Documentary  | Life Itself | Nominated  |
2017  | Producers Guild Awards | Outstanding Producer of Longform Television  | The Night Of | Nominated  |
2017  | BAFTA Awards | Best International  | The Night Of | Nominated  |
2017  | Golden Globes | Best Television Limited Series  | The Night Of | Nominated  |
2017  | Primetime Emmy | Outstanding Limited Series  | The Night Of | Nominated  |
2017  | AFI Awards | TV Program of the Year  | The Night Of | Winner  |
2020  | Primetime Emmy | Outstanding Comedy Series  | What We Do in the Shadows | Nominated  |
2021  | Producers Guild Awards | Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy  | What We Do in the Shadows | Nominated  |
2021  | Gotham Awards | Breakthrough Series  | Reservation Dogs | Winner  |
2021  | Critics Choice Awards | Best Comedy Series  | What We Do in the Shadows | Nominated  |
2022  | Critics Choice Awards | Best Comedy Series  | What We Do in the Shadows | Nominated  |
2022  | Critics Choice Awards | Best Comedy Series  | Reservation Dogs | Nominated  |
2022  | Golden Globes | Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy  | Reservation Dogs | Nominated  |
2022  | Independent Spirit Awards | Best New Scripted Series  | Reservation Dogs | Winner  |
2022  | Primetime Emmy | Outstanding Comedy Series  | What We Do in the Shadows | Nominated  |
2022  | Peabody Awards | Entertainment  | Reservation Dogs | Winner  |
2022  | AFI Awards | TV Program of the Year  | Reservation Dogs | Winner  |
2023  | Peabody Awards | Entertainment  | Reservation Dogs | Nominated  |
2023  | Peabody Awards | Entertainment  | Our Flag Means Death | Nominated
2023  | Critics Choice Awards | Best Comedy Series  | Reservation Dogs | Nominated  |
2023  | AFI Awards | TV Program of the Year  | Reservation Dogs | Winner  |

## References[edit]

1. ^ "How HBO stole back "The Night Of," its next big show". CNN Money, by Bill Carter July 7, 2016
2. ^ "Next Gen 2013: Hollywood's New Class". Hollywood Reporter, 11/6/2013 Lacey Rose
3. ^ "Fox Re-Ups First-Look Deal With Steve Zaillian's Film Rites (Exclusive)". Hollywood Reporter, 1/27/2014 by Tatiana Siegel
4. ^ "‘Birdman’ Wins Producers Guild Award for Best Movie". Dave McNary, Variety, January 24, 2015
5. ^ "'Westworld' and 'Saturday Night Live' lead the 2017 Emmy nominations. Here's the complete list". Los Angeles Times. 2017-07-13. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
6. ^ "Garrett Basch". Television Academy. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
7. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (2022-01-19). "Garrett Basch's Dive Wins Rights To Develop Anthony Veasna So's 'Afterparties' For TV; Lauren Yee To Exec Produce". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
8. ^ "Reservation Dogs". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
9. ^ "Cannes: Anne Hathaway to Star in 'Colossal' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
10. ^ "Michael Shannon Joins Benedict Cumberbatch in 'The Current War'". EW.com. 2016-09-29. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
11. ^ McNary, Dave (2016-08-04). "Joel Edgerton in Talks to Join Jennifer Lawrence in Spy Thriller 'Red Sparrow'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
12. ^ Vlessing, Eton (May 2, 2019). "New Line Cinema to Co-Finance Angelina Jolie's 'Those Who Wish Me Dead'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
13. ^ New Regency Bringing Adrian Lyne Back To Directing With ‘Deep Water;’ Ben Affleck, Ana de Armas In Talks For Patricia Highsmith Adaptation
14. ^ Taika Waititi Sets New Project With Fox Searchlight Before ‘Thor 4’ (EXCLUSIVE)
15. ^ Kroll, Justin (May 1, 2023). "Taika Waititi To Direct 3000 Pictures Adaptation Of Klara And The Sun, Garrett Basch Boards As Producer". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
16. ^ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (2017-05-09). "Peter Dinklage and Jamie Dornan Team Up for HBO Film". Variety. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
17. ^ Hipes, Patrick (2018-03-22). "Netflix Giving NYT Magazine's 'Diagnosis' Column The Docuseries Treatment". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
18. ^ Boucher, Geoff (2019-10-05). "Alex Garland's 'Devs': FX Releases New Images And Teaser – New York Comic Con". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
19. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2018-07-28). "Jason Segel Anthology Series 'Dispatches From Elsewhere' Gets AMC Series Order". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
20. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2018-12-03). "National Geographic Orders 'Barkskins' Scripted Series Based On Book From Elwood Reid, Scott Rudin Prods. & Fox 21". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
21. ^ Otterson, Joe (2018-05-03). "'What We Do in the Shadows' Scores Series Order at FX". Variety. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
22. ^ Thorne, Will (2019-04-02). "Showtime Nears Deal for Steve Zaillian Series Based on Patricia Highsmith Novels". Variety. Retrieved 2019-11-29.

## External links[edit]

* Garrett Basch at IMDb

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