---
name: "Michael Sugar"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-sugar"
fi1m_id: "michael-sugar"
imdb_id: "nm0837386"
tmdb_id: 41331
wikidata_id: "Q22075534"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-11T23:18:50.078320+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."
---

# Michael Sugar

## Identity

Michael Sugar

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-sugar
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-sugar
- **IMDb ID:** nm0837386
- **TMDB ID:** 41331
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22075534
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Sugar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22075534, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0837386/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41331

Producer. Born 1 January 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 2000
- **Active:** 2007–2019
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 1 acting, 5 producing
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 59 (2), 2010s 71 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 64 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Comedy 2, Crime 1, History 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $123m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Sugar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22075534, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0837386/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41331

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Spotlight*](https://film.one/film/spotlight.md) (85)
- **Netflix:** [*The Laundromat*](https://film.one/film/the-laundromat.md) (48)

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

## Biography

Michael Sugar is an American film and television producer and talent manager. He worked for many years as a manager and producer at Anonymous Content before founding the management and production company Sugar23 in 2017.

Sugar produced the 2015 film *Spotlight*, for which he shared the Academy Award for Best Picture. His other film credits include *Rendition* (2007), *Collateral Beauty* (2016), *The Report* (2019), *The Laundromat* (2019) and *Worth* (2020). Television credits as executive producer include *The OA* (2016), *13 Reasons Why* (2017–2020), *Maniac* (2018) and *Dickinson* (2019–2021).

A Brandeis University alumnus (class of 1995), Sugar studied American Studies and Film Studies and later attended Georgetown University Law Center. He is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and has lectured at USC, NYU, Columbia and the American Film Institute.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

### Performed in (1)

- *The Girlfriend Experience* (2009), Fi1m 64, as 'Sugar' — [page](https://film.one/film/the-girlfriend-experience.md)

### Produced (5) — the average rests on these

- *Dickinson* (2019), Fi1m 68, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/dickinson.md)
- *The Laundromat* (2019), Fi1m 48, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-laundromat.md)
- *Spotlight* (2015), Fi1m 85, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/spotlight.md)
- *The Knick* (2014), Fi1m 82, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-knick.md)
- *Rendition* (2007), Fi1m 54, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/rendition.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *John Lennon: The Last Interview* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Speak.* (2025), Co-Executive Producer
- *To Be Destroyed* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Knox Goes Away* (2024), Producer
- *Serving in Secret: Love, Country, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Ayenda* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Split Screen* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Guerrilla Habeas* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Worth* (2021), Producer
- *Wireless* (2020), series, Executive Producer
- *When the Streetlights Go On* (2020), series, Producer
- *Dickinson* (2019), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/dickinson.md)
- *The Laundromat* (2019), Producer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/the-laundromat.md)
- *The Report* (2019), Producer
- *I Am the Night* (2019), series, Executive Producer
- *Maniac* (2018), series, Executive Producer
- *13 Reasons Why* (2017), series, Executive Producer
- *The OA* (2016), series, Executive Producer
- *Collateral Beauty* (2016), Producer
- *Spotlight* (2015), Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/spotlight.md)
- *The Keeping Room* (2014), Executive Producer
- *The Knick* (2014), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-knick.md)
- *The Fifth Estate* (2013), Producer
- *Transit* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Big Miracle* (2012), Producer
- *The Girlfriend Experience* (2009), as 'Sugar' — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-girlfriend-experience.md)
- *Rendition* (2007), Producer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/rendition.md)
- *Dr. Rapp*, Producer
- *The 17th Annual Coral Gables Christmas Caroling Extravaganza*, Producer
- *Faun*, Producer
- *Don't Forget Me Tomorrow*, Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 2016: Best Picture (won), for *Spotlight*

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

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