---
name: "Denise Di Novi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/denise-di-novi"
fi1m_id: "denise-di-novi"
imdb_id: "nm0224145"
tmdb_id: 1899
wikidata_id: "Q2053826"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "21 March 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 11
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T13:37:15.493197+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Denise Di Novi

## Identity

Denise Di Novi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/denise-di-novi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** denise-di-novi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0224145
- **TMDB ID:** 1899
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2053826
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Di_Novi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2053826, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0224145/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1899

Director and producer. Born 21 March 1956 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 21 March 1956, Sherman Oaks, California, USA
- **Active:** 1989–present
- **Also known as:**  Denise DiNovi
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 11: 2 directing, 9 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Tim Burton](https://film.one/person/tim-burton.md), [Akiva Goldsman](https://film.one/person/akiva-goldsman.md), [Caroline Thompson](https://film.one/person/caroline-thompson.md), [Daniel Waters](https://film.one/person/daniel-waters.md), [Dianne Wiest](https://film.one/person/dianne-wiest.md), [Johnny Depp](https://film.one/person/johnny-depp.md), [Nicole Kidman](https://film.one/person/nicole-kidman.md), [Robin Swicord](https://film.one/person/robin-swicord.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 80 (1), 1990s 78 (5), 2000s 52 (2), 2010s 78 (2), 2020s 48 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Di_Novi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2053826, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0224145/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1899

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Edward Scissorhands*](https://film.one/film/edward-scissorhands.md) (83), [*The Nightmare Before Christmas*](https://film.one/film/the-nightmare-before-christmas.md) (82), [*Bones*](https://film.one/tv/bones.md) (70), [*Practical Magic*](https://film.one/film/practical-magic.md) (60)
- **HBO Max:** [*Batman Returns*](https://film.one/film/batman-returns.md) (81), [*Catwoman*](https://film.one/film/catwoman.md) (34)
- **Hulu:** [*Little Women*](https://film.one/film/little-women.md) (83)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Heathers*](https://film.one/film/heathers.md) (80)
- **Apple TV:** [*Outlander*](https://film.one/tv/outlander.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Denise Di Novi is an American film producer and director. She studied communications and journalism at Simmons College in Massachusetts. After working in journalism and as a unit publicist, she became a principal at the Montreal-based production company Filmplan International and later joined New World Pictures as executive vice president of production.

Di Novi headed Tim Burton Productions and produced several of his films, including *Edward Scissorhands* (1990), *Batman Returns* (1992), *The Nightmare Before Christmas* (1993) and *Ed Wood* (1994). In 1993 she established her own company, Di Novi Pictures. She has produced more than forty films, among them *Heathers* (1988), *Practical Magic* (1998), two adaptations of *Little Women* (1994 and 2019) and several Nicholas Sparks adaptations.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, simmons.edu.*

## On Fi1m (11)

### Directed (2) — the average rests on these

- *Outlander* (2014), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/outlander.md)
- *Bones* (2005), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)

### Produced (9)

- *Practical Magic 2* (2026), Fi1m 48, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/practical-magic-2.md)
- *Little Women* (2019), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/little-women.md)
- *Catwoman* (2004), Fi1m 34, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/catwoman.md)
- *Practical Magic* (1998), Fi1m 60, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/practical-magic.md)
- *Ed Wood* (1994), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/ed-wood.md)
- *The Nightmare Before Christmas* (1993), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-nightmare-before-christmas.md)
- *Batman Returns* (1992), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/batman-returns.md)
- *Edward Scissorhands* (1990), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/edward-scissorhands.md)
- *Heathers* (1989), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/heathers.md)

## Complete filmography (56)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Practical Magic 2* (2026), Producer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/practical-magic-2.md)
- *NANOcell* (2026), Producer
- *The Veil* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *The Sky Is Everywhere* (2022), Producer
- *Not Going Quietly* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Little Women* (2019), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/little-women.md)
- *Unforgettable* (2017), Producer, Director
- *Beaches* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Sneaky Pete* (2015), series, Director
- *Danny Collins* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Focus* (2015), Producer
- *The Best of Me* (2014), Producer
- *You're Not You* (2014), Producer
- *If I Stay* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Outlander* (2014), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/outlander.md)
- *Ray Donovan* (2013), series, Director
- *The Lucky One* (2012), Producer
- *Crazy, Stupid, Love.* (2011), Producer
- *Monte Carlo* (2011), Producer
- *Life As We Know It* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Ramona and Beezus* (2010), Producer
- *Nights in Rodanthe* (2008), Producer
- *The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2* (2008), Producer
- *Lucky You* (2007), Producer
- *Bones* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants* (2005), Producer
- *Catwoman* (2004), Producer — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/catwoman.md)
- *New York Minute* (2004), Producer
- *Sudbury* (2004), Executive Producer
- *Eloise at Christmastime* (2003), Executive Producer
- *Eloise at the Plaza* (2003), Executive Producer
- *What a Girl Wants* (2003), Producer
- *A Walk to Remember* (2002), Producer
- *Original Sin* (2001), Producer
- *Happy Campers* (2001), Producer
- *The District* (2000), series, Executive Producer
- *Message in a Bottle* (1999), Producer
- *Practical Magic* (1998), Producer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/practical-magic.md)
- *Almost Heroes* (1998), Producer
- *James and the Giant Peach* (1996), Producer
- *Little Women* (1994), Producer
- *Ed Wood* (1994), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/ed-wood.md)
- *Cabin Boy* (1994), Producer
- *The Nightmare Before Christmas* (1993), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-nightmare-before-christmas.md)
- *Batman Returns* (1992), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/batman-returns.md)
- *Edward Scissorhands* (1990), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/edward-scissorhands.md)
- *Meet the Applegates* (1990), Producer
- *Heathers* (1989), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/heathers.md)
- *For Those I Loved* (1983), Associate Producer
- *Videodrome* (1983), Creative Consultant — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/videodrome.md)
- *Counting Miracles*, Producer
- *A Walk to Remember*, Producer
- *Method*, Producer
- *The Hollys*, Producer
- *Homewrecker*, Producer
- *Splitfoot*, Executive Producer

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Crystal Award 2016: Crystal Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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