While attending New York University, Fox worked as a reader of film materials for several in New York-based production companies, including American Playhouse. In 1997, she was appointed head of the development department at Universal. Two years later, she moved to the vice president of the company and supervised feature film production. One of the first films created under her leadership films was Steven Soderbergh's 2000 environmental drama Erin Brockovich, with Julia Roberts in the Oscar-winning title role. In 2001, Fox became head of Section Eight Productions, the production company founded by Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney in 2000. During Fox's tenure, the company produced Ocean's Eleven, Welcome to Collinwood, Full Frontal, Far from Heaven, Insomnia, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Ocean's Twelve, The Good German, and Ocean's Thirteen. Furthermore, she was involved at this time in the comedyOut of Sight by Soderbergh with George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez. In 2004, Fox first appeared as an executive producer with the detective film Criminal, starring John C. Reilly, Diego Luna and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Afterwards, she worked on the 2005 mystery drama The Jacket, starring Adrien Brody and Keira Knightley. In the same year, she also executive produced the George Clooney dramas Good Night, and Good Luck and Syriana and Rob Reiner's romantic comedyRumor Has It with Jennifer Aniston. For the court film Michael Clayton, Fox was credited as producer, together with George Clooney, Kerry Orent, Sydney Pollack, Steve Samuels and Steven Soderbergh. Fox, Pollack and Orent were nominated for an Oscar in the Best Picture category, but lost to Scott Rudin and the Coen Brothers for No Country for Old Men. In 2009, Fox produced the romantic thrillerDuplicity, with Julia Roberts in the title role, and the crime dramaThe Informant!, by Steven Soderbergh starring Matt Damon. She also produced the drama We Need to Talk About Kevin in which Tilda Swinton plays a mother who is struggling to build a relationship with their child. In 2012, she again worked with Tony Gilroy, this time on the fourth installment of the Bourne film series, The Bourne Legacy. She also worked with Dan Gilroy on the 2014 thriller Nightcrawler, who made his directorial debut with this film, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo.
Filmography
All films, she was producer unless otherwise noted.
