Rick Schwartz is an American film and television producer and financier based in New York, whose credits include ''
The Departed'', ''
Black Swan
The black swan (''Cygnus atratus'') is a large waterbird, a species of swan which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. Within Australia, the black swan is nomadic, with erratic migration patterns dependent upon c ...
'', ''
Gangs of New York'', ''
Machete'', ''
The Others'', and ''
Lip Sync Battle
''Lip Sync Battle'' is an American musical reality competition television series that premiered on April 2, 2015, on the American cable network Spike, later known as Paramount Network. The show is based on an idea by Stephen Merchant and John K ...
''.
He has contributed articles to ''
The Huffington Post'',
''Times of London'',
ESPN's ''
Grantland'', and ''
The Daily Beast''.
Career
Schwartz began his film career at
Miramax
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 leadi ...
under
Harvey and
Bob Weinstein, working there for seven years and eventually serving as the company's senior vice president of production. At Miramax, Schwartz oversaw the development and production of projects including
Martin Scorsese’s ''
Gangs of New York'', and ''
The Departed'',
and
Alejandro Amenabar’s ''
The Others''.
In 2008, Schwartz founded Overnight Productions, which has financed and produced movies by directors including
Robert Rodriguez,
Darren Aronofsky and
Gela Babluani
Gela (Sicilian and ; grc, Γέλα) is a city and (municipality) in the Autonomous Region of Sicily, Italy; in terms of area and population, it is the largest municipality on the southern coast of Sicily. Gela is part of the Province of Cal ...
.
Later, Schwartz partnered with American financier,
Jeremy Frommer
Jeremy Frommer is an American financier and entrepreneur based in New Jersey. His career includes over two decades on Wall Street, working as a hedge fund and portfolio manager, and on the sell-side of the financial industry, building and selling ...
to develop a technology company. He co-founded Jerrick Media, a producer and distributor of digital media content, in 2013.
Filmography
''He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.''
Film
;Miscellaneous crew
;Production manager
;Thanks
Television
References
External links
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1967 births
Living people
20th-century American Jews
Film producers from New York (state)
Television producers from New York City
21st-century American Jews