Stacey Sher, Steven Soderbergh, and Jesse Collins To Produce 93rd Oscars

Oscar-nominated producer Stacey Sher, Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh, and Emmy-nominated produce Jesse Collins will producer the 93rd Oscars, Academy President David Rubin announced. The Oscars will air worldwide on ABC broadcast outlets Sunday, April 25, 2021 and will be available to more than 225 countries and territories.

Sher earned Best Picture Oscars nominations for Django Unchained (2012) and Erin Brockovich (2000). She has produced or executive produced more than two dozen motion pictures, including notable films such as, Pulp Fiction, The Hateful Eight, Contagion, Garden State, Man on the Moon, Out of Sight, Gattaca, Get Shortly, and Reality Bites. Her television credits include credits for, Mrs. America - which earned ten Emmy  nominations, Reno 911, Into the Badlands, and Sweet/Vicious. Sher served as an executive producer on the Oscar-winning documentary short subject, Period. End of Sentence. (2018). Sher currently works as a producer on the Aretha Franklin biographical film, Respect, starring Jennifer Hudson, set for release in August of 2021.

Soderbergh won a Directing Oscar for Traffic in 2000 and in the same year earned a nomination for directing Erin Brockovich (2000). He earned a writing nomination for sex, lies, and videotape (1989), his feature film directorial debut. A prolific writer, director, producer, cinematographer, and editor, he has directed more than thirty films during his three-decade career, including Magic Mike, Contagion, the Ocean's trilogy, Out of Sight, and most recently, Let Them All Talk, which is premiering this month. Soderbergh has also produced or executive produced a wide range of projects for both film and television, including Bill & Ted Faced the Music, The Report, Ocean's Eight, Citizenfour, Michael Clayton, Good Night, and Good Luck., and two seasons of his own series, The Knick. 

Collins has produced numerous awards shows and events including the Grammy Awards, BET Awards, UNCF An Evening of Stars, Black Girls Rock!, and Soul Train Awards, and television specials such as John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero, Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices, Change Together: From the March on Washington Today, Sunday Best, American Soul, Rhythm + Flow, and The New Edition Story. He earned an Emmy nomination for the 61st Grammy Awards in 2019. Collins has been tapped to co-executive produce the upcoming Grammy Awards and executive produce the Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show, both in early 2021. He is the founder and CEO of Jesse Collins Entertainment, a full-service film and television entertainment production company. 

Jesse Collins, Stacey Sher, and Steven Soderbergh