Garrett Basch Explained

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. 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.

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
	Interior Chinatown

Awards

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

References

1. Web site: Carter . Bill . 2016-07-07 . How HBO stole back "The Night Of," its next big show . 2024-08-20 . CNNMoney.
2. Web site: 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 . 2024-08-15 . Variety . en-US.
3. Web site: Rose . Lacey . 2013-11-06 . Next Gen 2013: Hollywood’s New Class . 2024-08-20 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
4. Web site: Siegel . Tatiana . 2014-01-27 . Fox Re-Ups First-Look Deal With Steve Zaillian’s Film Rites (Exclusive) . 2024-08-20 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
5. Web site: McNary . Dave . 2015-01-25 . ‘Birdman’ Wins Producers Guild Award for Best Movie . 2024-08-20 . Variety . en-US.
6. News: 'Westworld' and 'Saturday Night Live' lead the 2017 Emmy nominations. Here's the complete list. 2017-07-13. Los Angeles Times. 2017-07-13. en-US. 0458-3035.
7. Web site: Garrett Basch. 2021-04-07. Television Academy. en.
8. Web site: 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 . 2023-04-02 . Deadline . en-US.
9. Web site: Reservation Dogs . 2023-04-02 . The Peabody Awards . en-US.
10. Web site: Reservation Dogs . 2024-08-15 . The Peabody Awards . en-US.
11. News: McClintock . Pamela . 2015-05-12 . Cannes: Anne Hathaway to Star in 'Colossal' (Exclusive) . 2017-07-09 . The Hollywood Reporter . en.
12. News: Coggan . Devan . 2016-09-29 . Michael Shannon Joins Benedict Cumberbatch in 'The Current War' . 2017-07-09 . EW.com . en-US.
13. News: McNary . Dave . 2016-08-04 . Joel Edgerton in Talks to Join Jennifer Lawrence in Spy Thriller 'Red Sparrow' . en-US . Variety . 2017-07-09.
14. Web site: Vlessing . Eton . May 2, 2019 . New Line Cinema to Co-Finance Angelina Jolie's 'Those Who Wish Me Dead' . May 7, 2019 . The Hollywood Reporter.
15. Web site: 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 . 2024-08-20 . Deadline . en-US.
16. Web site: Kroll . Justin . 2019-08-07 . Taika Waititi Sets New Project With Fox Searchlight Before ‘Thor 4’ (EXCLUSIVE) . 2024-08-20 . Variety . en-US.
17. Web site: Kroll . Justin . Taika Waititi To Direct 3000 Pictures Adaptation Of Klara And The Sun, Garrett Basch Boards As Producer . . 1 May 2023 . May 1, 2023.
18. News: Wagmeister . Elizabeth . 2017-05-09 . Peter Dinklage and Jamie Dornan Team Up for HBO Film . en-US . Variety . 2017-07-09.
19. News: Hipes . Patrick . 2018-03-22 . Netflix Giving NYT Magazine's 'Diagnosis' Column The Docuseries Treatment . en-US . Deadline . 2018-09-08.
20. Web site: Boucher . Geoff . 2019-10-05 . Alex Garland's 'Devs': FX Releases New Images And Teaser – New York Comic Con . 2019-11-29 . Deadline . en.
21. News: Andreeva . Nellie . 2018-07-28 . Jason Segel Anthology Series 'Dispatches From Elsewhere' Gets AMC Series Order . en-US . Deadline . 2018-09-08.
22. Web site: Andreeva . Nellie . 2018-12-03 . National Geographic Orders 'Barkskins' Scripted Series Based On Book From Elwood Reid, Scott Rudin Prods. & Fox 21 . 2019-08-18 . Deadline . en.
23. News: Otterson . Joe . 2018-05-03 . 'What We Do in the Shadows' Scores Series Order at FX . en-US . Variety . 2018-09-08.
24. Web site: Thorne . Will . 2019-04-02 . Showtime Nears Deal for Steve Zaillian Series Based on Patricia Highsmith Novels . 2019-11-29 . Variety . en.