---
name: "Sid Ganis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sidney-ganis"
fi1m_id: "sidney-ganis"
imdb_id: "nm0304398"
tmdb_id: 20820
wikidata_id: "Q1389359"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "8 January 1940"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T04:43:03.019515+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."
---

# Sid Ganis

## Identity

Sid Ganis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sidney-ganis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sidney-ganis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0304398
- **TMDB ID:** 20820
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1389359
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Ganis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1389359, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0304398/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20820

Producer. Born 8 January 1940 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 8 January 1940, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1976–2006
- **Also known as:** Sidney Ganis
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 producing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 90 (1), 1990s 55 (1), 2000s 58 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Ganis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1389359, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0304398/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20820

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Big Daddy*](https://film.one/film/big-daddy.md) (55)

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

## Biography

Sidney Ganis, also credited as Sid Ganis, is an American film executive, producer and occasional actor. Born on 8 January 1940 in New York City, he began his career in publicity at 20th Century Fox before holding senior roles at Lucasfilm, Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures.

Ganis co-founded Out of the Blue Entertainment with his wife, producer Nancy Hult Ganis, in 1996. He produced *Big Daddy* (1999), *Mr. Deeds* (2002) and *Akeelah and the Bee* (2006), among other films. He served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for four consecutive terms from 2005 to 2009. Ganis has appeared in small acting roles in several films, including *Little Nicky* (2000) and *Click* (2006).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2)

- *Click* (2006), Fi1m 58, as Dr. Bergman — [page](https://film.one/film/click.md)
- *All the President's Men* (1976), Fi1m 90, as L.A. Stringer — [page](https://film.one/film/all-the-presidents-men.md)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Big Daddy* (1999), Fi1m 55, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/big-daddy.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Silent* (2014), Thanks
- *You Don't Mess with the Zohan* (2008), as Doctor
- *Click* (2006), as Dr. Bergman — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/click.md)
- *Akeelah and the Bee* (2006), as Regional Pronouncer
- *Anger Management* (2003), as Neighbor
- *The Master of Disguise* (2002), Producer
- *Mr. Deeds* (2002), as Homeless Man (as Sid Ganis) · Producer
- *Little Nicky* (2000), as Weatherman
- *Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo* (1999), Producer
- *Big Daddy* (1999), Producer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/big-daddy.md)
- *The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'* (1984), Executive Producer
- *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom* (1984), as Missionary (uncredited) — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-temple-of-doom.md)
- *From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga* (1983), Executive Producer
- *The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'* (1981), Executive Producer
- *Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark* (1981), Executive Producer
- *All the President's Men* (1976), as L.A. Stringer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/all-the-presidents-men.md)

## Gallery

- ![Producer Sid Ganis (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/394192/gallery-e6fa2d0eab6d.jpg) Producer Sid Ganis (2018) — Sid Ganis, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Motion_Picture_producer_Sid_Ganis.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Sid Ganis](https://film.one/media/person/394192/gallery-b148907e18f6.jpg) Sid Ganis — Saman-1984, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Sid_Gani_in_Tehran%2C_February_2002.jpg/1280px-Sid_Gani_in_Tehran%2C_February_2002.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/sidney-ganis