1. Early life and education

2. Career

3. Filmography

4. References

5. External links

Jonathan Schwartz is an American film producer, screenwriter and former entertainment lawyer, known for producing independent features. Schwartz's credits include A Love Story (2006), Douchebag (2010), Like Crazy (2011), Smashed (2012), Nobody Walks (2012), Breathe In (2013), Imperial Dreams (2014), All the Wilderness (2014), Bleeding Heart (2015) and The Vanishing of Sidney Hall (2017). Through his personal production label, Super Crispy Entertainment, most of Schwartz's works have screened, won awards and secured distribution at the Sundance Film Festival. Throughout his career, he has collaborated extensively with his producing partner Andrea Sperling and director Drake Doremus.

Early life and education

A Los Angeles native, Jonathan Schwartz attended University of California, Berkeley, where he received his degree in rhetoric.^[1] He attended George Washington University Law School, where he graduated with a Juris Doctorate. He was subsequently involved in the sports business by working as a sports researcher for companies like HBO and NBC Sports, which led him to become acquainted with Minnesota Vikings owners Zygi and Audrey Wilf.^[2] He moved back to Los Angeles and became a junior lawyer for the ICM Partners talent and literary agency. Schwartz subsequently worked for Real World Studios, answering to English singer-songwriter and cinemaphile Peter Gabriel.^[3]

Career

Schwartz founded his film production company, Crispy Films, in 2004.^[1] Utilizing his connections established through his career at HBO, NBC, ICM and Real World Studios, Schwartz managed to establish a number of major studio projects, including an adaptation of Thomas Hauser's novel Mark Twain Remembers, with James Franco attached to star. However, said production fell into a state of development hell, prompting Schwartz to pursue smaller, independent productions. The studio's breakthrough came with A Love Story, a black comedy road movie that premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.^[4] In 2007, Schwartz co-produced Funny Games, an American remake of the 1997 Austrian psychological thriller of the same name.^[5]

In 2008, Schwartz was introduced to a number of his future long-term collaborators, including fellow film producer Andrea Sperling, following the recommendation of a sales agent with Creative Artists Agency. Schwartz and Sperling became producing partners and Crispy Films was subsequently renamed Super Crispy Entertainment, with the Wilfs financing their projects.^[1] That same year, an agent also arranged for Schwartz to be introduced at a Starbucks coffee shop to the up and coming director Drake Doremus. Schwartz's next two projects included Doremus' comedy-drama films Spooner, which premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival in 2009, as well as Douchebag, which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.^[2] Schwartz and Sperling executive produced the science fiction mystery fantasy comedy film Kaboom, which premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and was awarded the first Queer Palm award.^[6][7] Schwartz collaborated again with Sperling as his producing partner and Doremus as director on the film Like Crazy, which premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. The film won the festival's Grand Jury Prize and helped launch the careers of Felicity Jones and Jennifer Lawrence.^[8][9] At the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, Schwartz and Sperling were awarded the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Excellence in Independent Film Producing, for their long and successful history with the festival.^[10]

Filmography

• The King of Utah (2004 - short) (producer/writer)
• A Love Story (2006) (executive producer)
• Funny Games (2007) (co-producer)
• Spooner (2009) (producer/writer/actor)
• Douchebag (2010) (producer/writer)
• Kaboom (2010) (executive producer)
• The Way Back (2010) (executive producer)
• Like Crazy (2011) (producer)
• Smashed (2012) (producer)
• Nobody Walks (2012) (producer)
• Breathe In (2013) (producer)
• All the Wilderness (2014) (producer)
• Imperial Dreams (2014) (producer)
• Bleeding Heart (2015) (producer)
• The Vanishing of Sidney Hall (2017) (producer)
• Rosy (2018) (producer)
• Ashes in the Snow (2018) (executive producer)

References

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