Vincent Landay

Academy Award® nominated producer Vincent Landay, whose producing credits include such acclaimed films as "Her", "Being John Malkovich", "Adaptation", and "Where The Wild Things Are", is best known for his successful collaboration with director Spike Jonze. Their partnership has been fruitful ever since its inception over 25 years ago: music videos for bands such as Arcade Fire, Kanye West & Jay Z, REM, Björk, Weezer, Fatboy Slim and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and commercials for Nike, Adidas, Ikea, Levis, and most recently Apple have led to numerous awards, including the Grammys, the Emmys, MTV and the prestigious Cannes Lions Festival. Their feature collaborations have received a combined twelve Academy Award® (Oscar) nominations and have also been recognized with awards by the Golden Globes, the Producers Guild of America, BAFTA, the American Film Institute, the MTV Movie Awards, and the Independent Spirit Awards. Landay is also a three-time Producer's Guild nominee for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures and a four-time Golden Globe nominee. Landay produced the HBO documentary "Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak", that Jonze co-directed with Lance Bangs as well as the acclaimed Directors Label DVD Series that featured the collected short-form work of Jonze, Chris Cunningham & Michel Gondry. The short films he has produced include "I'm Here"", a 30-minute robot love story starring Andrew Garfield, that premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival; and "Scenes from the Suburbs", a collaboration between Jonze & Arcade Fire that premiered at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival & SXSW. Outside of his two decades of collaboration with Jonze, Landay has worked with directors David Fincher, David Lynch, Harmony Korine, John Dahl, Michael Bay, Roman Coppola, and Todd Field, among others. Most recently he produced the Golden-Globe-nominated musical drama "Music", the feature directorial debut of multi-platinum recording artist Sia, starring Kate Hudson, Leslie Odom, Jr. and Maddie Ziegler. Landay's work in sponsored entertainment has allowed him to step into the world of virtual reality content creation for Google & Facebook, including two projects with renowned filmmaker Terrence Malick. Landay also co-created VICE Studios, the scripted division of VICE Media, which premiered three of their first feature films at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival including Scott Z. Burns' "The Report". Landay is a longstanding member of the Directors Guild of America, the Producers Guild of America, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, Film Independent, and most recently, the Television Academy. March 2021