Garrett Basch
American film and television producer
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Garrett Basch is an American film and television producer. He is best known for his work on the Emmy-winning series The Night Of and What We Do in the Shadows, and for being the first producer ever to have three scripted shows nominated in the same year.[1][2]
Garrett Basch | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Tulane University |
| Occupation | Producer |
Career
While attending Tulane University, Basch was hired by Oscar-winning writer/director Steven Zaillian as his assistant.[3] The pair later formed Film Rites, a production company whose work included Moneyball, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and the HBO limited series The Night Of.[4] In addition to scripted content, Basch produced the documentary film Life Itself, for which he won the Producers Guild of America Award in 2015.[5]
Although HBO initially passed on The Night Of, Basch was instrumental in saving the show by screening the pilot for Netflix and FX executives, sparking a bidding war that ultimately led HBO to order the limited series.[1] He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series for The Night Of in 2017. He was nominated again for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2020 and 2022 for FX's What We Do in the Shadows.[6][7]
In 2022, Basch founded Dive, a production company whose projects include Taika Waititi's Next Goal Wins, What We Do in the Shadows, Reservation Dogs, Our Flag Means Death, Time Bandits, Interior Chinatown and Ripley.[8] Basch received the Peabody Award twice for his work on FX's Reservation Dogs, first in 2022 and again in 2024.[9][10] In August 2024, Basch became the first producer to have three scripted shows—What We Do in the Shadows, Reservation Dogs, and Ripley—nominated for the Emmys in the same year.[2]
He received his third Peabody Award in 2025 for Ripley.[11]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Film | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Welcome to the Rileys | Co-Producer |
| 2011 | Extraterrestrial | Executive Producer |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Production Executive | |
| 2012 | The Cold Light of Day | Co-Producer |
| 2014 | Open Windows | Executive Producer |
| 2016 | Colossal[12] | |
| 2017 | The Current War[13] | |
| 2018 | Red Sparrow[14] | |
| Assassination Nation | Director Wishes to Thank | |
| 2019 | The Irishman | Production Executive |
| 2021 | Those Who Wish Me Dead[15] | Producer |
| 2022 | Deep Water[16] | Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Next Goal Wins[17] | Producer |
| 2026 | Klara and the Sun[18] |
Television
| Year | Title | Credit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Night Of | Co-Executive Producer, Actor ("Ivan") | |
| 2018 | My Dinner with Hervé[19] | Co-Executive Producer | Television film |
| 2019 | Diagnosis[20] | Executive Producer | Documentary series |
| 2020 | Devs[21] | ||
| Dispatches from Elsewhere[22] | |||
| Barkskins[23] | |||
| 2021−23 | Reservation Dogs | ||
| 2019−23 | What We Do in the Shadows[24] | ||
| 2022−23 | Our Flag Means Death | ||
| 2024 | Ripley[25] | ||
| Time Bandits | |||
| Interior Chinatown | |||
| 2025 | The Lowdown |
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Gotham Awards | Best Documentary | Life Itself | Nominated |
| Audience Award | Nominated | |||
| 2015 | Producers Guild Awards | Outstanding Producer of Documentary | Won | |
| Critics Choice Awards | Best Documentary Feature | Won | ||
| 2016 | News & Documentary Emmy | Best Documentary | Nominated | |
| 2017 | Producers Guild Awards | Outstanding Producer of Longform Television | The Night Of | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best International | Nominated | ||
| Golden Globes | Best Television Limited Series | Nominated | ||
| Primetime Emmy | Outstanding Limited Series | Nominated | ||
| AFI Awards | TV Program of the Year | Won | ||
| 2020 | Primetime Emmy | Outstanding Comedy Series | What We Do in the Shadows | Nominated |
| 2021 | Producers Guild Awards | Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy | Nominated | |
| Gotham Awards | Breakthrough Series | Reservation Dogs | Won | |
| Critics Choice Awards | Best Comedy Series | What We Do in the Shadows | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Nominated | |||
| Reservation Dogs | Nominated | |||
| Golden Globes | Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy | Nominated | ||
| Independent Spirit Awards | Best New Scripted Series | Won | ||
| Primetime Emmy | Outstanding Comedy Series | What We Do in the Shadows | Nominated | |
| Peabody Awards | Entertainment | Reservation Dogs | Won | |
| AFI Awards | TV Program of the Year | Won | ||
| 2023 | Peabody Awards | Entertainment | Nominated | |
| Our Flag Means Death | Nominated | |||
| Critics Choice Awards | Best Comedy Series | Reservation Dogs | Nominated | |
| AFI Awards | TV Program of the Year | Won | ||
| 2024 | Peabody Awards | Entertainment | Won | |
| Primetime Emmy | Outstanding Comedy Series | Nominated | ||
| What We Do in the Shadows | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Limited Series | Ripley | Nominated | ||
| 2025 | AFI Awards | TV Program of the Year | The Lowdown | Won |
| Peabody Awards | Entertainment | Ripley | Won |