Regina K. Scully

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Regina K. Scully
Occupations
  • Film producer
  • Philanthropist
Years active2011–present

Regina K. Scully is an American film producer and philanthropist. Scully is the founder of Artemis Rising Foundation, an organization which produces documentary and narrative feature films focused on social justice issues. She has produced documentaries including Miss Representation (2011), The Invisible War (2012), The Hunting Ground (2015) and Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018). She has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy awards.

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Career

Scully founded RPR Marketing Communications, a marketing and publicity agency in New York City, [1] and Artemis Rising Foundation, an organization which produces narrative and documentary feature films focused on social justice issues. [2] In 2011, Scully produced Miss Representation a documentary film directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, which follows how mainstream media's portrayal of women limits them from influential positions. [3] As part of the film, Newsom launched The Representation Project, an organization which Scully serves as a board member. [4]

In 2021, Scully served as an executive producer of What Would Sophia Loren Do? a film which follows her mother Nancy Kulik and her family and love for Sophia Loren, which was directed by Ross Kauffman for Netflix. [5] [6]

Scully has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy awards for serving as a producer on The Hunting Ground directed by Kirby Dick, [7] and The Tale directed by Jennifer Fox . [8]

Scully won a News & Documentary Emmy Award for serving as an executive producer on I Am Evidence. [9]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleNotes
2011 Miss Representation executive producer
2012 The Invisible War executive producer
Rafea: Solar Mama executive producer
2013 Anita: Speaking Truth to Power executive producer
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truthexecutive producer
Brave Miss World executive producer
2014 Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory executive producer
Fed Up executive producer
Private Violence executive producer
Sold executive producer
The Clubexecutive producer
How I Got Overexecutive producer
2015 The Hunting Ground executive producer
Dreamcatcher executive producer
The Mask You Live In associate producer
Prophet's Prey executive producer
The Invitation co-executive producer
From This Day Forwardexecutive producer
The Many Sad Fates of Mr. Toledanoexecutive producer
Very Semi-Seriousexecutive producer
Paper Tigersexecutive producer
The Trials of Springexecutive producer
Janis: Little Girl Blue co-executive producer
Dogtown Redemptionexecutive producer
CodeGirl executive producer
Thank You for Your Service executive producer
2016 The Eagle Huntress executive producer
Under the Gunexecutive producer
Newtownexecutive producer
Lovesong executive producer
Audrie & Daisy executive producer
Maya Angelou And Still I Riseexecutive producer
I Voted?executive producer
Money Monster executive producer
Franca: Chaos and Creation executive producer
The Journey is the Destinationexecutive producer
City of Joy executive producer
Swift Currentexecutive producer
2017 Unrest executive producer
Dolores executive producer
Step executive producer
The Departure executive producer
The Last Animalsexecutive producer
The Reagan Showexecutive producer
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story executive producer
I Am Evidence executive producer
32 Pills: My Sister's Suicideexecutive producer
Eating Animalsexecutive producer
The Rape of Recy Taylorexecutive producer
The Breadwinner executive producer
2018 Generation Wealth executive producer
The Price of Everything executive producer
Won't You Be My Neighbor? executive producer
The Tale producer
The Long Dumb Road co-executive producer
The Way Madness Lies..executive producer
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché executive producer
This Changes Everythingexecutive producer
Divide and Conquer: The Roger Ailes Story executive producer
Wrestling Ghostsexecutive producer
Cracked Upexecutive producer
2019Always in Seasonexecutive producer
The Great Hack executive producer
Clemency executive producer
Knock Down the House executive producer
Fantastic Fungiexecutive producer
The Kingmaker executive producer
Oliver Sacks: His Own Lifeexecutive producer
Ruth: Justice Ginsburg in Her Own Words executive producer
2020 Us Kids executive producer
Aggie executive producer
On the Record executive producer
The Glorias executive producer
Feels Good Man co-executive producer
The Truffle Hunters executive producer
Gunda co-executive producer
Jacintaexecutive producer
Kiss the Groundexecutive producer
Love & Stuff executive producer
Athlete A executive producer
Surgeexecutive producer
The Great American Lieexecutive producer
Driving While Black: Race Space and Mobility in Americaexecutive producer
The Life Ahead producer
A Crime on the Bayou executive producer
The Art of Political Murder producer
2021 What Would Sophia Loren Do? executive producer
Bring Your Own Brigade executive producer
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It executive producer
Rebel Hearts co-executive producer
Ailey executive producer
Dear Mr. Brody executive producer
$avvy executive producer
The First Step executive producer
Paper & Glue executive producer
Pray Away executive producer
Citizen Ashe executive producer
Procession executive producer
You Resemble Me executive producer
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over executive producer
Mayor Pete executive producer
2022Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Handsexecutive producer
Sell/Buy/Date executive producer
The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile executive producer
Still Working 9 to 5executive producer
My Name Is Andreaexecutive producer
Hazingexecutive producer
Of Medicine and Miraclesexecutive producer
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy executive producer
Merkelexecutive producer
The Inspection executive producer
Gratitude Revealedexecutive producer
I Am Weexecutive producer
Hollow Treeco-executive producer
2023Food and Countryexecutive producer
The Right to Readexecutive producer
Pay or Die executive producer
The Great Divideexecutive producer
Common Groundexecutive producer
Unchartedexecutive producer
Of Night and Light: The Story of Iboga and Ibogaineexecutive producer
2024 Gaucho Gaucho executive producer
Look into My Eyes executive producer
Songs from the Holeexecutive producer
A King Like Meexecutive producer
Satisfiedexecutive producer
Mrs. Robinsonexecutive producer
Familiar Touch executive producer
Lilly executive producer

Television

YearTitleNotes
2020 The Vow executive producer
202016 And Recoveringexecutive producer
2021 Allen v. Farrow executive producer
2022 Phoenix Rising executive producer
2024 Dante: Inferno to Paradise executive producer
2024 Social Studies executive producer

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