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Elizabeth Banks, perfect recognized for her paintings on "The Hunger Games," is thankfully married to "Pitch Perfect" producer Max Handelman.

Actress Elizabeth Banks has been married to producer Max Handelman for over 17 years, however the couple met on their first day of college in 1992 and has been inseparable ever since.

As a performer, Banks has had a upper profile, but Handelman is similarly successful, and over time, the couple has taken up joint projects, such as "Pitch Perfect 2" and "Charlie's Angels," which he produced and she directed.

Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman on the premiere of "Pitch Perfect" in 2012 in Hollywood, California | Source: Getty Images

LIVE TOGETHER, WORK TOGETHER

Banks and Handelman founded their company, Brownstone Productions, in 2002, the yr they married. In 2009, the couple produced their first film, "Surrogates," starring Bruce Willis and Rosamund Pike.

Brownstone Productions followed up with the hugely successful "Pitch Perfect" franchise. Banks had her first revel in as a director with "Pitch Perfect 2," essentially the most profitable of the three movies, with a $287 million take at the box place of job.

Banks and Handelman had been compelled to take a much less typical road to parenthood due to the actress's fertility issues.

SUCCESSFUL TEAM

In 2019, the couple took up the Sony Pictures venture for the "Charlie's Angels" reboot, directed via Banks. Banks additionally starred as Rebekah Bosley -- with Kristen Stewart, Ella Balinska, and Naomi Scott because the Angels.

Brownstone pitched and bought the comedy collection "Shrill," now authorized for the third season, to Hulu. The series makes a speciality of the lifetime of a plus-size lady at odds with a global that disapproves of her frame.

PAVING HER WAY

Banks published that the speculation for Brownstone got here to her when she learned that Handelman had a "nose" for excellent subject material and that there was a bonus to producing the portions she wanted to play. She said:

"I started paving my own way, a little bit out of necessity, a little bit out of ambition, a little bit out of resentment."

WOMEN'S STORIES

In Handelman, Banks had her greatest fan, and he attributes Brownstone's good fortune to his wife's intuition for impactful female characters. Handelman explained the have an effect on Elizabeth's personality has on their paintings:

"There's a sense of joy that emanates from the characters, and that springs forth from Elizabeth's inherent DNA."

LOVE FOR LIFE

Handelman, who has an MBA from UCLA, targeted his career at the entertainment industry and his spouse. The couple has been together for 26 years, all of their adult life, a uncommon thing in Hollywood. Banks revealed:

"We work together every day, and we have a lot of respect for each other on every level. And then there’s love."

Their oldest son Felix was once born in 2010, and their 2d, Magnus, in 2011. Banks spoke openly in regards to the disapproval she faced for wanting to use surrogates to turn into a mom, as did Gabrielle Union and Kim Kardashian.

Today, Banks and Handelman are proud parents to two very lively little boys who stay them on their toes and a booming manufacturing company that guarantees to take them to the top of the Hollywood meals chain.

Handelman and Banks' Brownstone Productions these days has 10 films in manufacturing, among them "Tink" with Disney, "The Invisible Woman" with Universal, and "Queen for a Day" with Paramount -- and extra to come.

Additionally, there are TV series within the making, and Elizabeth Banks is looking ahead to more challenges as a director, running hand-in-hand with Max Handelman.

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