The Shards

Nina Jacobson has built an extraordinary career spanning over three decades, earning recognition as one of the entertainment industry's most accomplished and influential producers. A former senior film executive at three major motion picture studios, Jacobson founded the independent production company Color Force in 2007. Her first project as a producer – and the first for Color Force – was “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” which grossed over $75 million worldwide and spawned three popular sequels. Jacobson went on to produce “The Hunger Games” franchise based on Suzanne Collins’ best-selling novels. Collectively, the franchise has grossed $3.3 billion worldwide, featuring, most recently, the prequel “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” and the upcoming follow-up prequel, “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,” which premieres this November. Jacobson’s feature-producing credits also include the groundbreaking film “Crazy Rich Asians,” based on Kevin Kwan’s international best-seller for Warner Bros., and “Ben Is Back,” which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival to critical acclaim.Jacobson, along with her Color Force partner Brad Simpson, made a successful leap into television with “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,” which they executive produced alongside Ryan Murphy. The show was an instant hit, receiving 22 Emmy nominations and winning nine, including Outstanding Limited Series. It was nominated for five Golden Globe Awards, winning two. Its follow-up, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story,” garnered 18 Emmy nominations and seven wins, as well as four Golden Globe nominations and two wins. Jacobson also produced the critically acclaimed series “Pose” for FX, as well as “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” “Clipped,” “Y: The Last Man,” “American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez” and “Say Nothing,” a gripping account of the early years of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.This year, Jacobson and Simpson executive produced the critically and commercially acclaimed limited series “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. &amp; Carolyn Bessette.” The dazzling production, which they worked on with Murphy, chronicles the captivating yet tragic romance that remains an indelible part of the American zeitgeist.Prior to forming Color Force, Jacobson was president of the Walt Disney Motion Picture Group, where she oversaw script development and film production for Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures and Hollywood Pictures. During her tenure, 15 of Jacobson’s projects grossed over $100 million domestically, including “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion,” “The Witch and the Wardrobe” and “The Princess Diaries.”Before joining the Walt Disney Motion Picture Group, Jacobson was a senior film executive at DreamWorks SKG, where she developed “What Lies Beneath” and originated the idea of DreamWorks’ first animated feature “Antz.” She also held positions at Universal, Parkes/MacDonald Productions, Silver Pictures and began her career at Disney Sunday Movie.A passionate advocate for equity and human rights, Jacobson serves on the board of Freedom House, a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on democracy, political freedom and human rights. She is a graduate of Brown University and lives in the Pacific Palisades with her wife Jennifer, their three children, two dogs and a cat.

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Nina Jacobson has built an impressive career spanning over 30 years and is the founder of Color Force.

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