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Danielle Renfrew

Danielle Renfrew

American film producer

Danielle Renfrew Behrens, or simply Danielle Renfrew, is an independent film producer with credits ranging from grassroots documentaries to major motion pictures. She has worked with prominent entertainment personalities including Quentin Tarantino, Elizabeth Banks, Courteney Cox, Nick Cannon, and Lily Tomlin. Renfrew is currently head of Animal Pictures, which she runs with Natasha Lyonne and Maya Rudolph.[1] Animal Pictures' releases include comedy special Sarah Cooper: Everything’s Fine and film Sirens, which was selected for Sundance Film Festival 2022.[2]

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Filmography

She has premiered 10 films at the Sundance Film Festival, including Grandma starring Lily Tomlin, as well as Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck,[1] which received seven prime-time Emmy Award Nominations.[3] Other credits include Lauren Greenfield’s The Queen of Versailles,[4] which was the opening night film of Sundance's 2012 film festival[5] and received the Grand Jury Prize for Directing,[6] Fox Searchlight’s Waitress, and Sony Pictures Classics' November and Groove.[7]

Danielle is a Sundance Women's Initiative Fellow and has served as an Advisor to Sundance's Creative Producing Program and Film Independent's Filmmaker Labs. She launched Superlative in 2016.[8]

Personal life

Since 2012, Behrens has lived in Boulder, Colorado with her husband, Tom, and two children.[8]

Bibliography

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    Petski, Denise (January 11, 2019). "Danielle Renfrew Behrens To Head Maya Rudolph & Natasha Lyonne's Animal Pictures". Deadline. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
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    "Here are the 82 movies that will screen at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
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    "Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck". Emmy Awards. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
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    "Sundance 2012: Magnolia Buys 'Queen Of Versailles' Documentary". The Hollywood Reporter. January 20, 2012.
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    "Sundance: 'Queen of Versailles' keenly eyes the rich and struggling". Los Angeles Times. January 19, 2012.
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    "2012 Sundance Film Festival Announces Awards". Sundance Film Festival. January 29, 2012.
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    "INTERVIEW: "Groove's" Greg Harrison Raves To Success". IndieWire. June 7, 2000.
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    "Meet the women with Colorado ties making their marks on indie filmmaking". The Know. April 26, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
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