Stuart Cornfeld (November 13, 1952 – June 26, 2020) was an American film producer. He was business partners with Ben Stiller in the company Red Hour Productions.
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Born | (1952-11-13)November 13, 1952 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Died | June 26, 2020(2020-06-26) (aged 67) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Occupation | Film producer, actor |
Cornfeld was born in Los Angeles, California. He attended the University of California, Berkeley in the early 1970s, and graduated with a degree in Psychology. He graduated from the AFI Conservatory in 1975.[citation needed]
The appearance and personality of Les Grossman, the hotheaded and foul-mouthed Hollywood producer played by Tom Cruise in Stiller's film Tropic Thunder, is reportedly based in part on Cornfeld.[1]
On June 26, 2020, Cornfeld died of cancer at age 67.[2]
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