---
name: "Donna Gigliotti"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/donna-gigliotti"
fi1m_id: "donna-gigliotti"
imdb_id: "nm0317642"
tmdb_id: 20063
wikidata_id: "Q439364"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-02T08:29:16.467834+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."
---

# Donna Gigliotti

## Identity

Donna Gigliotti

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/donna-gigliotti
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** donna-gigliotti
- **IMDb ID:** nm0317642
- **TMDB ID:** 20063
- **Wikidata ID:** Q439364
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Gigliotti, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q439364, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0317642/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20063

Producer. Born 1 January 1955 in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1955, USA
- **Active:** 1998–2016
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 3 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 79 (1), 2000s 56 (1), 2010s 77 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 71 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Romance 3, Comedy 2, History 2, War 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $880m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Gigliotti, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q439364, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0317642/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20063

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Hidden Figures*](https://film.one/film/hidden-figures.md) (80), [*Silver Linings Playbook*](https://film.one/film/silver-linings-playbook.md) (80), [*Shakespeare in Love*](https://film.one/film/shakespeare-in-love.md) (79)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Reader*](https://film.one/film/the-reader.md) (56)

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## Biography

Donna Gigliotti is an American film producer. She began her career as an assistant to Martin Scorsese on the 1980 film *Raging Bull*. In the 1990s she worked as an executive producer on several films, including *Emma* (1996) and *Devil in a Blue Dress* (1995).

Gigliotti produced *Shakespeare in Love* (1998), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. She has also produced *The Reader* (2008), *Silver Linings Playbook* (2012) and *Hidden Figures* (2016), each of which received Best Picture nominations. She is president of the production company Tempesta Films and produced the 91st Academy Awards telecast in 2019.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Hidden Figures* (2016), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/hidden-figures.md)
- *Beasts of No Nation* (2015), Fi1m 72, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/beasts-of-no-nation.md)
- *Silver Linings Playbook* (2012), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/silver-linings-playbook.md)
- *The Reader* (2008), Fi1m 56, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-reader.md)
- *Shakespeare in Love* (1998), Fi1m 79, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/shakespeare-in-love.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *80 for Brady* (2023), Producer
- *Nezouh* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Wuhan Wuhan* (2021), Producer
- *Hidden Figures* (2016), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/hidden-figures.md)
- *The Fundamentals of Caring* (2016), Producer
- *Beasts of No Nation* (2015), Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/beasts-of-no-nation.md)
- *Big Stone Gap* (2014), Producer
- *Silver Linings Playbook* (2012), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/silver-linings-playbook.md)
- *I Don't Know How She Does It* (2011), Producer
- *W.E.* (2011), Executive Producer
- *Let Me In* (2010), Producer
- *Shanghai* (2010), Producer
- *The Reader* (2008), Producer — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-reader.md)
- *Two Lovers* (2008), Producer
- *The Good Night* (2007), Producer
- *Vanity Fair* (2004), Producer
- *Shakespeare in Love* (1998), Producer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/shakespeare-in-love.md)
- *Talk of Angels* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Emma* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Restoration* (1995), Co-Producer
- *Devil in a Blue Dress* (1995), Associate Producer
- *A Month by the Lake* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Untitled Fortunate Sons Film*, Producer
- *In the Shadow of the Mountain*, Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 3 nominated

- 2017: Best Picture (nominated), for *Hidden Figures*
- 2013: Best Picture (nominated), for *Silver Linings Playbook*
- 2009: Best Picture (nominated), for *The Reader*
- 1999: Best Picture (won), for *Shakespeare in Love*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Film 2009: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *The Reader*

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

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