CNN Films’ Amy Entelis, Courtney Sexton On Oscar Contending Doc ‘Julia’: “She Rose To The Highest Heights”
deadline.comJulia Child knew her way around a sauce the way Leonard Bernstein knew his way around a sympathy, the way Patrick Mahomes knows his way through a defense.
That is to say, with panache.The renowned cookbook author and pioneering TV personality is the subject of the documentary Julia, directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen, which is in contention for an Oscar nomination.“Julie and I both grew up in a time of frozen food, weird Jell-O salads, mushroom soup casserole, and Julia changed all of that,” West tells Deadline. “Julia’s the reason why cooking shows are so incredibly popular, why Americans are much more adventuresome in the kind of food they eat.
Julia introduced us to French food, but it just took off from there and America is a very different place after Julia.”The documentary marks the second collaboration between the directors and CNN Films, the division of the news network overseen by Amy Entelis, EVP for talent and content development for CNN Worldwide, and Courtney Sexton, SVP CNN Films.
The quartet first worked together on the massive hit RBG, the 2018 documentary about the late Supreme Court justice, which won an Emmy and earned an Oscar nomination.
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