Monday Sep 27, 2021
Nina Jacobson on Color Force and the Film Industry
Nina R. Jacobson is the founder and president of Color Force productions.
Nina Jacobson built an impressive career as a senior film executive at three major motion picture studios before founding the independent company Color Force in 2007. Jacobson has produced The Hunger Games franchise, grossing $2.9 billion worldwide, the groundbreaking feature Crazy Rich Asians, and the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Jacobson and her partner Brad Simpson have executive produced The People V OJ Simpson: American Crime Story and The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, which received two Emmys and two Golden Globes. Color Force recently wrapped production on Impeachment: American Crime Story and Y: The Last Man.
Timeline of Nina's professional roles:
—1988: Jacobson joins Silver Pictures as director of feature entertainment
—1993: Jacobson moves to the role of Senior Vice President of Production at Universal Studios, where she oversees the development and production of ‘90s gems like Dazed and Confused, 12 Monkeys, and many more
—1995: Jacobson comes on as a senior executive at DreamWorks, where she helped shepherd films such as Antz and The Sixth Sense
—1995: Jacobson and producer Bruce Cohen establish Out There, a collective of gay and lesbian entertainment industry activists, formalizing their colleagues’ efforts to raise the visibility, awareness and collective power of queer filmmakers
—1998: She begins her role as a senior exec at Disney, overseeing film production and developing scripts for Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures and Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group. It’s during this period she would help helm gigantic properties like the Pirates of the Caribbean, Chronicles of Narnia and Princess Diaries franchises
—2003: Jacobson wins a Women in Film Crystal Award
—2005: Forbes includes the power player in its list of 100 “Most Powerful Women,” as the business world takes note of the influence Jacobson has had both on the industry and the world at large
—2007: Jacobson makes the move from studio exec to producer when she founds Color Force with partner Brad Simpson. The shingle quickly emerges as an incubator for the wonderful projects she’s helped usher in during the past decade
—2009: Jacobson and Color Force acquire the film rights to The Hunger Games book series, a property that would spawn four films and go on to become an enormous worldwide success. The Hunger Games becomes another shining example of how you can build a blockbuster franchise (almost $3 billion in combined revenue) around someone other than a male
—2016: Color Force takes on the small screen as their production of The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story premieres on FX and is met with immediate acclaim and a slew of awards
—2018: Jacobson and Color Force release the feature adaptation Crazy Rich Asians, which — spoilers — is also a huge success and underscores how vital, fun and profitable stories of underrepresented communities can be on the big screen
—1993: Jacobson moves to the role of Senior Vice President of Production at Universal Studios, where she oversees the development and production of ‘90s gems like Dazed and Confused, 12 Monkeys, and many more
—1995: Jacobson comes on as a senior executive at DreamWorks, where she helped shepherd films such as Antz and The Sixth Sense
—1995: Jacobson and producer Bruce Cohen establish Out There, a collective of gay and lesbian entertainment industry activists, formalizing their colleagues’ efforts to raise the visibility, awareness and collective power of queer filmmakers
—1998: She begins her role as a senior exec at Disney, overseeing film production and developing scripts for Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures and Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group. It’s during this period she would help helm gigantic properties like the Pirates of the Caribbean, Chronicles of Narnia and Princess Diaries franchises
—2003: Jacobson wins a Women in Film Crystal Award
—2005: Forbes includes the power player in its list of 100 “Most Powerful Women,” as the business world takes note of the influence Jacobson has had both on the industry and the world at large
—2007: Jacobson makes the move from studio exec to producer when she founds Color Force with partner Brad Simpson. The shingle quickly emerges as an incubator for the wonderful projects she’s helped usher in during the past decade
—2009: Jacobson and Color Force acquire the film rights to The Hunger Games book series, a property that would spawn four films and go on to become an enormous worldwide success. The Hunger Games becomes another shining example of how you can build a blockbuster franchise (almost $3 billion in combined revenue) around someone other than a male
—2016: Color Force takes on the small screen as their production of The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story premieres on FX and is met with immediate acclaim and a slew of awards
—2018: Jacobson and Color Force release the feature adaptation Crazy Rich Asians, which — spoilers — is also a huge success and underscores how vital, fun and profitable stories of underrepresented communities can be on the big screen
Selected articles and interviews
—https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/hunger-games-producer-nina-jacobson-interview-300719/
—https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/hunger-games-producer-nina-jacobson-interview-300719/
—https://www.indiewire.com/2019/01/nina-jacobson-sundance-producers-brunch-keynote-speech-1202038685/
—https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/crazy-rich-asians-producer-nina-jacobson-inclusion-hollywood-timeline-successful-career-1167199/
—https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/crazy-rich-asians-producer-nina-jacobson-inclusion-hollywood-timeline-successful-career-1167199/
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