Academy Award-winning® producer Ed Saxon has been making feature films for 25 years. As principal of his own independent production company, he has developed and produced films with Fox, Universal, Warner Brothers, Columbia, Paramount, and Disney Studios. Saxon’s films combined have grossed over $700M at the box office worldwide and garnered 21 nominations and 8 Academy Awards®. Saxon has been a member of the Academy since 1991. Raised in St, Louis, Missouri, Ed is a graduate of the USC Peter Stark Producing Program. He received his undergraduate degree at McGill University. He has taught classes at USC, UCLA, Columbia University and NYU. He is a mentor for the Producer’s Guild, Sundance Insititue, and USC. He is a board member of The Center for Body Computing at USC. He's married to the artist, Kirsten Coyne. They have two daughters and lives in Santa Monica.