“Producer” is perhaps Hollywood’s most amorphous job title. For Casey Patterson, a veteran producer and mastermind behind two decades of splashy franchises at Viacom, that has meant everything from…
by removing gendered categories to suiting up Spider-Man Tom Holland as Rihanna for “Lip Sync Battle.”
The past five years have represented a career-best run for Patterson, who garnered Emmy attention for specials on Netflix, Disney, Fox and HBO Max, but the journey left her wanting. She credits producing partner and friend John Krasinski for inspiring a recalibration. “When I thought I was at my most successful, he asked what I wanted to do ‘next.’ He was so sincere, I could feel that the other half of that sentence was ‘because you’re capable of more.
“We came back to New York and immediately offered our full-time services to support relief efforts beginning with Robin Hood and Tina Fey’s ‘Rise Up New York!,’ which raised $115 million to support NYC when it was the epicenter. Tina cried on air when she read the final tally, as did the production team,” Patterson says.
“Casey was the star of the ‘West Wing’ benefit. I wrote it and Tommy [Schlamme] directed it, but Casey made it happen. She’s a phenomenally skilled producer who happens to be on the side of the angels,” says Sorkin. Patterson’s year culminated in last month’s “Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World,” a special she developed and produced with Global Citizen, headlined by Jennifer Lopez and co-chaired by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
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