Mason Novick

Mason Novick (born December 20, 1974) is an American film producer and talent manager based in Los Angeles.^[1][2]

Mason Novick
Born	(1974-12-20)December 20, 1974 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Film producer Talent manager

Background

Career

His credits include Red Eye (2005), Juno (2007), (500) Days of Summer (2009) and Jennifer's Body (2009).^[3] He has also acted in small roles in his films, including parts in Red Eye and The Hollow.

He most recently was a producer on the Focus Features film Lisa Frankenstein.^[4]

Professional relationship with Diablo Cody

Novick has taken part in several projects with screenwriter Diablo Cody, including Jennifer's Body, and Juno,^[5] for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2008, and won a Christopher Award and an Independent Spirit Award.^[6]

Novick claims to have found Diablo Cody by reading Cody's blog while she was a blogger living in Minneapolis. He found "her voice [to be] so interesting and so fresh". Inspired by her writing, he rang Cody and asked her whether she had ever considered writing a book or a screenplay. As a result of Novick's encouragement, Cody wrote the script which would become Juno.^[7]

Novick has worked with Cody on Young Adult (2011),^[8] Paradise (2013),^[9] and Tully.

Partial filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year	Film	Credit	Notes	Ref.
2005	Red Eye	Executive producer
2007	Solstice	Co-executive producer
	Juno
2008	Insanitarium	Executive producer	Direct-to-video
2009	500 Days of Summer
	Jennifer's Body
2011	Young Adult
2013	The Incredible Burt Wonderstone	Co-producer
	Paradise
	Bad Words			[10]
2014	Men, Women & Children	Executive producer
2015	Ricki and the Flash
	Hidden
2016	ARQ
2017	Newness	Executive producer
2018	Tully
	When We First Met
	Social Animals	Executive producer
2019	Big Time Adolescence
	Buffaloed
2020	Desperados
	The Broken Hearts Gallery	Executive producer
2021	We Broke Up
	Dating and New York	Executive producer
	Nightbooks
2022	Watcher
2024	Lisa Frankenstein	Producer
	I Love You Forever	Producer
	Young Werther	Executive producer
TBA	Ursa Major	Producer

As an actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2005	Red Eye	Flight Passenger	Uncredited

Thanks

Year	Film	Role
1999	Man of the Century	Thanks
2007	Rattle Basket	Special thanks
2015	The Diabolical	Thank you: From the director and writers

Television

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
2004	The Hollow		Television film
2018	Liberty Crossing	Executive producer

As an actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	The Hollow	Evil Skeleton	Television film

Recognition

In 2008, Novick won both a Christopher Award and an Independent Spirit Award for Best Film for Juno. He was nominated for the Producers Guild of America and Academy Award for Best Picture also for Juno.

Awards and nominations

• 2010, Nominated for Independent Spirit Award^[11]
• 2008, Won, Independent Spirit Award^[12]
• 2008, Won, Christopher Award^[13]
• 2007, Nominated for Academy Award for Best Motion Picture^[14]
• 2007, Nominated for PGA Awards for Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award^[15]