Anthony Katagas

Anthony Katagas
Born	(1971-01-28) January 28, 1971 New York, U.S.

Anthony Katagas (born January 28, 1971) is an American film producer. He is an alumnus of Western New England University in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he majored in government and was captain of the lacrosse team as a goalie. He also represented Greece at the 2018 World Lacrosse Championship.

Katagas won an Academy Award for Best Picture for his role in producing 12 Years a Slave. Katagas' awards include a BAFTA, Golden Globe, Broadcast Critics' Choice Award, Independent Spirit Award and the Darryl F. Zanuck PGA Award for Best Picture. He has had four films nominated for the Palme d'Or and two films nominated for César Awards. His films have garnered nominations or awards from the DGA, SAG, National Board of Review, Gotham Awards, New York Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics and appeared on the prestigious AFI list for achievement in film.

In 1999, Katagas started Keep Your Head Productions, geared towards producing independent films in his hometown of New York City. Through Keep Your Head Productions, he has produced films by Michael Almereyda: Happy Here and Now (IFC Films, 2001), This So-Called Disaster (IFC Films, 2002), William Eggelston in the Real World (Palm Pictures, 2005) and Cymbeline (Benaroya Pictures, 2014). He also produced James Gray's, The Immigrant (The Weinstein Company, 2013), which competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and James Gray's The Lost City Of Z.

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year	Film	Credit	Notes
2000	In the Weeds	Co-producer
2001	3 A.M.	Co-producer
	The Next Big Thing	Co-producer
2002	Happy Here and Now
2004	Second Best
	Chrystal	Co-producer
	Homework
2005	Winter Passing	Co-producer
	Prime	Co-producer
2006	The Hoax	Executive producer
	The Ex	Line producer
2007	Blackbird
	We Own the Night	Executive producer
	The Life Before Her Eyes
2008	The Accidental Husband	Executive producer
	College Road Trip	Executive producer
	Two Lovers
2009	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Executive producer
2010	My Soul to Take	Line producer	Uncredited
	The Next Three Days	Executive producer
2011	Abduction	Executive producer
2012	Killing Them Softly
2013	The Big Wedding
	The Immigrant
	12 Years a Slave
2014	Cymbeline
2015	True Story
	Unfinished Business
2016	Triple 9
	Nerve
	The Lost City of Z
2017	Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
2019	Ad Astra
	Uncut Gems	Executive producer
2020	Worth
	The Trial of the Chicago 7	Executive producer
2021	The Woman in the Window
2022	Deep Water
	Armageddon Time
	Amsterdam
2025	Good Fortune

Production manager

Year	Film	Role
1999	Spy Games	Production manager: New York
2000	Down to You	Production manager: Additional photography
	Hamlet	Production manager
	Stardom	Production manager: New York
2001	3 A.M.	Production manager
	The Next Big Thing
2002	Nearest to Heaven	Production manager: New York
2003	Lost in Translation	Production supervisor
2004	The Beautiful Country	Production manager: New York
2005	Prime	Unit production manager
2006	The Hoax
2007	We Own the Night
	The Life Before Her Eyes
2008	The Accidental Husband
	College Road Trip
	Two Lovers
2009	Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2010	My Soul to Take
	The Next Three Days
2011	Abduction
2012	Killing Them Softly
2013	The Immigrant
	12 Years a Slave
2016	Triple 9
	The Lost City of Z
2019	Ad Astra
2022	Deep Water
	Amsterdam

Second unit director or assistant director

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1998	54	Assistant director	Uncredited
	Long Time Since	Second second assistant director
	The Eternal	Assistant director: Additional photography
	The Farmhouse	Assistant director
1999	Stringer	Second assistant director
	Hostage	First assistant director

As an actor

Year	Film	Role
1998	Long Time Since	Younger Man
2001	The Next Big Thing	Gallery Guy 1
2007	Blackbird	Close

Stunts

Year	Film	Role
1998	Long Time Since	Stunt double

Thanks

Year	Film	Role
2011	Margin Call	The production wishes to thank
2012	For a Good Time, Call...	The producers wish to thank
2020	Project Power	The producers would like to thank

Television

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
2003	Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story	Line producer	Television film
2008	A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa		Television special

Production manager

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa	Unit production manager	Television special

Thanks

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	John Leguizamo's Ghetto Klown	Very special thanks	Television special

External links

• Anthony Katagas at IMDb