Matthew Greenfield
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.[2] He was formerly an independent producer and the associate director of the Sundance Institute Feature Film Program.
Matthew Greenfield | |
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| Born | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Wesleyan University |
| Occupation | Executive |
| Spouse(s) | Laurence Dumortier |
| Parent(s) | Patricia Marks Greenfield |
| Relatives | Lauren Greenfield (sister) |
Early life
Greenfield was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Sheldon Greenfield, a physician, and psychologist Patricia Marks Greenfield, He has an older sister named Lauren, and was raised in Venice, California. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California with his wife and two children.
Greenfield attended the Crossroads School, a private school associated with the entertainment industry, and later attended Wesleyan University.
Career
At Wesleyan, he met future collaborator Miguel Arteta, with whom he teamed up to make Star Maps, which debuted in 1997 at the Sundance Film Festival and received five Independent Spirit Award nominations, including Best First Feature. They followed with Chuck & Buck in 2000, for which they won the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award for Best Low Budget Feature, and The Good Girl in 2002, starring Jennifer Aniston.
In 2005 Greenfield worked as a producer on The Motel and Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody?
Greenfield started Cloverfield Press, a boutique publishing company, in 2004 with his wife, Laurence Dumortier.