Career
Her first solo project was the 2005 release The Chumscrubber. Curtis and Lynn produced Albert Nobbs, which was nominated for three Academy Awards. Curtis is a co-recipient of the 1999 Producers Guild Award for Motion Picture Producer of the Year, for Saving Private Ryan.
On March 12, 2015, Curtis was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame.
Spielberg congratulated her via video message during the ceremony. Curtis was born in Dallas, Texas.
Her earliest production work was on the films Arachnophobia and Dead Poets Society. In 1989 Curtis started working with Spielberg, starting as a production assistant in what has turned out to be a 17-year professional relationship.
In her career, she has worked with a variety of actors, including Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Matthew McConaughey, Jude Law, Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Vin Diesel, Tom Cruise, and Colin Farrell.
The interview also discussed her fundraising work with the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network and her appreciation of Spielberg"s support, both personally and politically, in the form of such actions as resigning from the national advisory board of the Boy Scouts of America to decry the group"s positions on homosexuality. They have since produced Albert Nobbs, The Face of Love, 5 to 7, and Last Days in the Desert. In addition to film producing, Curtis is also a well known event speaker.
She has spoken at various company retreats, as well as Chicago Ideas Week 2014.