Lili Fini Zanuck

Lili Fini Zanuck ( Fini; born April 2, 1954) is an American film producer and director.

Personal life She was married to Richard D. Zanuck from 1978 until his death in 2012.

Career Zanuck's first film with a producing title was the 1985 critical and commercial hit Cocoon, which went on to win two Academy Awards and earned the Zanucks and David Brown the title Producer of the Year by the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO). She also oversaw the sequel Cocoon: The Return in 1988.

In 1988, Zanuck and her husband formed The Zanuck Company. The first film they produced was Driving Miss Daisy which went on to win four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, as well as winning Best Picture – Musical or Comedy from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Best Film from the National Board of Review. The Zanucks were named Producer of the Year by the Producers Guild of America. Internationally, the film won two Golden Bears at the Berlin Film Festival and was nominated for Best Picture by the British Film Academy. Driving Miss Daisy was a financial success, grossing more than $100 million and ranked as one of the most profitable films in Warner Bros. history.

Zanuck directed the 1991 feature film Rush starring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jason Patric. The film notably featured the hit song "Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton, who also composed the score for the picture. For television, she directed an episode of HBO's From the Earth to the Moon and three episodes of NBC's six-hour event series Revelations starring Bill Pullman.

Zanuck has also co-produced a number of films including Mulholland Falls, True Crime and Reign of Fire. Bessie won the 2015 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie and the 2015 Critics Choice Television Award for Best Movie.

Most recently Zanuck directed the documentary Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2017 before airing on SHOWTIME in February 2018. The film and Zanuck were Grammy nominated in the category of Best Music Film.

Zanuck has also directed television programs and music videos, including Faith Hill's "Breathe", which won the Academy of Country Music Award for Video of the Year in 1999.

Filmography Film Director Rush (1991)

Producer

Year Title Awards 1985 Cocoon Producer of the Year, National Association of Theatre Owners 1988 Cocoon: The Return 1989 Driving Miss Daisy Best Picture, Academy Awards Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, Producers Guild Awards 1992 Rich in Love 1994 Clean Slate 1995 Wild Bill 1996 Mulholland Falls 1999 True Crime 2002 Reign of Fire

Television Director From the Earth to the Moon (1998) Revelations (2005) Eric Clapton: A Life in 12 Bars (2017)

Producer Year Title Awards 2000 72nd Academy Awards Emmy Award nominated, Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special 2004 Dead Lawyers 2017 Eric Clapton: A Life in 12 Bars Grammy Award nominated, Best Music Film

Executive Producer Year Title Awards 2015 Bessie Emmy Award for Outstanding Television MovieCritics Choice Television Award for Best Movie

Music video Director Year Title Artist Awards1999 "Breathe" Faith Hill Music Video of the Year, Academy of Country Music "Let's Make Love" Faith Hill & Tim McGraw