Congrats to the @FSUFilm grads who worked on 3x #Oscars nominated @BealeStreet; director @BarryJenkins; cinematographer James Laxton; producer Adele Romanski; editors Joi McMillon & Nat Sanders; and Nicholas Huynh, Ryland Jones, Nicole Machon, April Moore & Anthony Penczner! pic.twitter.com/NBORN73gAl— Florida State University (@floridastate) February 25, 2019
'Green Book,' produced by Florida State graduate, wins Best Picture
FSU alum Jonathan King ('92) was the executive producer for two of this year's Best Picture nominees: “Roma” and “Green Book.” "Green Book" won, beating out other competitors "BlacKkKlansman," "Black Panther," "Bohemian Rhapsody," "The Favourite," "A Star Is Born" and "Vice."
Only a limited number of a movie's producers can be officially listed on an Oscar nomination, so King didn't get to speak at the podium. However, Participant Media, the company King works for, was the first to be thanked.
King oversees development and production of narrative feature films at Participant, which focuses on producing films that create social awareness and change. Among his many credits, King also developed Best Picture winners “Lincoln” and “Spotlight,” and “A Fantastic Woman,” which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film last year.
“Green Book” was also nominated for Best Leading Actor (Viggo Mortensen), and won for Best Supporting Actor (Mahershala Ali, who also won Best Supporting Actor for “Moonlight”).
The movie has another kind of local connection. One of the hotels listed in the real "Green Book" was in Thomasville, Ga. An effort is underway to restore the building
https://www.newsherald.com/news/20190225/fsu-grad-among-oscar-winners
Here’s a fun piece of trivia for your morning: A Florida State University grad was among the winners at the last night’s Academy Awards.
FSU alum Jonathan King, class of 1992, was the executive producer for “Green Book,” the film that won Best Picture this year. He was also the executive producer for “Roma” another nominee, along with “BlacKkKlansman,” “Black Panther,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “The Favourite,” “A Star Is Born” and “Vice.”
This wasn’t King’s first time at the Academy Awards. In 2013, he was the executive produce for “Lincoln,” which received a nominee for Best Picture.
King went to FSU for his Master of Fine Arts.
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