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Bonita Pearl Rutherford (born 9 May 1986), known professionally as Bonnie Rutherford, is an American producer best known for her flagship production company Sette Bellezze, established with ex-girlfriend Zeta Fontaine in 2011. She is best known for producing the films Zero Dark Thirty, Her and American Hustle, all of which have earned her Oscar nominations. In 2014, TIME placed the Sette Bellezze duo in its list of "100 Most Influential People in the World" - Pioneers.
Rutherford's film work in 2008 and 2009 involved more film backing, including Main Street starrng Colin Firth, Passion Play, and The Coen brothers western drama True Grit in 2010. She has since officially founded Sette Bellezze, named after Lina Wurtmeller's Italian Beauties.
After the founding of Sette Bellezze, Rutherford and Fontaine put most of their small fortunes into the production company and began working with bigger directors, funding larger-scale productions. During this time, Sette Bellezze began to develop a much closer process with the films they adapted, usually working as producers for indie films that showed promise. In 2011, Sette Bellezze outbid Lionsgate for the rights to the Terminator franchise. In January 2014, Sette Bellezze was removed from the reboot of the Terminator franchise. Rutherford has said on record that the decision to purchase the rights were made largely because she "was in love with T2."
In 2014, Rutherford and Fontaine became the first women and the fourth and fifth people to receive two best picture Academy Award nominations in the same year, which they received for their work on Her and American Hustle. Also in 2014, Rutherford and Fontaine were included as part of the Advocate's annual "40 Under 40" list.
In May 2011, Rutherford was pulled over for a broken taillight and was found to have heroin in her possession. In June 2011 Rutherford checked herself into a rehabilitation center and was sentenced to a year of probation.
Early Life
Rutherford was born to Micky "Fingers" Stratsborg and Marita Rutheford after a short-term fling during Stratsborg's 1985 U.S tour. Rutherford was raised on the Upper East Side of New York with her mother, while spending summers and off-holidays with her rockstar father. Though Stratsborg had four more children in the next two decades, Marita never had a second child, leaving Bonnie her only.
After spending four years attending New York University for an undergraduate degree in film, Rutherford moved to Los Angeles, California to follow her dream of becoming a producer. Spending two years at the American Film Institute Conservatory, where she met future ex-girlfriend and business partner Zeta Fontaine. It was there that the producers concocted the idea of Sette Bellezze, and the next two years were spent building up capital in the world of Hollywood.
Career
Rutherford's first film was Waking Madison, starring Elisabeth Shue, which told the story of a woman who tries to cure her multiple personality disorder by locking herself in a room without food for 30 days. Rutherford and Fontaine financed the film that was reported to have a budget of $2 million. It screened at the Newport Beach Film Festival in 2011 and went straight to DVD in July of that year.Rutherford's film work in 2008 and 2009 involved more film backing, including Main Street starrng Colin Firth, Passion Play, and The Coen brothers western drama True Grit in 2010. She has since officially founded Sette Bellezze, named after Lina Wurtmeller's Italian Beauties.
After the founding of Sette Bellezze, Rutherford and Fontaine put most of their small fortunes into the production company and began working with bigger directors, funding larger-scale productions. During this time, Sette Bellezze began to develop a much closer process with the films they adapted, usually working as producers for indie films that showed promise. In 2011, Sette Bellezze outbid Lionsgate for the rights to the Terminator franchise. In January 2014, Sette Bellezze was removed from the reboot of the Terminator franchise. Rutherford has said on record that the decision to purchase the rights were made largely because she "was in love with T2."
In 2014, Rutherford and Fontaine became the first women and the fourth and fifth people to receive two best picture Academy Award nominations in the same year, which they received for their work on Her and American Hustle. Also in 2014, Rutherford and Fontaine were included as part of the Advocate's annual "40 Under 40" list.
Controversies
In 2007 it was alleged by multiple tabloid magazines that Rutherford only landed a spot in the very prestigious American Film Institute master's program because of her father's prominence in the music scene. Though Rutherford later proved her abilities as a producer independent of her father's skills as a musician and public figure, it took years for Rutherford to shake off the alleged nepotism. In May 2011, Rutherford was pulled over for a broken taillight and was found to have heroin in her possession. In June 2011 Rutherford checked herself into a rehabilitation center and was sentenced to a year of probation.