Anne Garefino

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Anne Garefino (born July 1, 1959) is an American film and television producer. [1] She is the co-executive producer (with Trey Parker and Matt Stone) of the long-running series South Park , and the co-executive producer of the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon (with Scott Rudin). [2] Continuing her work on South Park, she was the executive producer of the film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut , which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. She also was the executive producer of the film Team America: World Police . She's a practicing Catholic. [3]

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About

Raised in Lambertville, New Jersey, she graduated from Boston College, where she majored in finance. [4] She received her MFA at the AFI Conservatory in Los Angeles in 1988. [5]

Awards

Garefino has been nominated for thirteen and won five Primetime Emmy Awards for her work on South Park, [6] and won both a Tony Award [7] and a Grammy Award for her work on The Book of Mormon . [8] She is an Oscar away from achieving EGOT status. [9] In 2014 she won the American Film Institute's Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Anne Garefino". IMDb.
  2. ↑ Itzkoff, Dave (February 16, 2011). "'Book of Mormon' From Trey Parker and Matt Stone". The New York Times. New York, NY. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
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  4. ↑ "ANNE GAREFINO TO RECEIVE 24TH ANNUAL FRANKLIN J. SCHAFFNER ALUMNI MEDAL; Joins Previous AFI Conservatory Alumni Including Darren Aronofsky, David Lynch and Patty Jenkins", American Film Institute, May 28, 2014. Accessed April 15, 2016. "The Lambertville, New Jersey, native received a degree in Finance from Boston College and was a Producing Fellow at AFI."
  5. 1 2 McNary, Dave (2014-05-28). "'South Park' Exec Producer Anne Garefino Wins AFI Alumni Medal". Variety. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  6. ↑ "Primetime Emmy Award Database". Emmys.com. North Hollywood, California: Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
  7. ↑ Glikas, Bruce (2013). "2011 Tony Winners Show Off Their Trophies". Broadway.com. New York, NY: Theatre Direct International. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  8. ↑ "54th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners". Past Winners Search - GRAMMY.com. Santa Monica, California: The Recording Academy. 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  9. ↑ Beachum, Chris (2024-01-23). "Who needs an Oscar to reach EGOT?". GoldDerby. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
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