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2.1  Film  





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Rick Schwartz
Born
New York
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Film and TV Producer

Rick Schwartz is an American film and television producer and financier based in New York, whose credits include The Departed,[citation needed] Black Swan, Gangs of New York, Machete,[1] The Others,[2] and Lip Sync Battle.[3][4]

Career

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Schwartz began his film career at Miramax 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,[5] and Alejandro Amenabar’s The Others.[5]

In 2008, Schwartz founded Overnight Productions, which has financed and produced movies by directors including Robert Rodriguez, Darren Aronofsky and Gela Babluani.[6]

Later, Schwartz partnered with American financier, Jeremy Frommer to develop a technology company. He co-founded Jerrick Media, a producer and distributor of digital media content, in 2013.[7][8]

Filmography

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He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

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Year Film Credit
2000 Love's Labour's Lost Associate producer
Malèna Executive producer
2001 The Others Executive producer
Birthday Girl Executive producer
2002 Gangs of New York Co-executive producer
2003 The Battle of Shaker Heights Executive producer
The Human Stain Executive producer
2004 The Aviator Executive producer
2006 The Departed Co-producer
2007 First Born
The Lucky Ones
2009 Labor Pains
2010 13
Machete
Black Swan Executive producer
2013 Machete Kills
Miscellaneous crew
Year Film Role
1998 The Mighty Assistant: Harvey Weinstein
Shakespeare in Love
2001 Birthday Girl Production executive: Miramax
Production manager
Year Film Role
2000 Malèna Executive in charge of production
Thanks
Year Film Role
2010 Hesher Special thanks

Television

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Year Title Credit Notes
2015 Nate Bargatze: Full Time Magic Executive producer Television special
Sharing Executive producer Television film
2015−18 Lip Sync Battle Executive producer
Supervising producer

References

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  1. ^ "The Man in 'Black'". Wizard World.
  • ^ "Overnight Prods". Variety. November 1, 2010.
  • ^ Tony Maglio (November 22, 2014). "Jimmy Fallon's 'Lip Sync Battle' Heads to Spike TV". The Wrap. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  • ^ Nellie Andreeva (November 21, 2014). "Jimmy Fallon, John Krasinski And Stephen Merchant To Produce & Perform On Lip Sync Battle Series For Spike". Deadline. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  • ^ a b "Prod'n vet Schwartz will ankle Miramax", Variety, Feb 19, 2004, retrieved February 5, 2016
  • ^ "Rick Schwartz launches Overnight", Variety, Sep 9, 2008, retrieved February 5, 2016
  • ^ "Jerrick, the company that relaunched Omni, unveils a new community publishing platform". TechCrunch.
  • ^ "After Buying Penthouse Founder's Archives, Jerrick Media Launches a Blogging Platform". Adweek.
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