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Denise Di Novi is an American film producer and director. Denise Di Novi is one of the most prominent producers in Hollywood, producing dozens of films for most Hollywood studios. Her most popular include Heathers, Batman Returns, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Crazy, Stupid, Love and Practical Magic, and Little Women starring Winona Ryder and Little Women starring Saoirse Ronan. She is the daughter of jazz musician Gene DiNovi; when Di Novi was three years old, her family moved to Los Angeles from New York, where her father had been a prominent Bebop jazz musician in many of the Big Bands, as well as serving as Musical Conductor for Peggy Lee, Lena Horne, Anne Margaret and Dinah Shore. In the 70s, the family moved to Toronto, Canada. Her mother, Patricia McNeil Di Novi, was a dancer in New York City on Broadway. Di Novi studied communications at Simmons College in Massachusetts and earned a journalism degree. After working as a copy editor at the National Observer and staff writer for Canada AM, she became a reporter for Toronto's Citytv. However, she left to take a job as a unit publicist for Final Assignment. She became a principal in the Montreal-based production company Filmplan International, acting in various production capacities on nine major studio releases, including films with David Cronenberg. In 1983, Filmplan relocated to Los Angeles and merged with Arnold Kopelson's Film Packages.[citation needed] Di Novi joined New World Pictures as Executive Vice President of production. She later shifted into an overall deal as an independent producer, producing Heathers (1988) starring Winona Ryder. Di Novi then headed Tim Burton Productions and was responsible for producing several films. She set up her own production company, Di Novi Pictures, 1993 at Columbia Pictures. She then entered into a producing deal with Warner Brothers Pictures. Di Novi has produced over 40 films. These include six from her partnership with Tim Burton: Edward Scissorhands (1990), Batman Returns (1992), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Cabin Boy (1994), Ed Wood (also 1994) and James and the Giant Peach(1996). She produced four films based on books by Nicholas Sparks: Message in a Bottle (1999), A Walk to Remember (2002), Nights in Rodanthe (2008) and The Lucky One (2012). For four years, Di Novi was executive producer of The District, a CBS primetime series created by Terry George. Di Novi made her directorial debut on the thriller Unforgettable (2017) for Warner Bros. Di Novi completed a series for FX, The Veil, starring Elisabeth Moss, that aired in 2024.
Denise Di Novi
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for Producer in Batman: Finale (1999)
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Sometime after the events of Batman & Robin, Batman (Michael Keaton) and Robin (Chris O'Donnell) would end up parting ways due to disagreements for Batgirl staying in school, Robin is no longer fighting with him and Bruce is no longer Batman. Bruce would soon discover facts about his mentally unstable childhood friend named Jonathan Crane (Brad Dourif), also known as "The Scarecrow". the scientist who has his fear of a mythological creature since childhood called Man-Bat. Batman would also have hallucinations after being exposed to Scarecrow's fear toxins, in which he would see the Joker, The Penguin, Two-Face and The Riddler re-unite to judge him on trial. Later, Scarecrow deduces that Bruce Wayne is Batman, and he concoct a scheme to psychologically break Batman and have him thrown in Arkham Asylum. In the film's climax, Robin shows up and saves his partner from Scarecrow alongside Catwoman. Batman exposed Scarecrow with fear toxins and Scarecrow became haunted by the Man-Bat while in Arkham Asylum. The film was planned to end when Batman goes on vacation to Bali after defeating his enemies and demons, then enters a cave full of bats and they fly all around him, as proof that he had gotten over his fears.
