# Emile Sherman

Emile Paul Sherman (born June 1972) is an Australian film and television producer best known for producing the film The King's Speech (2010), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Picture and the BAFTA award for Best Film and Best British Film, and for executive producing television series Top of the Lake, which was nominated for an Emmy, BAFTA and Golden Globe award. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and won one; nominated for five BAFTAs and won three, and nominated for two Emmy Awards and won one.
Emile co-founded See-Saw Films with producing partner Iain Canning in 2008. Their offices are based in Sydney, Australia and London, UK.

## Early life and education

Emile Sherman graduated from the University of New South Wales with degrees in arts and law, as well as a masters in arts. He is Jewish.

## Career

Sherman was co-executive producer on Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002), starring Kenneth Branagh and directed by Phillip Noyce. Feature films produced by him in the 2000s include Candy (2006) starring Heath Ledger and Geoffrey Rush, and Disgrace (2008) based on J. M. Coetzee's Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name.
Sherman co-founded See-Saw Films with UK producer Iain Canning in 2008.
Sherman produced Jane Campion's Emmy Award-nominated TV series Top of the Lake (2013). The second series, Top of the Lake: China Girl, also directed by Campion, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017.
In 2016 Sherman produced Lion, winner of two BAFTA Awards, starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara.
In 2019, Sherman produced short-form British comedy series, State of the Union, which premiered on Sundance TV. The first season starred Rosamund Pike and Chris O'Dowd and won three Emmy Awards including Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. In 2021, the series was renewed for a second season starring Brendan Gleeson and Patricia Clarkson.
In 2021, two TV series produced by Sherman were released: British TV series The North Water, written and directed by Andrew Haigh, starring Jack O'Connell and Colin Farrell, and Australian TV series Firebite, written by Warwick Thornton and Brendan Fletcher and directed by Thornton, Fletcher and Tony Krawitz.
In November 2021, Netflix released The Power of the Dog, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons, See-Saw's second collaboration with Jane Campion. In 2022, the film won two BAFTAs including Best Film, and was nominated for 12 Academy Awards, with Campion going on to win Best Director. The film originally premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival and Campion was awarded the Silver Lion for Best Director.
See-Saw's TV projects set to release in 2022 include Slow Horses and The Essex Serpent for Apple TV+, and Heartstopper for Netflix. Upcoming films include Operation Mincemeat; Quick The Stranger; and Florian Zeller's The Son.
In April 2022, Screen Australia announced funding for Immersion, a science fiction drama TV series to be directed by Garth Davis, written by Matt Vesely (Aftertaste) and executive produced by Sherman and director/producer Samantha Lang.

## Other roles

In addition to his Managing Director role at See-Saw Films, Sherman is a director of Fulcrum Media Finance, a subsidiary of the company. Fulcrum Media Finance is a specialist film and television financier, providing cashflow for the Australian Producer Offset, Location and PDV Offsets as well as the New Zealand Screen Production Grant and the United Kingdom Film Tax Credit. Fulcrum has provided over $200 million in finance to film and television projects to date.
In 2019, Sherman and Canning teamed up with Garth Davis to form a new production company called I AM THAT, with Samantha Lang as head of development.
Sherman is also a director of animal protection institute Voiceless, and a director of the Sydney Writers’ Festival.
In 2021, Sherman launched a podcast with Lloyd Vogelman called Principle of Charity. In the podcast, the hosts bring together two expert guests with opposing views on big social issues, and in addition to passionately advocating their own views, each guest is challenged to present the best, most generous version of the other’s argument.

## Awards

* 2011: Academy Award for The King's Speech directed by Tom Hooper, starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Film | Director | Writer | Notes |
| 2000 | Sample People | Clinton Smith | | |
| 2000 | Uncle Chatzkel | Rod Freedman | | |
| 2002 | Rabbit-Proof Fence | Phillip Noyce | Christine Olsen | |
| 2003 | Ned | Abe Forsythe | Abe Forsythe | |
| 2003 | The Honourable Wally Norman | Ted Emery | Andrew JonesRick Kalowski | |
| 2003 | The Night We Called It a Day | Paul Goldman | Peter CliftonMichael Thomas | |
| 2004 | Oyster Farmer | Anna Reeves | Anna Reeves | |
| 2006 | Candy | Neil Armfield | Neil Armfield Luke Davies | Nominated – AFI Award for Best Film |
| 2006 | Opal Dream | Peter Cattaneo | Peter Cattaneo Ben Rice Phil Traill | |
| 2008 | $9.99 | Tatia Rosenthal | Etgar KeretTatia Rosenthal | |
| 2008 | Disgrace | Steve Jacobs | Anna Maria Monticelli | Nominated – FCCA Award for Best Film |
| 2009 | Linear | Anton Corbijn | | |
| 2010 | Oranges and Sunshine | Jim Loach | Rona Munro | Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Film Nominated – AFI Members' Choice Award Nominated – FCCA Award for Best Film Nominated – Inside Film Award for Best Feature Film |
| 2010 | South Solitary | Shirley Barrett | Shirley Barrett | |
| 2010 | The Kings of Mykonos | Peter Andrikidis | | Nominated – AFI Readers' Choice Award |
| 2010 | The King's Speech | Tom Hooper | David Seidler | Academy Award for Best Picture BAFTA Award for Best Film Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film PGA Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture Nominated – ACCA Award for Best Motion Picture Nominated – Davis Award for Best Motion Picture Nominated – EDA Award for Best Picture Nominated – European Film Award for Best Film Nominated – Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Film |
| 2011 | Shame | Steve McQueen | Steve McQueen, Abi Morgan | Nominated – Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film Nominated – Black Reel Award for Best Film Nominated – European Film Award for Best Film Nominated – Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Film |
| 2012 | Dead Europe | Tony Krawitz | Louise Fox | Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Film Nominated – FCCA Award |
| 2013 | Tracks | John Curran | Marion Nelson | Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Film Nominated – AFCA Award for Best Film Nominated – FCCA Award |
| 2015 | Life | Anton Corbijn | Luke Davies | |
| 2015 | Macbeth | Justin Kurzel | Jacob Koskoff, Michael Lesslie, Todd Louiso | |
| 2015 | Mr. Holmes | Bill Condon | Jeffrey Hatcher | |
| 2015 | Slow West | John Maclean | John Maclean | |
| 2016 | Lion | Garth Davis | Luke Davies | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Picture Nominated – AACTA International Award for Best Film Nominated – Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama Nominated – Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Film Nominated – PGA Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Film |
| 2017 | How to Talk to Girls at Parties | John Cameron Mitchell | Philippa Goslett, John Cameron Mitchell | |
| 2018 | Mary Magdalene | Garth Davis | Helen Edmundson, Philippa Goslett | |
| 2018 | Widows | Steve McQueen | Gillian Flynn, Steve McQueen | |
| 2019 | The Day Shall Come | Chris Morris | Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong | |
| 2020 | Ammonite | Francis Lee | Francis Lee | |
| 2021 | The Power of the Dog | Jane Campion | Jane Campion | BAFTA Award for Best Film Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture Nominated – Academy Award for Best Picture Nominated – PGA Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures |
| 2022 | Operation Mincemeat | John Madden | Michelle Ashford | Post-production |
| 2022 | The Stranger | Thomas M. Wright | Thomas M. Wright | Premiered in Un Certain Regard at the 75th Cannes Film Festival |
| 2022 | The Son | Florian Zeller | Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton | |

### Television

| Year | TV Series | Writer | Director | Notes |
| 2013 | Top of the Lake | Jane Campion, Gerard Lee | Jane Campion, Garth Davis | Nominated – Emmy for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie AACTA Award for Best Telefeature or Miniseries New Zealand Film and TV Awards for Best Television Feature or Drama Nominated – PGA Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television |
| 2015 | Banished | Jimmy McGovern, Shaun Duggan | Daniel Percival, Jeffrey Walker | Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Telefeature or Miniseries |
| 2016 | Codes of Conduct | Matthew Michael Carnahan | Steve McQueen | |
| 2016 | Love, Nina | Nick Hornby, Nina Stibbe | SJ Clarkson | |
| 2017 | Top of the Lake: China Girl | Jane Campion, Gerard Lee | Jane Campion, Ariel Kleiman | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television |
| 2017 | The Legend of Monkey | | Gerard Johnstone | |
| 2019 | State of the Union | Nick Hornby | Stephen Frears | International Emmy Award for Short Form Series |
| 2020 | The End | Samantha Strauss | Jessica M. Thompson, Jonathan Brough | Nominated - AACTA Award for Best Miniseries or Telefeature |
| 2021 | The North Water | Andrew Haigh | Andrew Haigh | |
| 2021 | Firebite | Warwick Thornton, Brendan Fletcher | Warwick Thornton, Brendan Fletcher, Tony Krawitz | |
| 2022 | Slow Horses | Will Smith, Morwenna Banks, Mark Denton, Jonny Stockwood | James Hawes | |
| 2022 | Heartstopper | Alice Oseman | Euros Lyn | Post-production |
| 2022 | The Essex Serpent | Anna Symon | Clio Barnard | |

### Music Videos

| Year | Music Video | Director | Notes |
| 2013 | Arcade Fire: Reflektor | Anton Corbijn | |