---
name: "Lianne Halfon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lianne-halfon"
fi1m_id: "lianne-halfon"
imdb_id: "nm0355147"
tmdb_id: 52445
wikidata_id: "Q1689500"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "2 August 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-02T22:47:16.305001+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."
---

# Lianne Halfon

## Identity

Lianne Halfon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lianne-halfon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lianne-halfon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0355147
- **TMDB ID:** 52445
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1689500
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lianne_Halfon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1689500, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355147/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52445

Producer. Born 2 August 1953.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 2 August 1953
- **Active:** 2001–2012
- **Frequently works with:** [John Malkovich](https://film.one/person/john-malkovich.md), [Russell Smith](https://film.one/person/russell-smith.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 74 (3), 2010s 76 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 67 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 2, Romance 2
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $285m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lianne_Halfon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1689500, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355147/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52445

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Ghost World*](https://film.one/film/ghost-world.md) (84), [*The Perks of Being a Wallflower*](https://film.one/film/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower.md) (76), [*The Libertine*](https://film.one/film/the-libertine.md) (56)

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## Biography

Lianne Halfon is an American film producer and partner in the independent production company Mr. Mudd, which she co-founded in 1998 with John Malkovich and Russell Smith.

Her credits include *House of Cards* (1993), *Ghost World* (2001), *The Libertine* (2004), *Art School Confidential* (2006), *Juno* (2007), *Young Adult* (2011), *Jeff, Who Lives at Home* (2012), *The Perks of Being a Wallflower* (2012), *Labor Day* (2013) and *Demolition* (2016). She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture for *Juno* and Independent Spirit Awards for *Juno* and *The Perks of Being a Wallflower*.

Since 2018, Halfon has served as Head of the Producing Discipline at the AFI Conservatory. She has also produced documentaries including *Crumb* (1994) and *Which Way Home* (2009).

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Perks of Being a Wallflower* (2012), Fi1m 76, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower.md)
- *Juno* (2007), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/juno.md)
- *The Libertine* (2004), Fi1m 56, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-libertine.md)
- *Ghost World* (2001), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-world.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Demolition* (2016), Producer
- *Cesar Chavez* (2014), Producer
- *Labor Day* (2013), Producer
- *The Perks of Being a Wallflower* (2012), Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower.md)
- *Jeff, Who Lives at Home* (2012), Producer
- *Young Adult* (2011), Producer
- *Abel* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Which Way Home* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Juno* (2007), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/juno.md)
- *Art School Confidential* (2006), Producer
- *The Libertine* (2004), Producer — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-libertine.md)
- *Kill the Poor* (2003), Producer
- *The Dancer Upstairs* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Ghost World* (2001), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-world.md)
- *House of Cards* (1993), Producer
- *Crooked Hearts* (1991), Associate Producer
- *Hotel New York* (1984), Sound Editor
- *The Two Worlds of Angelita* (1983), Associate Producer, Production Manager

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2008: Best Picture (nominated), for *Juno*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Crystal Award 2016: Crystal Award (won)

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

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