Richard N. Gladstein (born June 4, 1961) is a two-time Academy Award nominated
film producer. His production company is
FilmColony. He served as the Dean of the
American Film Institute Conservatory
The AFI Conservatory is a private not-for-profit graduate film school in the Hollywood Hills district of Los Angeles. Students (called "Fellows") learn from the masters in a collaborative, hands-on production environment with an emphasis on st ...
from 2017 to 2018.
Biography
Gladstein was born to an
American Jewish
American Jews or Jewish Americans are Americans, American citizens who are Jewish, whether by Judaism, religion, ethnicity, culture, or nationality. Today the Jewish community in the United States consists primarily of Ashkenazi Jews, who desce ...
family
[Jewish Daily Forward: "'Neverland' Producer Searches for a Cure to Son's Bloom's Syndrome" by Ariella Cohen]
August 5, 2005 and received his bachelor's degree in film from
Boston University
Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with ...
's College of Communication. From 1993 through 1995, he served as executive vice president of production for
Miramax Films
Miramax, LLC, also known as Miramax Films, is an American film and television production and distribution company founded on December 19, 1979, by brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein, and based in Los Angeles, California.
It was initially a lead ...
after which he founded his own production company, FilmColony. His films include ''
The Hateful Eight
''The Hateful Eight'' (sometimes marketed as ''The H8ful Eight'' or ''The Hateful 8'') is a 2015 American Western mystery thriller film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It stars Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leig ...
'', ''
Finding Neverland'', ''
The Bourne Identity'', ''
Pulp Fiction
''Pulp Fiction'' is a 1994 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, who conceived it with Roger Avary.See, e.g., King (2002), pp. 185–7; ; Starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Vin ...
'', ''
She's All That
''She's All That'' is a 1999 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Robert Iscove. It stars Freddie Prinze Jr., Rachael Leigh Cook, Matthew Lillard, and Paul Walker. After being dumped by his girlfriend, Zack Siler boasts he could ...
'', ''
Reservoir Dogs
''Reservoir Dogs'' is a 1992 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino in his feature-length debut. It stars Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence Tierney, Michael Madsen, Tarantino, and Edward B ...
'', ''
Hurlyburly
''Hurlyburly'' is a dark comedy play by David Rabe, first staged in 1984. The title refers to dialogue from Shakespeare's ''Macbeth''.
Plot
''Hurlyburly'' depicts the intersecting lives of several low-to-mid-level Hollywood players in the 198 ...
'', and ''
The Cider House Rules
''The Cider House Rules'' (1985) is a novel by American writer John Irving, a ''Bildungsroman'' that was later adapted into a 1999 film and a stage play by Peter Parnell. The story, set in the pre– and post–World War II era, tells of a youn ...
''. He received Academy Award nominations for both ''Finding Neverland'' (2004) and ''The Cider House Rules ''(2000). In 2000, his FilmColony company renewed a deal with Miramax.
Personal life
He founded The Bloom's Syndrome Foundation which is dedicated toward medical research on
Bloom's Syndrome
Bloom syndrome (often abbreviated as BS in literature) is a rare autosome, autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized by short stature, predisposition to the development of cancer, and genomic instability. BS is caused by mutations in the ' ...
, an
Ashkenazi Jewish genetic disease with which his son was diagnosed in 2004.
Filmography
''He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.''
Film
;As an actor
;As writer
;Thanks
Television
Trivia
In a 1994 interview with
Charlie Rose,
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Jerome Tarantino (; born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, writer, producer, and actor. His films are characterized by stylized violence, extended dialogue, profanity, dark humor, non-linear storylines, cameos, ensembl ...
states that he owes his career to Gladstein.
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References
External links
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FilmColony.com
1961 births
Living people
American film producers
20th-century American Jews
Boston University College of Communication alumni
21st-century American Jews
American Ashkenazi Jews
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