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Jewish

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Jeff Skoll's family was part of Montreal's vibrant Jewish community.

Can you provide a citation for this? Russel Harrison (talk) 03:50, 26 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

eBay stock

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We say he "remains its second-largest shareholder", but today's Telegraph Magazine says he "sold his stake in the company for $2billion". This March 2004 filing indeed shows him as the second largest stockholder, behind Omidyar. This CNN story from September 2004 says he owned 8% of the company then. This Wired article of Feb 2006 says he started Participant "after cashing out of eBay with $2 billion in his pocket". So it looks like he cached out sometime in late 2004 or in 2005 - do we have a better source as to when? -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 16:02, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I see this line was in the very first version of this article, back in December 2004. MSN Money's list of eBay shareholders shows all the big owners are mutual funds and the like. As we have two sources (telegraph and wired, above) that say he sold his stock for £2B, I'll put that in the article. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 16:35, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Public records seem to indicate he was still a greater than 5% holder of eBay stock in 2006, worth over $2B, on top of stock that might have been sold otherwise in previous years.

Reference to PQ irrelevant

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"Following the 1976 election of the Separatist Parti Québécois as the government of the Province of Quebec, like more than 400,000 other Anglo-Quebecers". This statement does not have its place in an encyclopedic article. They left because they left and that's all, everybody is allowed to move. The PQ influence implied is biased and irrelevant. The idea suggested here is that Québec would be richer now if it werent for the PQ who forced Jeff's family to leave. Wikipedia shouldn't be used for propaganda. 207.35.240.157 17:57, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any indication that the assertion is relevant? Has Skoll said anything about politics having been a factor? Joeldl 07:49, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The flight of anglophones from Quebec before or after referendums is a well documented and statistically based event, it is a part of Canadian history that is well known.(to canadians at least) User:Justinmcl

Anglophones left Quebec for all sorts of reasons which in individual cases may or may not have had anything to do with the PQ's election. The factual accuracy of the assertion that they left after the PQ was elected is not in question. What is in question is whether there is any relation between the two events. It is POV to make the assumption or even to act as if it is likely that one had anything to do with the other if there is no evidence specific to Skoll. Joeldl 18:01, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Request to improve citations

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Hello! Lindsey from the Jeff Skoll Group here. I've joined Wikipedia to contribute helpful updates to this and other Jeff Skoll-related articles. I wanted to introduce myself and let you know that I will be proposing updates/edits to correct some of the issues on this page, while also providing updates to stale info. I will come back with those proposals once they are finished. Meantime, I did spot a few sourcing issues in Early life. Here are citations to verify presently unsourced content.

Unsourced content

"The family settled in Toronto in the late seventies."

"When Skoll was fourteen, his father was diagnosed with cancer which prompted him to discuss with his son how much he regretted not having had the time to do everything he had planned in life."

"He paid his way through college by pumping gas…"

"After graduating he backpacked around the world for several months…"

"...founding two businesses in Toronto: Skoll Engineering, an information technology consulting firm and Micros on the Move Ltd., a computer rental firm."

"...earn a Masters of Business Administration degree at Stanford Business School, graduating in 1995"

As I find more sources to shore up other content, I will post them on this Talk page for editors. Thank you. JSG Lindsey (talk) 17:49, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Antonucci, Mike (October 24, 2012). "Jeff Skoll's Philanthropy Focuses on World's Biggest Challenges". Insights by Stanford Business. Stanford, California. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  2. ^ Dearlove, Des; Brown, Peter (January 26, 2004). "Profile:Jeff Skoll, founder of eBay". The Times. London. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  3. ^ Haber, Jason. The Business of Good: Social Entrepreneurship and the New Bottom Line. Entrepreneur Press. ISBN 9781613083369.
  4. ^ Dolan, Kerry A. (September 18, 2012). "Jeff Skoll's Billion-Dollar Plan To Save The World". Forbes. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  5. ^ Sullivan, Paul (July 7, 2017). "Award-Winning Philanthropists Explain the Roots of Their Giving". The New York Times. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  6. ^ Steiner, Florian (2006). Formation and Early Growth of Business Webs: Modular Product Systems in Network Markets. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 86. ISBN 9783790816150.
  7. ^ "#114 Jeffrey Skoll". Forbes. 2006. Retrieved March 3, 2020.

Request for Philanthropy

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Hello! Lindsey from the Jeff Skoll Group here. I am proposing some starter edits for "Philanthropy". As of writing this message, "Philanthropy" contains content with no inline citations and redundant information that is better for "Honours and awards". I wrote a draft where I tried to fix these issues. Are editors available to review my draft "Philanthropy" section? I posted notes underneath the draft to explain the changes.

"Philanthropy draft"
Skoll is a noted philanthropist; he is a recipient of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy, and a Giving Pledge signatory.[1][2] He has given the eponymous Skoll Foundation approximately $1 billion of eBay stock since its formation in 1999. The Foundation supports "social entrepreneurship".[3] Skoll chairs the Foundation and as of 2020 makes grants in excess of $80 million per year. The Skoll Foundation's assets rank it as the largest foundation for social entrepreneurship in the world.[4]

As of 2020, Skoll has been working for over ten years to help prevent pandemics and other global threats.[5] In 2009, Skoll donated $100 million to create the Skoll Global Threats Fund to confront threats to humanity in 5 areas: climate change, water security, pandemics, nuclear proliferation, and Middle East conflict.[6] The Fund created and spun off a stand alone non-profit entity, Ending Pandemics, that focuses on pandemic detection and response.[7] In 2011, Skoll's film company Participant Media co-produced the film Contagion to raise awareness about the dangers posed by pandemics. He wanted the film to be scientifically sound and encourage funding of medical experts; in 2020, media coverage noted it was "shocking in its accuracy".[8] In 2020, Skoll donated $20 million in January, and then an additional $100 million in April, to the Skoll Foundation for use in combating the covid-19 pandemic.[7][9] The $100 million donation was intended to be used to assist with covid-19 testing, contact tracing, and providing respiratory devices and other medical equipment to countries that cannot afford it or lack infrastructure to support it.[6]

Skoll is a member of the Berggruen Institute's 21st Century Council.[10]

In 2005, Skoll financed The Gandhi Project in partnership with Relief International which created a dubbed version in Arabic of the film Gandhi.[11] They used Palestinian voice actors and artists to make the film particularly relevant to Palestinians. With Skoll's support, it was screened throughout Palestine to promote non-violence, self-reliance, economic development, and empowerment.

Notes on draft

  • This draft changes the first sentence from "Skoll is a noted philanthropist and has been honoured many times for his generosity" to "Skoll is a noted philanthropist; he is a recipient of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy, and a Giving Pledge signatory.[1][2]" This adds citations and attempts to show rather than tell.
  • Includes a citation for the following uncited sentence: "Skoll chairs the Foundation and as of 2020 makes grants in excess of $80 million per year. The Skoll Foundation's assets rank it as the largest foundation for social entrepreneurship in the world.[4]"
  • Deletes the unsourced sentence: "Skoll's largest charitable donation was a $30 million contribution to the Alliance for Climate Protection Campaign."
  • Removes redundant material from the second paragraph (the content is listed under "Honours and awards" already).
  • Adds a paragraph on portions of Skoll's work, specifically pandemics
  • Adds a citation and minor copy edits to the Gandhi Project paragraph

I will come back with more proposed updates, but this is a good place to get started.

Thank you. JSG Lindsey (talk) 18:16, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Penny75: I see you updated "Philanthropy". Thank you very much! It appears the citations were not carried over. Can you add the citations as well so readers can verify the content? Because of my conflict of interest, I should not edit the article myself. Thanks again for helping. JSG Lindsey (talk) 15:38, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ a b Paynter, Ben (June 27, 2017). "Meet The Winners Of The Carnegie Medal Of Philanthropy". Fast Company. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Grant, Tavia (May 26, 2012). "Meet the Canadian billionaire who's giving it all away". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  3. ^ An Open Letter To Jeff Skoll
  4. ^ a b "Explorer 2". Stanford Social Entrepreneurship Hub. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  5. ^ Dolan, Kerry A. (June 24, 2020). "How The Billionaire Behind The Movie 'Contagion' Is Working To Stop This Pandemic—And The Next One". Forbes. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Di Mento, Maria (April 24, 2020). "Jeff Skoll Adds $100 Million to His Efforts to Fight the Pandemic". The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  7. ^ a b Schultz, Abby (April 30, 2020). "Jeff Skoll's $100M for Covid-19 Builds on Legacy Fighting Pandemics". Penta. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  8. ^ Farr, Christina (April 14, 2020). "The medical advisors for the movie 'Contagion' saw a pandemic coming, but got one big thing wrong". MSNBC. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  9. ^ Dolan, Kerry A. (April 28, 2020). "The Billionaire Behind The Movie 'Contagion' Just Gave $100 Million To Fight Coronavirus". Forbes. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  10. ^ "Berggruen Institute". Archived from the original on 2017-01-06. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  11. ^ Harris, Dana (April 5, 2005). "'Gandhia' in Mideast". Variety. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
Completed by Penny75. Thanks! JSG Lindsey (talk) 15:40, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]


Request for Filmography

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Hello! Lindsey from the Jeff Skoll Group here. I am proposing edits to update the tables in "Filmography". As of writing this message, the most recent item in "Filmography" is from 2018, and numerous previous productions are missing. Are editors available to review my draft "Filmography" section? (Notifying Penny75, who reviewed a request above.) My draft is self-explanatory, but I am willing to discuss further if needed. I made sure to cite sources for each title I added.

"Filmography draft"

Film

Year Title Notes
2005 Good Night, and Good Luck executive producer
North Country executive producer
Syriana executive producer
2006 American Gun executive producer
The World According to Sesame Street executive producer
An Inconvenient Truth executive producer
Fast Food Nation executive producer
2007 Chicago 10 executive producer
Angels in the Dust executive producer
Man from Plains executive producer
Darfur Now executive producer
The Kite Runner executive producer
Charlie Wilson's War executive producer
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains executive producer[1]
2008 The Visitor executive producer
Standard Operating Procedure executive producer
Pressure Cooker executive producer
Food, Inc. executive producer
2009 The Soloist executive producer
The Informant! executive producer
2010 The Crazies executive producer
Furry Vengeance executive producer
Waiting for "Superman" executive producer
Fair Game executive producer
Casino Jack & The United States of Money executive producer[2]
Cane Toads: The Conquest executive producer[3]
Countdown to Zero executive producer[4]
2011 The Beaver executive producer
The Help executive producer
Contagion executive producer
2012 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel executive producer
Lincoln executive producer
Promised Land executive producer
No executive producer
Last Call at the Oasis executive producer[5]
2013 Snitch executive producer
A Place at the Table executive producer
Made in America executive producer
The Fifth Estate executive producer
State 194 executive producer[6]
The Square executive producer[7]
2014 The Hundred-Foot Journey executive producer
Merchants of Doubt executive producer
A Most Violent Year executive producer
Cesar Chavez executive producer[8]
The Unknown Known executive producer[9]
Citizenfour executive producer[10]
The Great Invisible executive producer[11]
Misconception executive producer[12]
2015 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel executive producer
He Named Me Malala executive producer
Bridge of Spies executive producer
Our Brand Is Crisis executive producer
Spotlight executive producer
Out of the Dark executive producer[13]
3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets executive producer[14]
The Ardor executive producer[15]
The Prophet executive producer[16]
Beasts of No Nation executive producer[17]
Kingdom of Shadows executive producer[18]
2016 Neruda producer
The Light Between Oceans executive producer
Denial executive producer
Deepwater Horizon executive producer
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life executive producer
A Monster Calls executive producer
The Music of Strangers executive producer[19]
Zero Days executive producer[20]
2017 A Fantastic Woman executive producer[21]
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power producer[22]
Far From the Tree executive producer[23][24]
Human Flow executive producer[25]
Melting Ice executive producer[26]
Midsummer in Newtown executive producer[27]
Shot Caller executive producer[28]
Wonder executive producer[29]
2018 7 Days in Entebbe executive producer[30]
Aquarela executive producer[31]
Foster executive producer[32]
Green Book executive producer[33]
On the Basis of Sex executive producer[34]
Roma executive producer[35]
The Price of Free executive producer[36]
This Is Climate Change executive producer[37]
2019 American Factory executive producer[38]
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind executive producer[39]
Captive State executive producer[40]
Dark Waters executive producer[41]
Just Mercy executive producer[42]
Sing Me a Song executive producer[43]
Slay the Dragon executive producer[44]
Watson executive producer[45]
2020 American Utopia executive producer[46]
City So Real executive producer[47]
John Lewis: Good Trouble executive producer[48]
Stillwater executive producer[49]
Judas and the Black Messiah executive producer[50][51]
Totally Under Control executive producer[52]
Sea Fog executive producer[53]
Final Account executive producer[54]

TV series

Year Title Notes
2013 Teach executive producer[55]
Please Like Me executive producer[56]
2014 HitRecord on TV executive producer[57]
Human Resources executive producer[58]
2015 Secret Lives of Americans executive producer[59]
2016 Truth to Power executive producer
2018 America to Me executive producer[60]
2019 When They See Us executive producer[61]
2020 Noughts + Crosses executive producer[62]
In development In Memoriam executive producer[63]

Thank you. JSG Lindsey (talk) 02:14, 17 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Bennett, Ray (September 9, 2007). "Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. ^ Lowe, Justin (October 14, 2010). "Casino Jack and the United States of Money -- Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Lowe, Justin (October 14, 2010). "Cane Toads: The Conquest -- Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  4. ^ DeFore, John (October 14, 2010). "Countdown to Zero -- Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  5. ^ DeFore, John (September 16, 2011). "Last Call at the Oasis: Toronto Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  6. ^ Scheck, Frank (May 17, 2013). "State 194: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  7. ^ "'The Square' Nabs Best Feature At IDA Documentary Awards; 'Inside Man' Best Limited Series". Deadline Hollywood. December 6, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  8. ^ Fernandez, Jay A. (June 5, 2012). "Participant Media Grabs North American Rights to Diego Luna's Cesar E. Chavez Biopic". Indiewire. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  9. ^ Siegel, Tatiana (September 10, 2012). "Toronto 2012: Errol Morris Film on Donald Rumsfeld Backed by History Films, Radius-TWC and Participant Media". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  10. ^ Frater, Patrick (September 17, 2014). "Edward Snowden Documentary 'Citizenfour' Added to London Festival Lineup". Variety. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  11. ^ Kilday, Gregg (August 20, 2014). "Oil Spill Documentary 'The Great Invisible' Goes to Radius". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  12. ^ "Misconception". Tribeca Film Festival. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  13. ^ Scheck, Frank (February 26, 2015). "'Out of the Dark': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  14. ^ "HBO Nabs '3 1/2 Minutes' Documentary From Participant Media — Sundance". Deadline Hollywood. January 31, 2015. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  15. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (April 29, 2013). "Participant PanAmerica Backing 'El Ardor' With Gael Garcia Bernal and Alice Braga". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  16. ^ Kilday, Gregg (February 5, 2015). "GKIDS to Release 'Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  17. ^ Khatchatourian, Maane (July 30, 2015). "Netflix Sets Theatrical Release Date for First Original Film 'Beasts of No Nation'". Variety. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  18. ^ Scheck, Frank (November 18, 2015). "'Kingdom of Shadows': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  19. ^ D'Arcy, David (February 18, 2016). "'The Music Of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma And The Silk Road Ensemble': Berlin Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  20. ^ Pedersen, Erik (October 25, 2016). "'Zero Days' Premiere Moved Up As Showtime Rides Cyberwarfare Wave". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  21. ^ Lodge, Guy (February 12, 2017). "Film Review: 'A Fantastic Woman'". Variety. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  22. ^ Pedersen, Erik (June 1, 2017). "'An Inconvenient Sequel' Getting Limited Summer Release From Paramount — Update". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  23. ^ Debruge, Peter (July 20, 2018). "Film Review: 'Far From the Tree'". Variety. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  24. ^ "Film Review: Far From the Tree (2017)". Musée Magazine. November 5, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  25. ^ Vlessing, Etan (February 10, 2017). "Berlin: Ai Weiwei Documentary 'Human Flow' to Explore Global Refugee Crisis". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  26. ^ "Melting Ice". Sundance Institute. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  27. ^ DeFore, John (January 27, 2017). "'Midsummer in Newtown': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  28. ^ Debruge, Peter (August 18, 2017). "Film Review: 'Shot Caller'". Variety. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  29. ^ Evans, Greg (May 24, 2017). "'Wonder' Trailer: First Look At Julia Roberts-Jacob Tremblay Heart-Tugger". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  30. ^ Kiang, Jessica (February 19, 2018). "Berlin Film Review: '7 Days in Entebbe'". Variety. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  31. ^ Hipes, Patrick (October 19, 2018). "Victor Kossakovsky's Venice Pic 'Aquarela' Scores Sony Classics Deal". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  32. ^ Chignall, Selina (August 24, 2018). "HBO Documentary Films acquires Mark Jonathan Harris' "Foster"". Realscreen.com. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  33. ^ Debruge, Peter (September 11, 2018). "Film Review: 'Green Book'". Variety. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  34. ^ Hipes, Patrick (October 2, 2017). "'On The Basis Of Sex': Justin Theroux & Kathy Bates Round Out Cast". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  35. ^ Gleiberman, Owen (August 30, 2018). "Film Review: 'Roma'". Variety. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  36. ^ Harvey, Dennis (January 18, 2018). "Film Review: 'The Price of Free' (Kailash)". Variety. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  37. ^ Cox, Gordon (March 8, 2018). "Tribeca Film Festival Sets 2018 Slate of VR and Interactive Titles (Full List)". Variety. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  38. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (January 13, 2020). "The Obamas Congratulate 'American Factory' Filmmakers On Oscar Nomination, Say Docu Is What They "Hope To Achieve With Higher Ground"". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  39. ^ Cho, Stephan (November 14, 2018). "Netflix Acquires Chiwetel Ejiofor's Directorial Debut, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind". Paste. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  40. ^ Leydon, Joe (March 14, 2019). "Film Review: 'Captive State'". Variety. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  41. ^ Kroll, Justin (January 9, 2019). "Anne Hathaway and Tim Robbins Join Todd Haynes' DuPont Film". Variety. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  42. ^ Bennett, Anita (August 19, 2019). "How Michael B. Jordan Convinced Jamie Foxx To Join Criminal Justice Drama 'Just Mercy'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  43. ^ Farber, Stephen (November 8, 2019). "'Sing Me a Song': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  44. ^ Boucher, Geoff (June 28, 2019). "'Slay The Dragon': 'RGB' Distributor Magnolia Acquires Participant Media's Gerrymandering Doc As Supreme Court Rules". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  45. ^ Uhlich, Keith (May 20, 2019). "'Watson': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  46. ^ McNary, Dave (January 31, 2020). "Spike Lee Directing Movie Version of 'David Byrne's American Utopia'". Variety. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  47. ^ "Kartemquin's 'City So Real' to premiere at Sundance". Reel Chicago. December 11, 2019. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  48. ^ Hersko, Tyler (May 11, 2020). "'John Lewis: Good Trouble' Trailer Examines the Life of Longtime Civil Rights Activist". Indiewire. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  49. ^ N'Duka, Amanda (July 18, 2019). "Matt Damon To Star In 'Stillwater' Film With Tom McCarthy Attached To Direct". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  50. ^ Fleming Jr., Mike (March 6, 2020). "Participant, Bron Creative Join Warner Bros/Macro To Co-Fi Drama On Downfall Of Black Panther Leader Fred Hampton". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  51. ^ "Judas and the Black Messiah". Black & Magazine. August 7, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  52. ^ McNary, Dave (September 10, 2020). "'Totally Under Control' Documentary on White House Response to COVID-19 Lands at Neon". Variety. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  53. ^ N'Duka, Amanda (September 9, 2020). "Participant, Oscar Winner Bong Joon Ho & Matt Palmer Team On 'Sea Fog' Adaptation". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  54. ^ Vivarelli, Nick (July 29, 2020). "Submarine, Cinephil Team With Participant to Distribute Nazism-Themed Doc 'Final Account'". Variety. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  55. ^ Genzlinger, Neil (September 5, 2013). "A Soft Pitch on Education From a Hard Hitter". The New York Times. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  56. ^ Pedersen, Erik (July 6, 2016). "'Please Like Me' Renewed For Season 4 On Pivot". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  57. ^ Marachal, AJ (January 11, 2014). "'HitRecord on TV' Renewed by Pivot Before Series Premiere". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  58. ^ "Pivot Orders Season Two of Original Docu-Series HUMAN RESOURCES". Broadway World. October 10, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  59. ^ Petski, Denise (April 12, 2016). "'Secret Lives Of Americans' Sets Premiere Date for 20-Episode Second Season On Pivot". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  60. ^ Framke, Caroline (August 17, 2018). "TV Review: 'America to Me' on Starz". Variety. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  61. ^ Gardner, Chris (June 7, 2019). "Oprah Winfrey-Moderated 'When They See Us' Panel to Air on Netflix and OWN". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  62. ^ Ritman, Alex (October 4, 2018). "Jay-Z's Roc Nation, Participant Board BBC's 'Noughts & Crosses' YA Adaptation". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  63. ^ White, Peter (June 25, 2020). "HBO Max Developing Dystopian Thriller 'In Memoriam' With 'Mr Robot' Director Niels Arden Oplev, Playwright Charley Miles, Participant & Buccaneer". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 29, 2020.


Thanks for updating "Filmography", Cinemacriterion! This is looking better. I see a few items that are still missing. Would you consider adding the productions I listed below?
Film
TV series
Thank you. JSG Lindsey (talk) 18:42, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ "'The Square' Nabs Best Feature At IDA Documentary Awards; 'Inside Man' Best Limited Series". Deadline Hollywood. December 6, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. ^ Siegel, Tatiana (September 10, 2012). "Toronto 2012: Errol Morris Film on Donald Rumsfeld Backed by History Films, Radius-TWC and Participant Media". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Khatchatourian, Maane (July 30, 2015). "Netflix Sets Theatrical Release Date for First Original Film 'Beasts of No Nation'". Variety. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  4. ^ Scheck, Frank (November 18, 2015). "'Kingdom of Shadows': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  5. ^ D'Arcy, David (February 18, 2016). "'The Music Of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma And The Silk Road Ensemble': Berlin Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  6. ^ "Melting Ice". Sundance Institute. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  7. ^ DeFore, John (January 27, 2017). "'Midsummer in Newtown': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  8. ^ Cox, Gordon (March 8, 2018). "Tribeca Film Festival Sets 2018 Slate of VR and Interactive Titles (Full List)". Variety. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  9. ^ "Kartemquin's 'City So Real' to premiere at Sundance". Reel Chicago. December 11, 2019. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  10. ^ N'Duka, Amanda (September 9, 2020). "Participant, Oscar Winner Bong Joon Ho & Matt Palmer Team On 'Sea Fog' Adaptation". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  11. ^ Genzlinger, Neil (September 5, 2013). "A Soft Pitch on Education From a Hard Hitter". The New York Times. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  12. ^ Marachal, AJ (January 11, 2014). "'HitRecord on TV' Renewed by Pivot Before Series Premiere". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  13. ^ "Pivot Orders Season Two of Original Docu-Series HUMAN RESOURCES". Broadway World. October 10, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  14. ^ Petski, Denise (April 12, 2016). "'Secret Lives Of Americans' Sets Premiere Date for 20-Episode Second Season On Pivot". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  15. ^ Framke, Caroline (August 17, 2018). "TV Review: 'America to Me' on Starz". Variety. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  16. ^ Ritman, Alex (October 4, 2018). "Jay-Z's Roc Nation, Participant Board BBC's 'Noughts & Crosses' YA Adaptation". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  17. ^ White, Peter (June 25, 2020). "HBO Max Developing Dystopian Thriller 'In Memoriam' With 'Mr Robot' Director Niels Arden Oplev, Playwright Charley Miles, Participant & Buccaneer". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
@JSG Lindsey: Yes! I will add those films, however, the films in development or pre-production will not be added only because Wikipedia likes to add those films and create articles for those projects when they actually begin production. Cinemacriterion (talk) 20:41, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you again for updating "Filmography", Cinemacriterion! Thanks also for explaining why productions in development and pre-production are not listed. That makes sense. I'll keep that in mind for future requests.
Thank you. JSG Lindsey (talk) 21:27, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Participant

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Hello! Lindsey from the Jeff Skoll Group again. Because of my conflict of interest, I am proposing edits for "Participant" for editors to review. The live section contains content tagged as reading like an advertisement. I agree that the tone is not the most encyclopedic. The section is more focused on Participant, not Skoll specifically. I wrote a draft where I tried to fix these issues, focusing specifically on Skoll's contributions to Participant. Are Cinemacriterion, Penny75, or other editors available to review my draft "Participant" section? I posted notes underneath the draft to explain the changes.

"Participant draft"

Main article: Participant (company)

In 2004, Skoll founded the company Participant to create films that increase public awareness of critical social issues and give audiences opportunities to get involved through education and social action campaigns.[1][2] In 2005, Skoll's first Participant productions were released, with Syriana; Good Night, and Good Luck; North Country; and Murderball, together garnering 11 Oscar nominations.[3] A year later, Skoll financed and played a key role in the creation of the environmental documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, which grew out of a slideshow developed by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore on the climate crisis.[4] The film won the 2006 Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary.[4] “I would never have predicted that a film like An Inconvenient Truth would impact so many people,” Skoll told Philanthropy Roundtable.[3]

The Financial Times reported in 2009 that Participant allows Skoll to "pursue social and political causes through a mass medium. From modest beginnings, the company (which Skoll chairs, supported by a team of executives) is now a serious player."[5] Fortune wrote the next year that Skoll’s films aren’t typical Hollywood fare, "they tackle weighty subjects such as eco-Armageddon, petro-terrorism, education reform, and women’s rights. In short they tend to reflect Skoll’s progressive, and ultimately optimistic, worldview that shining a light on the world’s problems will inspire people to band together to bring about change on a large scale. (Indeed, the name 'Participant' evokes a call to action.)"[6]

Skoll has served as Executive Producer or Producer on nearly 100 Participant films, including Spotlight, Roma, and American Factory,[7][8] and as of 2019 Participant has won 18 Oscars and received 73 Academy Award nominations.[9] In 2020, the company received another Academy Award nomination and win for best documentary feature for American Factory.[10]

According to the Hollywood Reporter, in 2014 Skoll funded the creation of the Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, saying at the time: "I founded Participant Media in the belief that a story well told has the power to ignite positive social change. This new center at UCLA TFT is an extension of that vision, with the goal of empowering a new generation and elevating storytelling as a tool to create impact and empower people to connect to the social issues that can have a profound impact on our world."[11] In March, 2019, Participant and the Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment released a report, "The State of Social Impact Entertainment," that said: "social impact entertainment — narrative and documentary film, television, theater, and emerging forms that engage audiences in solving real-world challenges — is not a fad but the future of the entertainment industry."[12]

In 2019, on behalf of Participant, Skoll and Participant CEO David Linde accepted the newly created TIFF Impact Award from the Toronto International Film Festival;[13] in 2020 the award was renamed the Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media and was awarded to Mira Nair.[14]

Notes on draft

  • This draft changes the name of the section from "Participant Media" to "Participant", as the company is currently known. This also matches the naming convention used on the Participant_(company) article
  • Removes promotional wording
  • Focuses on Skoll's role at Participant
  • Uses reliable sources, whereas the current section heavily relies on IMDB
  • Removes many of the films mentioned in the live article, as Skoll's productions are already listed in "Filmography"

Thank you. JSG Lindsey (talk) 18:08, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Chong, Rachael (September 23, 2013). "Jeff Skoll On How He Uses The Power Of Storytelling To Push For Change". Fast Company. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  2. ^ Rainey, James (March 31, 2015). "Jeff Skoll Aims to Fix Participant's 'Broken' Parts". Variety. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Bishop, Matthew; Green, Michael (Fall 2013). "Changing the World Through Storytelling". Philanthropy Magazine. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  4. ^ a b Galloway, Stephen (May 19, 2016). "'An Inconvenient Truth,' 10 Years Later: Al Gore, Jeff Skoll and More Dish in THR's Oral History". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  5. ^ Stern, Stefan (June 12, 2009). "Lunch with the FT: Jeff Skoll". Financial Times. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  6. ^ Lashinsky, Adam (October 18, 2010). "Becoming Superman". Fortune. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  7. ^ "How Participant Media Tries to Spark Social Change Through Film". The Chronicle of Philanthropy. January 10, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  8. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (January 13, 2020). "The Obamas Congratulate 'American Factory' Filmmakers On Oscar Nomination, Say Docu Is What They "Hope To Achieve With Higher Ground"". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  9. ^ "Jeffrey Skoll". Los Angeles Business Journal. September 20, 2019. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  10. ^ Carey, Matthew (February 9, 2020). "'American Factory' Reaches Highest Ground With Oscar Documentary Feature Win". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  11. ^ Weinstein, Shelli (November 12, 2014). "Jeff Skoll, UCLA Launch Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment". Variety. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  12. ^ "Report Offers Guidance on Social Impact Entertainment". Philanthropy News Digest. March 7, 2019. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  13. ^ Vlessing, Etan (June 27, 2019). "Participant's Jeff Skoll, David Linde to Receive Toronto Fest Tribute". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  14. ^ Yap, Audrey Cleo (September 11, 2020). "Director Mira Nair Addresses 'A Suitable Boy' White Writer Controversy". Variety. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
@JSG Lindsey: I would be interested in updating! Is there anything specific you would like to be added? Cinemacriterion (talk) 21:20, 2 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]


Hello, Cinemacriterion! In theory, I think the draft that I included in my initial post here could replace the live article's existing "Participant" section. I tried my best to keep the content neutral, citing independent sources, but you may think some of the wording needs to be edited for the live article. For the sake of clarity, I will post it again here in a collapse box.
Extended content

"Participant draft"

Main article: Participant (company)

In 2004, Skoll founded the company Participant to create films that increase public awareness of critical social issues and give audiences opportunities to get involved through education and social action campaigns.[1][2] In 2005, Skoll's first Participant productions were released, with Syriana; Good Night, and Good Luck; North Country; and Murderball, together garnering 11 Oscar nominations.[3] A year later, Skoll financed and played a key role in the creation of the environmental documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, which grew out of a slideshow developed by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore on the climate crisis.[4] The film won the 2006 Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary.[4] “I would never have predicted that a film like An Inconvenient Truth would impact so many people,” Skoll told Philanthropy Roundtable.[3]

The Financial Times reported in 2009 that Participant allows Skoll to "pursue social and political causes through a mass medium. From modest beginnings, the company (which Skoll chairs, supported by a team of executives) is now a serious player."[5] Fortune wrote the next year that Skoll’s films aren’t typical Hollywood fare, "they tackle weighty subjects such as eco-Armageddon, petro-terrorism, education reform, and women’s rights. In short they tend to reflect Skoll’s progressive, and ultimately optimistic, worldview that shining a light on the world’s problems will inspire people to band together to bring about change on a large scale. (Indeed, the name 'Participant' evokes a call to action.)"[6]

Skoll has served as Executive Producer or Producer on nearly 100 Participant films, including Spotlight, Roma, and American Factory,[7][8] and as of 2019 Participant has won 18 Oscars and received 73 Academy Award nominations.[9] In 2020, the company received another Academy Award nomination and win for best documentary feature for American Factory.[10]

According to the Hollywood Reporter, in 2014 Skoll funded the creation of the Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, saying at the time: "I founded Participant Media in the belief that a story well told has the power to ignite positive social change. This new center at UCLA TFT is an extension of that vision, with the goal of empowering a new generation and elevating storytelling as a tool to create impact and empower people to connect to the social issues that can have a profound impact on our world."[11] In March, 2019, Participant and the Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment released a report, "The State of Social Impact Entertainment," that said: "social impact entertainment — narrative and documentary film, television, theater, and emerging forms that engage audiences in solving real-world challenges — is not a fad but the future of the entertainment industry."[12]

In 2019, on behalf of Participant, Skoll and Participant CEO David Linde accepted the newly created TIFF Impact Award from the Toronto International Film Festival;[13] in 2020 the award was renamed the Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media and was awarded to Mira Nair.[14]

References

  1. ^ Chong, Rachael (September 23, 2013). "Jeff Skoll On How He Uses The Power Of Storytelling To Push For Change". Fast Company. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  2. ^ Rainey, James (March 31, 2015). "Jeff Skoll Aims to Fix Participant's 'Broken' Parts". Variety. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Bishop, Matthew; Green, Michael (Fall 2013). "Changing the World Through Storytelling". Philanthropy Magazine. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  4. ^ a b Galloway, Stephen (May 19, 2016). "'An Inconvenient Truth,' 10 Years Later: Al Gore, Jeff Skoll and More Dish in THR's Oral History". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  5. ^ Stern, Stefan (June 12, 2009). "Lunch with the FT: Jeff Skoll". Financial Times. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  6. ^ Lashinsky, Adam (October 18, 2010). "Becoming Superman". Fortune. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  7. ^ "How Participant Media Tries to Spark Social Change Through Film". The Chronicle of Philanthropy. January 10, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  8. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (January 13, 2020). "The Obamas Congratulate 'American Factory' Filmmakers On Oscar Nomination, Say Docu Is What They "Hope To Achieve With Higher Ground"". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  9. ^ "Jeffrey Skoll". Los Angeles Business Journal. September 20, 2019. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  10. ^ Carey, Matthew (February 9, 2020). "'American Factory' Reaches Highest Ground With Oscar Documentary Feature Win". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  11. ^ Weinstein, Shelli (November 12, 2014). "Jeff Skoll, UCLA Launch Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment". Variety. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  12. ^ "Report Offers Guidance on Social Impact Entertainment". Philanthropy News Digest. March 7, 2019. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  13. ^ Vlessing, Etan (June 27, 2019). "Participant's Jeff Skoll, David Linde to Receive Toronto Fest Tribute". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  14. ^ Yap, Audrey Cleo (September 11, 2020). "Director Mira Nair Addresses 'A Suitable Boy' White Writer Controversy". Variety. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
Let me know what you think of it. Thank you. JSG Lindsey (talk) 22:45, 2 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Penny75: Thank you so very much for updating Participant! It appears the citations did not carry over. Can you add the citations as well so readers can verify the content? Because of my conflict of interest, I should not edit the article myself. Thanks again for helping. JSG Lindsey (talk) 19:09, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

: Request for Philanthropy and Investing

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Hello! Lindsey from the Jeff Skoll Group again. Because of my conflict of interest, I am proposing edits for "Philanthropy" and a new section on Skoll's impact investing for editors to review. The live "Philanthropy" section is stale, so my draft looks to freshen it up. While there is some overlap in the causes that are supported in Skoll's philanthropy and investing, they are not the same, so I have also created an "Impact investing" section draft. Are Cinemacriterion, Penny75, or other editors available to review my draft "Philanthropy" and "Impact investing" sections?

Philanthropy draft
Skoll is a noted philanthropist; he is a recipient of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy, and a Giving Pledge signatory.[1][2] He has given the eponymous Skoll Foundation approximately $1 billion of eBay stock since its formation in 1999. The Foundation supports "social entrepreneurship".[3] Skoll chairs the Foundation and as of 2020 makes grants in excess of $80 million per year. The Skoll Foundation's assets rank it as the largest foundation for social entrepreneurship in the world.[4]

As of 2020, Skoll has been working for over ten years to help prevent pandemics and other global threats.[5] In 2009, Skoll donated $100 million to create the Skoll Global Threats Fund to confront threats to humanity in 5 areas: climate change, water security, pandemics, nuclear proliferation, and Middle East conflict.[6] The Fund created and spun off a stand alone non-profit entity, Ending Pandemics, that focuses on pandemic detection and response.[7] In 2011, Skoll's film company Participant Media co-produced the film Contagion to raise awareness about the dangers posed by pandemics. He wanted the film to be scientifically sound and encourage funding of medical experts; in 2020, media coverage noted it was "shocking in its accuracy".[8] In 2020, Skoll donated $20 million in January, and then an additional $100 million in April, to the Skoll Foundation for use in combating the covid-19 pandemic.[9] [10] The $100 million donation was intended to be used to assist with covid-19 testing, contact tracing, and providing respiratory devices and other medical equipment to countries that cannot afford it or lack infrastructure to support it.[11]

In addition to fighting pandemics, Skoll has made addressing climate change a top priority for his filmmaking and philanthropy and a key focus of the Skoll Foundation, which in addition to its own efforts, joined other foundations to create Climate Nexus, a kind of "rapid response team" on the climate crisis.[12][13]

Skoll is active in "collaborative philanthropy" and has joined with other philanthropists and foundations to pool resources that then flow to non-profits focused on addressing specific issues at scale.[14] In 2017, Skoll, joined with philanthropists Richard Chandler, Bill and Melinda Gates, Romesh and Kathy Wadhwani, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the founding director of the Giving Pledge, Olivia Leland, to create Co-Impact, a philanthropic funding collaborative seeded with $500 million,[15] whose "specific aim is to fund organizations that are addressing health, education and economic opportunity in low-to-middle income countries," according to Barron's.[16]

Similarly in 2018, Skoll, TED founder Chris Anderson, Richard Branson's Virgin Unite, and other funders launched The Audacious Project, a philanthropic funding collaborative with an initial investment of $250 million for "audacious ideas" that deliver "impact at scale". Some of the first recipients of funding from The Audacious Project included the Environmental Defense Fund, Sight Savers, and The Bail Project.[17]

Skoll has funded the creation of academic centers at two universities. In 2003, Skoll funded the creation of the Skoll Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University's Said Business School. The Center is a research center, hub for innovators, and host of the annual Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship.[18] Called the “Davos for the nonprofit set” by Forbes,[19] Skoll World Forum participants have included leading thinkers from South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu to former U.S. Vice President Al Gore.[20] In 2019, Skoll also funded the creation of the Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. The center is dedicated to promoting social change through entertainment and the arts.[21]

In 2005, Skoll financed The Gandhi Project in partnership with Relief International which created a dubbed version in Arabic of the film Gandhi.[22] They used Palestinian voice actors and artists to make the film particularly relevant to Palestinians. With Skoll's support, it was screened throughout Palestine to promote non-violence, self-reliance, economic development, and empowerment.

Skoll is a member of the Berggruen Institute's 21st Century Council.[23]

Impact investing
Skoll was one of the earliest proponents of socially responsible investing, now called "impact investing", through which he invests in for-profit companies whose mission is to deliver both social impact and financial returns.[24] In 2001 he created Capricorn Investment Group "on the premise of socially responsible investing" and the firm now oversees more than $5 billion in client assets and another $3.5 billion in partnership with other organizations.[25] According to Forbes, a "significant portion" of Capricorn's assets "has been put to work backing mostly private companies that are in some way aiming to help the environment and combat climate change".[26] Capricorn's early investments included electric carmaker Tesla, Inc., battery technology developer QuantumScape, and air taxi developer Joby Aviation.[27] Other investments include private equity fund Encourage Solar Finance to promote rooftop solar installations in India.[28]

In 2016, Skoll, along with U2 leader singer Bono and investment firm TPG, cofounded The Rise Fund, a $2 billion social-impact fund with "a series of strict metrics by which to measure social impact", according to The New York Times.[29] The "biggest private-equity fund investing for impact", according to Barron's, Rise's investments fall across seven sectors, including agriculture, education, and healthcare, and since 2017, "Rise has invested in more than 25 growth-stage companies that are making a measurable positive social and/or environmental impact".[30]

References

  1. ^ Paynter, Ben (2017-06-27). "Meet The Winners Of The Carnegie Medal Of Philanthropy". Fast Company. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  2. ^ "Meet the Canadian billionaire who's giving it all away". Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  3. ^ "An Open Letter To Jeff Skoll". Open Letter. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  4. ^ "Explorer 2 | Social Entrepreneurship Hub". sehub.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  5. ^ Dolan, Kerry A. "How The Billionaire Behind The Movie 'Contagion' Is Working To Stop This Pandemic—And The Next One". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  6. ^ "Jeff Skoll Adds $100 Million to His Efforts to Fight the Pandemic". www.philanthropy.com. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  7. ^ Schultz, Abby. "Jeff Skoll's $100M for Covid-19 Builds on Legacy Fighting Pandemics". www.barrons.com. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  8. ^ Farr, Christina (2020-04-14). "The medical advisors for the movie 'Contagion' saw a pandemic coming, but got one big thing wrong". CNBC. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  9. ^ Schultz, Abby. "Jeff Skoll's $100M for Covid-19 Builds on Legacy Fighting Pandemics". www.barrons.com. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  10. ^ Dolan, Kerry A. "The Billionaire Behind The Movie 'Contagion' Just Gave $100 Million To Fight Coronavirus". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  11. ^ "Jeff Skoll Adds $100 Million to His Efforts to Fight the Pandemic". www.philanthropy.com. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  12. ^ Paynter, Ben (2017-06-27). "Meet The Winners Of The Carnegie Medal Of Philanthropy". Fast Company. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  13. ^ Bishop, Matthew; Green, Michael (Fall 2013). "Changing the World Through Storytelling". Philanthropy Magazine. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  14. ^ Schultz, Abby (June 20, 2019). "How Co-Impact Collaborates for Change". Barron's. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  15. ^ Bach, Natasha (November 15, 2017). "Some of the World's Top Billionaires Are Pooling Their Fortunes for a New Philanthropic Venture". Fortune. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  16. ^ Schultz, Abby (June 20, 2019). "How Co-Impact Collaborates for Change". Barron's. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  17. ^ Cheney, Catherine (April 11, 2018). "New $250M Audacious Project from TED announces first recipients". Devex. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  18. ^ Stern, Stefan (June 12, 2009). "Lunch with the FT: Jeff Skoll". Financial Times. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  19. ^ Dolan, Kerry A. (April 16, 2019). "Questioning Big Philanthropy At The Skoll World Forum: Is It Too Powerful And Out Of Touch?". Forbes. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  20. ^ "Meet the Canadian billionaire who's giving it all away". Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  21. ^ Weinstein, Shelli (November 12, 2014). "Jeff Skoll, UCLA Launch Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment". Variety. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  22. ^ Harris, Dana; Harris, Dana (2005-04-06). "'Gandhi' in Mideast". Variety. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  23. ^ "Berggruen Institute". Retrieved 2017-01-17. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  24. ^ Dolan, Kerry (October 3, 2018). "One Of Impact Investing's Earliest Proponents, Jeff Skoll Invests Big Money To Combat Climate Change". Forbes. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  25. ^ "Capricorn Investment Group Pours Billions Into Impact Investing". The Software Report. May 6, 2019. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  26. ^ Dolan, Kerry (October 3, 2018). "One Of Impact Investing's Earliest Proponents, Jeff Skoll Invests Big Money To Combat Climate Change". Forbes. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  27. ^ Dolan, Kerry (October 3, 2018). "One Of Impact Investing's Earliest Proponents, Jeff Skoll Invests Big Money To Combat Climate Change". Forbes. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  28. ^ "Impact 50". Forbes. October 2, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  29. ^ Sorkin, Andrew Ross (December 19, 2016). "A New Fund Seeks Both Financial and Social Returns". The New York Times. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  30. ^ Schultz, Abby (October 1, 2019). "Future Returns: How TPG's Rise Fund Invests in Energy". Barron's. Retrieved September 16, 2020.

Thank you, JSG Lindsey (talk) 18:04, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@JSG Lindsey: I'd be open to adding this! Cinemacriterion (talk) 19:08, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@JSG Lindsey: I just added this to the page, I linked some of the people with Wikipedia pages, but did minor word changes. Is there anything else you would like to be added? Thanks. Cinemacriterion (talk) 20:37, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for updating "Philanthropy" and adding "Impact investing", Cinemacriterion! Can you make "Impact investing" its own section instead of a subsection of "Philanthropy" since impact investing is not philanthropy?
Thank you. JSG Lindsey (talk) 20:16, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Honours and awards

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Hello! Lindsey from the Jeff Skoll Group again. Because of my conflict of interest, I am proposing additional honors, awards, and recognition for the "Honours and awards" section that I hope editors will review. Are Cinemacriterion, Penny75, or other editors available to review if any of these are appropriate for the article?

References

  1. ^ Simmons, Jeff (November 18, 2008). "Producers guild to honor Jeff Skoll". Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  2. ^ Leo, Alex (September 15, 2010). "Who Is The Ultimate Game Changer In Entertainment". HuffPost. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  3. ^ Gomez-Peralta, Patricia (October 18, 2010). "Stars Honored for Their Environmental Efforts". KNBC. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  4. ^ Kushigemachi, Todd (December 15, 2011). "Big salutes and bad intros". Variety. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  5. ^ Durgy, Edwin (October 21, 2011). "Billionaire Jeff Skoll Joins Forbes' Biggest Givers List, Receives Global Humanitarian Award". Forbes. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  6. ^ "Jeff Skoll to Receive 2012 John Gardner Leadership Award". Philanthropy News Digest. May 28, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  7. ^ Fernandez, Jay A. (October 1, 2012). "Matt Damon, David O. Russell and Jeff Skoll to Receive IFP Career Tributes at Gotham Awards". IndieWire. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  8. ^ "Jefferson Award winner Mara Botonis recognized at Washington, DC event". TCPalm. June 19, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  9. ^ "Arbuckle Award Recipients". Stanford Graduate School of Business. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  10. ^ Paynter, Ben (June 27, 2017). "Meet The Winners Of The Carnegie Medal Of Philanthropy". Fast Company. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  11. ^ Henry, Zoë (June 23, 2016). "The 16 Most Powerful Entrepreneurs In HollywoodMeet the actors, producers, and executives". Inc. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  12. ^ "The THR 100: Hollywood Reporter's Most Powerful People in Entertainment". The Hollywood Reporter. June 21, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  13. ^ "The Hollywood Reporter 100: The Most Powerful People in Entertainment 2018". The Hollywood Reporter. September 20, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  14. ^ "The Hollywood Reporter 100: The Most Powerful People in Entertainment 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. October 16, 2019. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  15. ^ "America's Top 50 Givers". Forbes. November 20, 2019. Retrieved December 14, 2020.

Thank you, JSG Lindsey (talk) 16:03, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I oppose to turning the article into a directory of Mr. Skoll’s accolades and awards. These belong more in a CV than in an encyclopedic entry. Ferkijel (talk) 22:19, 1 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

¡Viva Maestro!

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Hello! Lindsey from the Jeff Skoll Group here. Are editors available to add a new entry to the "Filmography" table? Jeff Skoll is executive producer of ¡Viva Maestro! (2021).[1] I will not edit the table directly because of my conflict of interest.

Thank you. JSG Lindsey (talk) 20:03, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (March 1, 2021). "Greenwich Entertainment Takes U.S. On Gustavo Dudamel Participant Documentary 'Viva Maestro'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
 Done Ferkijel (talk) 12:00, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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