Rick Schwartz
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, The Chamber and Lip Sync Battle.
He has contributed articles to The Huffington Post, Times of London, ESPN's Grantland, and The Daily Beast.
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
| Lip Sync Battle | 2015 | Executive Producer |
| Machete Kills | 2013 | Producer |
| Machete | 2010 | Producer |
| Black Swan | 2010 | Executive Producer |
| 13 | 2010 | Producer |
| Labor Pains | 2009 | Producer |
| ' | 2008 | Producer |
| First Born | 2007 | Producer |
| ' | 2006 | Co-Producer |
| ' | 2004 | Executive Producer |
| ' | 2003 | Executive Producer |
| ' | 2003 | Executive Producer |
| The Chamber | 2002 | Host |
| Gangs of New York | 2002 | Co-Executive Producer |
| Birthday Girl | 2001 | Executive Producer |
| ' | 2001 | Executive Producer |
| Malèna | 2001 | Executive Producer |
| Love's Labour's Lost | 2000 | Associate Producer |
| Shakespeare in Love | 1998 | assistant: Harvey Weinstein |
| The Mighty | 1998 | assistant: Harvey Weinstein |