Garrett Basch

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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]

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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. [1] 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 showsWhat We Do in the Shadows , Reservation Dogs , and Ripley —nominated for the Emmys in the same year. [2]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmCredit
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

YearTitleCreditNotes
2016 The Night Of Co-Executive Producer, Actor ("Ivan")
2018 My Dinner with Hervé [18] Co-Executive ProducerTelevision film
2019 Diagnosis [19] Executive ProducerDocumentary 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
TBA Interior Chinatown

Awards

YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
2014 Gotham Awards Best Documentary Life Itself Nominated
Audience AwardNominated
2015 Producers Guild Awards Outstanding Producer of DocumentaryWon
Critics Choice Awards Best Documentary FeatureWon
2016 News & Documentary Emmy Best DocumentaryNominated
2017 Producers Guild Awards Outstanding Producer of Longform Television The Night Of Nominated
BAFTA Awards Best InternationalNominated
Golden Globes Best Television Limited SeriesNominated
Primetime Emmy Outstanding Limited SeriesNominated
AFI Awards TV Program of the YearWon
2020 Primetime Emmy Outstanding Comedy Series What We Do in the Shadows Nominated
2021 Producers Guild Awards Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, ComedyNominated
Gotham Awards Breakthrough Series Reservation Dogs Won
Critics Choice Awards Best Comedy Series What We Do in the Shadows Nominated
2022Nominated
Reservation Dogs Nominated
Golden Globes Best Television Series - Musical or ComedyNominated
Independent Spirit Awards Best New Scripted SeriesWon
Primetime Emmy Outstanding Comedy Series What We Do in the Shadows Nominated
Peabody Awards Entertainment Reservation Dogs Won
AFI Awards TV Program of the YearWon
2023 Peabody Awards EntertainmentNominated
Our Flag Means Death Nominated
Critics Choice Awards Best Comedy Series Reservation Dogs Nominated
AFI Awards TV Program of the YearWon
2024 Peabody Awards EntertainmentWon
Primetime Emmy Outstanding Comedy SeriesNominated [2]
What We Do in the Shadows Nominated
Outstanding Limited Series Ripley Nominated

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