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Matthew Greenfield

Matthew Greenfield

American film producer

Not to be confused with Matt Greenfield, co-founder of ADV Films.

Matthew Greenfield is the president of Searchlight Pictures,[1] which has produced five Best Picture winners, including Slumdog Millionaire, Birdman, 12 Years a Slave, The Shape of Water, and Nomadland. Greenfield and fellow Searchlight president David Greenbaum started Searchlight Television in 2018.[2]

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He joined Searchlight after his tenure as Associate Director of the Feature Film Program at the Sundance Institute.[3]

Prior to his work at Sundance, Greenfield worked as an independent producer, producing Star Maps, Chuck & Buck, and The Good Girl, all directed by Miguel Arteta, and the latter two written by Mike White.[4] As the producer of Chuck & Buck, Greenfield won the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award.[5] He's also the producer of The Motel, written and directed by Michael Kang. [6]

He co-founded the boutique publishing company Cloverfield Press with Laurence Dumortier.[7] Greenfield studied film at Crossroads School with Jim Hosney,[8] and at Wesleyan University with Jeanine Basinger.[9] He lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and two children.

References

  1. [1]
    "Searchlight Pictures Exec Transition: Steve Gilula & Nancy Utley Retiring; David Greenbaum & Matthew Greenfield Promoted to Presidents". 20 April 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Searchlight Launches New TV Division That Will Produce Original Shows And Adaptations Of Movies". 12 April 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Matthew Greenfield".
  4. [4]
    "Can the Scrappy Fox Searchlight Execs Who Green-Lit The Shape of Water Survive Inside Disney?". 14 December 2017.
  5. [5]
    "Independent Spirit Awards - John Cassavetes Award".
  6. [6]
    "Review:The Motel". 28 June 2006.
  7. [7]
    "SMALL PRESS IS BEAUTIFUL". 2 June 2005.
  8. [8]
    "Reel life was his real love". 27 June 2007.
  9. [9]
    "Students and peers praise Basinger". 27 March 2008.
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