Denise Di Novi

Production · Born 1956-03-21 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA

Biography

Denise Di Novi is an American film producer and director. Denise Di Novi is one of the most prominent producers in Hollywood, producing dozens of films for most Hollywood studios. Her most popular include Heathers, Batman Returns, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Crazy, Stupid, Love and Practical Magic, and Little Women starring Winona Ryder and Little Women starring Saoirse Ronan. She is the daughter of jazz musician Gene DiNovi; when Di Novi was three years old, her family moved to Los Angeles from New York, where her father had been a prominent Bebop jazz musician in many of the Big Bands, as well as serving as Musical Conductor for Peggy Lee, Lena Horne, Anne Margaret and Dinah Shore. In the 70s, the family moved to Toronto, Canada. Her mother, Patricia McNeil Di…

Filmography

• Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin as Self
• This Changes Everything as Self
• Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale as Self
• The Many Faces of Catwoman as Self

TV

• Tim Burton: Life in the Line as Self