JoAnne Sellar

There is more to every movie than just the actors, directors or even writers. When we talk about producers, American-born producer JoAnne Sellar is a name much fancied. She works in collaboration with her husband, Daniel Lupi Daniel Lupi was born in 1961. He is nearly 54-55 y >> Read More... and director Paul Thomas Anderson Paul Thomas Anderson, formerly known as PTA, is a >> Read More... . They make a great team which could easily be displayed through the likes of their movies together, the biggest of all being ‘There will be blood’ narrating life of an oil-seeker named Daniel. The movie has won two awards ( one is AFI Academy Award and other online film and TV Association Award). In addition, it has received nine nominations in all. Other movies of the gang are ‘Inherent Voice’, ‘ The Master Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ’Punk Drunk Love’, ‘Magnolia’ and ‘Boogie Nights’.

It seems as if she treats her films like babies; first helping it come into picture, she also has a role in editing it and finally she looks forward that they reach great heights.

Debuting with the sci-fi horror film, ‘Hardware’ she would have required a big heart even not a big pocket to start with this one. Directed by Richard Stanley in a 110 degree temperature, it was much ahead of its era.

Apart from putting her money at stake, she has to go through rigorous hours of work pre-production. Starting with per-page discussion of scripts to selection of appropriate locations to suit your expectations and to test screenings, her work even continues after the production. Attending all those interviews and making her movie sound interesting is something she could do better than the rest. Only someone who believes in the work of the directors and most of all in his intuitions can do in the same fashion as hers. ‘

Oscar-nominated’ isn’t prefixed to her name out of anywhere. With a facilitator, she has to be the ‘watchers of the night’ sometimes and sometimes act like a ‘cool father’ that is, to watch everything from a distance and to play her cool till it is within her limits. Implying, Sellar gives her directors a scope for application of their creativity.