{{short description|American film producer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox person | name = Barbara De Fina | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1946}} <!-- The date of 1949 is wrong and an example of WP:CITOGENESIS --> | birth_place = New Jersey, U.S | occupation = Film producer | yearsactive = | spouse = {{marriage|Martin Scorsese|February 1985|1991|reason=div}}{{r|LoBrutto}} | children = }} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}
'''Barbara De Fina''' (born 1946)<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=1985-02-25|title=Milestones: Feb. 25, 1985|language=en-US|magazine=Time|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,961219,00.html#|access-date=2020-10-27|issn=0040-781X}}</ref> is an American film producer and was producer of many of Martin Scorsese's films.{{r|LoBrutto}}
==Biography== Barbara De Fina started working as a production assistant in the entertainment industry and eventually became a production coordinator on films like An Unmarried Woman, The Taking of Pelham 123, and Woody Allen's Interiors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Highlighting Barbara DeFina, Kathleen Carroll Award Recipient |url=https://www.adirondackfilm.org/news/highlighting-barbara-defina-gala-tribute |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=www.adirondackfilm.org}}</ref>
She worked as a unit manager with Jay Presson Allen on Sidney Lumet's Prince of the City.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/56677 |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> She was also a unit manager on the film The Chosen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/56746 |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
Her grandfather was from Sicily and her grandmother from Hungary, and she grew up in an immigrant community.{{r|Viale}} She got started in low-budget filmmaking and she became associated with filmmaker Sean Cunningham, working as a producer on Spring Break.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spring Break |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/spring-break/cast/2030119395/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref> Barbara met Martin Scorsese on ''King of Comedy'' where she worked as a post production supervisor,<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/67056 |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> before meeting with Martin Scorsese again during the making of After Hours.{{r|LoBrutto}} The two were married on February 8, 1985.{{r|LoBrutto}} She then produced ''The Color of Money'' with Irving Axelrad.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Variety Staff |date=1986-01-01 |title=The Color of Money |url=https://variety.com/1985/film/reviews/the-color-of-money-2-1200426771/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
Among her films are {{r|LoBrutto}} ''Goodfellas'', ''The Age of Innocence'',{{r|Merkin}}, the ''Life Lessons'' segment of ''New York Stories'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=DVD Savant Blu-ray Review: New York Stories |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s3897york.html |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=www.dvdtalk.com}}</ref> ''Casino'', ''The Last Temptation of Christ''{{r|LoBrutto}} Cape Fear, Kundun, Bringing Out The Dead,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Clayton |date=2023-05-22 |title=Ranking All 26 Martin Scorsese Movies: From ‘Who’s That Knocking at My Door’ to ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ |url=https://variety.com/lists/best-martin-scorsese-movies-ranked/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> as well as the documentary My Voyage To Italy,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Deborah |date=2001-05-26 |title=My Voyage To Italy |url=https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/my-voyage-to-italy-1200468123/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> and Dangerous Edge, a documentary about Graham Green,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Heffernan |first=James |title=Professor steps into unfamiliar roles with latest film |url=https://www.jmu.edu/news/2012/07/19-graham-greene-documentary.shtml |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=www.jmu.edu |language=en}}</ref> and ''The Grifters''.
Barbara executive produced Scorsese's films ''Goodfellas''<ref>{{Cite web |title=GoodFellas |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/91786336/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref> and ''Hugo''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hugo |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/hugo/cast/2000198034/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref> She worked with the director Stephen Frears, executive producing ''The Grifters'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=DVD Savant Review: The Grifters Collector's Series |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s622grift.html |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=www.dvdtalk.com}}</ref> and producing ''The Hi Lo Country''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Todd |date=1998-12-24 |title=The Hi-Lo Country |url=https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/the-hi-lo-country-1200456173/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> She produced Kicked in the Head with Matthew Harrison directing,<ref>{{Citation |title=Kicked in the Head (1997) - Matthew Harrison {{!}} Cast and Crew {{!}} AllMovie |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/kicked-in-the-head-vm460835/cast-crew |access-date=2023-12-20 |language=en}}</ref> and ''You Can Count on Me'' with Kenneth Lonergan directing<ref>{{Cite web |date=2000-11-10 |title='Count on Me' Adds Up to Impressive Debut |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-nov-10-ca-49609-story.html |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> as well as The Mesmerist with Gil Cates Jr. directing,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leydon |first=Joe |date=2002-04-12 |title=The Mesmerist |url=https://variety.com/2002/film/reviews/the-mesmerist-1200550318/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> ''Brides'' with Pantelis Voulgaris directing,<ref>{{cite web |last=Neiiendam |first=Jacob |date=2004-10-12 |title=Brides (Nyfes) |url=https://www.screendaily.com/brides-nyfes/4020480.article |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Screen }}</ref> and ''Lymelife'' with Derick Martini directing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Indiewire |date=2009-01-07 |title=Derick Martini, "Lymelife": Artistic Honesty, Perfection, and Success |url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/derick-martini-lymelife-artistic-honesty-perfection-and-success-2-70980/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2001 she and the production team of the film ''You Can Count on Me'' were presented the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature.
She developed ''Me the Mob and the Music'' based on the book of the same title by Tommy James and Martin Fitzpatrick,<ref>{{Cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=2019-07-18 |title=Tommy James Biopic ‘Me, the Mob and the Music’ in Development (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/tommy-james-biopic-me-the-mob-and-the-music-development-1203271345/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> and ''Cassino in Ischia'' directed by Frank Ciota and written by Joe Ciota.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=2023-06-29 |title=Dominic Purcell Replaces Late Ray Stevenson In ‘Cassino In Ischia’ Movie From Republic Pictures & Paramount Global |url=https://deadline.com/2023/06/dominic-purcell-prison-break-legends-tomorrow-movie-ray-stevenson-cassino-ischia-paramount-italy-1235427064/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
Barbara De Fina also produced Michael Jackson's music video "Bad" with Martin Scorsese.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-17 |title=Tommy James and The Shondells with The Box Tops - St. George Theatre - Official Website |url=https://stgeorgetheatre.com/tommy-james-and-the-shondells-with-the-box-tops/ |access-date=2023-12-19 |language=en-US}}</ref>
De Fina and Scorsese divorced in 1991, but continued working together on projects for decades after that.{{r|LoBrutto}}
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Title ! Result |- |1992 |Academy Awards |Best Actor |Cape Fear |Nominated |- |1992 |Academy Awards |Best Supporting Actress |Cape Fear |Nominated |- |1992 |Golden Globe Awards |Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Drama |Cape Fear |Nominated |- |1992 |Golden Globe Awards |Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture |Cape Fear |Nominated |- |1994 |Academy Awards |Best Costume Design |The Age of Innocence |Won |- |1994 |Academy Awards |Best Actress in a Supporting Role |The Age of Innocence |Nominated |- |1994 |Academy Awards |Best Adapted Screenplay |The Age of Innocence |Nominated |- |1994 |Academy Awards |Best Music Original Score |The Age of Innocence |Nominated |- |1994 |Academy Awards |Best Art Direction Set Decoration |The Age of Innocence |Nominated |- |1996 |Academy Awards |Best Actress in a Leading Role |Casino |Nominated |- |1996 |Golden Globe Awards |Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama |Casino |Won |- |1996 |Golden Globe Awards |Best Director Motion Picture |Casino |Nominated |- | 1998 | Australian Film Institute Awards | Best Foreign Film | Kundun | {{nom}} |- |1998 |Academy Awards |Best Art Direction Set Decoration |Kundun |Nominated |- |1998 |Academy Awards |Best Cinematography |Kundun |Nominated |- |1998 |Academy Awards |Best Costume Design |Kundun |Nominated |- |1998 |Academy Awards |Best Music Original Dramatic Score |Kundun |Nominated |- | 1999 | Western Heritage Award | Bronze Wrangler | The Hi-Lo Country | {{won}} |- |2000 |Boston Society of Film Critics Awards |Best Actress |You Can Count on Me |Nominated |- |2001 |Satellite Awards |Best Original Screenplay |You Can Count on Me |Won |- | 2001 | Independent Spirit Award | Best First Feature | You Can Count on Me | {{won}} |- |2011 |84th Academy Awards |Best Picture |Hugo |Nominated |- |2011 |84th Academy Awards |Best Director |Hugo |Nominated |- |2011 |84th Academy Awards |Best Adapted Screenplay |Hugo |Nominated |- |2011 |84th Academy Awards |Best Film Editing |Hugo |Nominated |- |2011 |84th Academy Awards |Best Music Score |Hugo |Nominated |- |2011 |84th Academy Awards |Best Costume Design |Hugo |Nominated |- |2011 |69th Golden Globe Awards |Best Picture Drama |Hugo |Nominated |- |2011 |69th Golden Globe Awards |Best Original Score |Hugo |Nominated |- |2011 |BAFTA 2012: British Academy of Film and TV Awards |Best Cinematographer |Hugo |Nominated |- |2011 |BAFTA 2012: British Academy of Film and TV Awards |Best Make Up & Hair |Hugo |Nominated |- |2011 |16th Satellite Awards |Cinematography |Hugo |Nominated |- |2011 |84th Academy Awards |Best Cinematography |Hugo |Won |- |2011 |84th Academy Awards |Best Production Design |Hugo |Won |- |2011 |84th Academy Awards |Best Sound Mixing |Hugo |Won |- |2011 |84th Academy Awards |Best Sound Editing |Hugo |Won |- |2011 |84th Academy Awards |Best Visual Effects |Hugo |Won |- | 2016 | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Motion Picture | Silence | {{nom}} |- | 2017 | Gold Derby Awards | Motion Picture | Silence | {{nom}} |- |}
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<ref name=LoBrutto>{{cite book | last=LoBrutto |first=Vincent |year=2008 |title=Martin Scorsese: A Biography |location=Westport, Conn |publisher=Praeger | pages=362–363 | isbn=9780313050619 |oclc=191849523 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4t50CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA362 | via=Google Books }}</ref> <ref name=Merkin>{{cite book| last=Merkin |first=Diane |year=1997 | title=Dreaming of Hitler: Passions & Provocations |location=New York |publisher=Crown Publishers |pages=162, 167 | isbn=9780517706268 |oclc=36648645 | url=https://archive.org/details/dreamingofhitler00merk/page/162/mode/2up?q=de+fina |via=Internet Archive }}</ref> <ref name=Viale>{{cite web|last=Viale |first=Valerio | title=Spotlight on Film Producer Barbara De Fina: Reconnecting to Her Italian Heritage | date=May 29, 2017 | website=L'Italo Americano | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606063723/https://italoamericano.org/story/2017-5-25/barbara-de-fina | archive-date=June 6, 2017 | url-status=dead | url=https://italoamericano.org/story/2017-5-25/barbara-de-fina }}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0208381}} *[https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/barbara-de-fina?mediatype=photography Photos of Barbara De Fina] via Getty Images
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