Alix Madigan produced WINTER’S BONE, directed by Debra Granik and starring Jennifer Lawrence, which was the winner of The Grand Jury Prize for best dramatic feature at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010. She was nominated for an Academy Award in 2011 for best picture for WINTER’S BONE and the film received three other nominations. It also won The Gotham Award for Best Picture and won two Independent Spirit Awards.
Alix most recently produced LAGGIES, starring Keira Knightley, Sam Rockwell and Chloe Moretz and directed by Lynn Shelton and WHITEBIRD IN A BLIZZARD, starring Shailene Woodley and directed by Gregg Araki, both of which premiered at Sundance in 2014 and will debut later in 2014. Also, she produced MAY IN THE SUMMER which was in the Dramatic Competition at The Sundance Film Festival in 2013 and starred Hiam Abbass, Bill Pullman and Alia Shawkat, directed by Cherien Dabis. She released THE AUTOMATIC HATE, directed by Justin Lerner. in 2015.
She has served in various producing capacities on films such as the cult comedy SMILEY FACE, directed by Gregg Araki and starring Anna Faris, MARRIED LIFE, directed by Ira Sachs and starring Rachel McAdams and Pierce Brosnan, CLEANER, directed by Renny Harlin, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Ed Harris, Neil LaBute’s YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, starring Ben Stiller and Natassja Kinski, CASE 39, directed by Christian Alvert, starring Renee Zellweger and GIRL MOST LIKELY starring Kristen Wiig and Annette Bening and directed by Shari Berman and Bob Pulcini, which was released in July, 2013.
Alix’s first produced movie was SUNDAY, directed by Jonathan Nossiter, which won The Grand Jury Prize for best dramatic feature and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award in the 1997 Sundance Film Festival.
Currently, Alix is a staff producer for Anonymous Content, a multimedia company based in Los Angeles which produces a range of context including series TRUE DETECTIVE starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. She has served at various companies before her current position at Anonymous Content, including Propaganda Films, Skouras Pictures and Avenue Entertainment. She serves on the board of Film Independent. She graduated from Dartmouth College and has an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania.
Session info: In Conversation with Alix Madigan (US)
Session info: Producing masterclass with Alix Madigan (US) From Inception to Audience – Becoming the Engine
