Anne Carey, together with partner Ted Hope, founded the New York based production company This is that. Specializing in unique content and innovative storytelling, This is that has produced 17 films in its five-year existence.
Carey, who was honored as one of Variety's Top Ten Producers to Watch in 2004, previously produced films and was head of development at Good Machine for nearly a decade.
Anne Carey is currently in pre-production on Anton Corbijn's "The American", written by Rowan Joffe, starring George Clooney and financed by Focus Features.
In 2008 Carey produced "Adventureland," written and directed by Greg Mottola and starring Ryan Reynolds, Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig. "Adventureland" was released by Miramax in April 2009.
In 2007 Carey produced "The Savages," written and directed by Tamara Jenkins and starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney. It was released by Fox Searchlight in November 2007. The film won "Best Screenplay" and "Best Male Lead" honors at the 2008 Indie Spirit Awards, was an "AFI Best Movie of the Year" for 2007 and garnered two Oscar nominations.
In 2006 Carey also produced "Trainwreck: My Life as An Idiot", written and directed by Tod Harrison Williams and starring Seann William Scott, Gretchen Mol and Jeff Garlin. "Trainwreck" premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival in June 2007.
In 2005 Carey produced "The EX", released by the Weinstein Company, directed by Jesse Peretz, written by David Guion and Michael Handelman and starring Zach Braff, Amanda Peet, Jason Bateman, Charles Grodin and Mia Farrow.
In 2004 Carey produced "The Door in the Floor", based on John Irving's novel "A Widow for One Year," written and directed by Tod Williams. The film stars Jeff Bridges, Kim Basinger and Jon Foster, and was distributed by Focus Features. "The Door in the Floor" was nominated for Best Screenplay and Best Actor (Jeff Bridges) at the Independent Spirit Awards.
Carey's executive producing credits include: Oscar-winner Alan Ball's feature film directorial debut "Towelhead", starring Aaron Eckhart, Toni Collette, and Maria Bello. The film premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival and was featured at Sundance in 2008. "Towelhead" was released by Warner Independent in Sept. 2008; Nicole Holofcener's feature, "Friends With Money", starring Jennifer Aniston, Catherine Keener, Frances McDormand and Joan Cusack, which was the opening night selection at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival; Mike Mills' "Thumbsucker", developed from Walter Kirn's novel of the same name and starring Tilda Swinton, Vince Vaughn, Keanu Reeves, Vincent D'Onofrio, Benjamin Bratt and Lou Taylor Pucci, which premiered at the 2005 Sundance film festival and the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival; and HBO's "The Laramie Project", which Carey developed from the award-winning play with the film's director Moises Kaufman. The hate-crime drama premiered at the Opening Night of the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, was awarded the 2002 Humanitas Award and received four Emmy nominations.
Carey also served as associate producer on Ang Lee's film "Ride With the Devil" and John O'Hagan's documentary "Wonderland".
She began her career working at William Morris Agency as the head of development serving their top film and television clients.