Matthew Greenfield
Born
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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