Garrett Basch

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, and for being the first producer ever to have three scripted shows nominated in the same year.^[1][2]

Career

While attending Tulane University, Basch was hired by Oscar-winning writer/director Steven Zaillian as his assistant.^[3] 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.^[4] In addition to scripted content, Basch produced the documentary film Life Itself, for which he won the Producers Guild of America Award in 2015.^[5]

Although HBO initially passed on The Night Of, Basch was instrumental in saving the show by screening the pilot for Netflix and FX executives, sparking a bidding war that ultimately led HBO to order the limited series.^[1] He was nominated for 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.^[6][7]

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 Ripley.^[8] Basch received the Peabody Award twice for his work on FX's Reservation Dogs, first in 2022 and again in 2024.^[9][10] In August 2024, Basch became the first producer to have three scripted shows—What We Do in the Shadows, Reservation Dogs, and Ripley—nominated for the Emmys in the same year.^[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Credit
2010	Welcome to the Rileys	Co-Producer
2011	Extraterrestrial	Executive Producer
	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Production Executive
2012	The Cold Light of Day	Co-Producer
2014	Open Windows	Executive Producer
2016	Colossal[11]
2017	The Current War[12]
2018	Red Sparrow[13]
	Assassination Nation	Director Wishes to Thank
2019	The Irishman	Production Executive
2021	Those Who Wish Me Dead[14]	Producer
2022	Deep Water[15]	Executive Producer
2023	Next Goal Wins[16]	Producer
TBA	Klara and the Sun[17]

Television

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
2016	The Night Of	Co-Executive Producer, Actor ("Ivan")
2018	My Dinner with Hervé[18]	Co-Executive Producer	Television film
2019	Diagnosis[19]	Executive Producer	Documentary series
2020	Devs[20]
	Dispatches from Elsewhere[21]
	Barkskins[22]
2021−23	Reservation Dogs
2019−23	What We Do in the Shadows[23]
2022−23	Our Flag Means Death
2024	Ripley[24]
	Time Bandits
TBA	Interior Chinatown

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2014	Gotham Awards	Best Documentary	Life Itself	Nominated
		Audience Award		Nominated
2015	Producers Guild Awards	Outstanding Producer of Documentary		Won
	Critics Choice Awards	Best Documentary Feature		Won
2016	News & Documentary Emmy	Best Documentary		Nominated
2017	Producers Guild Awards	Outstanding Producer of Longform Television	The Night Of	Nominated
	BAFTA Awards	Best International		Nominated
	Golden Globes	Best Television Limited Series		Nominated
	Primetime Emmy	Outstanding Limited Series		Nominated
	AFI Awards	TV Program of the Year		Won
2020	Primetime Emmy	Outstanding Comedy Series	What We Do in the Shadows	Nominated
2021	Producers Guild Awards	Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy		Nominated
	Gotham Awards	Breakthrough Series	Reservation Dogs	Won
	Critics Choice Awards	Best Comedy Series	What We Do in the Shadows	Nominated
2022				Nominated
			Reservation Dogs	Nominated
	Golden Globes	Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy		Nominated
	Independent Spirit Awards	Best New Scripted Series		Won
	Primetime Emmy	Outstanding Comedy Series	What We Do in the Shadows	Nominated
	Peabody Awards	Entertainment	Reservation Dogs	Won
	AFI Awards	TV Program of the Year		Won
2023	Peabody Awards	Entertainment		Nominated
			Our Flag Means Death	Nominated
	Critics Choice Awards	Best Comedy Series	Reservation Dogs	Nominated
	AFI Awards	TV Program of the Year		Won
2024	Peabody Awards	Entertainment		Won
	Primetime Emmy	Outstanding Comedy Series		Nominated	[2]
			What We Do in the Shadows	Nominated
		Outstanding Limited Series	Ripley	Nominated

References

1. Carter, Bill (2016-07-07). "How HBO stole back "The Night Of," its next big show". CNNMoney. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
2. Davis, Clayton (2024-08-13). "Emmys Announce Official Series Nominees Including Surprise Nods for Brad Pitt, Rosamund Pike and a History-Making Hat Trick for Garrett Basch". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
3. Rose, Lacey (2013-11-06). "Next Gen 2013: Hollywood's New Class". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
4. Siegel, Tatiana (2014-01-27). "Fox Re-Ups First-Look Deal With Steve Zaillian's Film Rites (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
5. McNary, Dave (2015-01-25). "'Birdman' Wins Producers Guild Award for Best Movie". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
6. "'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.
7. "Garrett Basch". Television Academy. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
8. 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.
9. "Reservation Dogs". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
10. "Reservation Dogs". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
11. McClintock, Pamela (2015-05-12). "Cannes: Anne Hathaway to Star in 'Colossal' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
12. Coggan, Devan (2016-09-29). "Michael Shannon Joins Benedict Cumberbatch in 'The Current War'". EW.com. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
13. McNary, Dave (2016-08-04). "Joel Edgerton in Talks to Join Jennifer Lawrence in Spy Thriller 'Red Sparrow'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
14. 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.
15. Jr, Mike Fleming (2019-08-01). "New Regency Bringing Adrian Lyne Back To Directing With 'Deep Water;' Ben Affleck, Ana de Armas In Talks For Patricia Highsmith Adaptation". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
16. Kroll, Justin (2019-08-07). "Taika Waititi Sets New Project With Fox Searchlight Before 'Thor 4' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
17. 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.
18. Wagmeister, Elizabeth (2017-05-09). "Peter Dinklage and Jamie Dornan Team Up for HBO Film". Variety. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
19. Hipes, Patrick (2018-03-22). "Netflix Giving NYT Magazine's 'Diagnosis' Column The Docuseries Treatment". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
20. Boucher, Geoff (2019-10-05). "Alex Garland's 'Devs': FX Releases New Images And Teaser – New York Comic Con". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
21. Andreeva, Nellie (2018-07-28). "Jason Segel Anthology Series 'Dispatches From Elsewhere' Gets AMC Series Order". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
22. 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.
23. Otterson, Joe (2018-05-03). "'What We Do in the Shadows' Scores Series Order at FX". Variety. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
24. Thorne, Will (2019-04-02). "Showtime Nears Deal for Steve Zaillian Series Based on Patricia Highsmith Novels". Variety. Retrieved 2019-11-29.

External links

• Garrett Basch at IMDb