Matthew Greenfield
Born
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma materWesleyan University
Occupation

    Executive

    SpouseLaurence Dumortier
    ParentPatricia Marks Greenfield
    RelativesLauren Greenfield (sister)

    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]

    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 (film), Chuck & Buck, and The Good Girl, all directed by Miguel Arteta, and the latter two written by Mike White (filmmaker).[4] As the producer of Chuck & Buck, Greenfield won the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award.[5] He's also the producer of The Motel (film), written and directed by Michael Kang (director). [6]

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