Rick Schwartz is an American film and television producer and financier based in New York, whose credits include The Departed, Black Swan, Gangs of New York, Machete, The Others, and Lip Sync Battle.
Career 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, 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.
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.
Filmography He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
Film 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 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 producerSupervising producer
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