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James D. Stern is an American film and Broadway producer. He won a 2003 Tony Award for Hairspray, has been nominated for other awards, and was a Drama Desk Award Winner for Stomp.

James D. Stern
Born
United States
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
OccupationProducer, director

Life and career



Early life


Before starting Endgame, Stern co-directed and produced the IMAX film Michael Jordan to the Max and HBO’s It’s the Rage. On stage he produced the twelve-time Tony Award-winning Mel Brooks show The Producers and the eight time Tony Award-winning Hairspray. He produced Stomp, The Diary of Anne Frank starring Natalie Portman, Legally Blonde, the Tony Award-nominated Twilight 1992, and the Olivier Award-winning play The Weir. He produced Alan Menken's Leap of Faith during the fall of 2010.

Stern founded and ran the financial investment company and hedge fund Stern Joint Venture, L.P. (SJV). He produced with his company Endgame Entertainment and FilmDistrict the thriller Self/less.[1]

Stern directed the 2018 documentary American Chaos.[2][3]

Stern has a B.A. in directing from the University of Michigan and a M.B.A. in marketing and finance from Columbia University.


Endgame Entertainment


Endgame Entertainment
TypeIndependent Company
IndustryMotion Pictures
Founded2002
FounderJames D. Stern
Headquarters
United States
ProductsFilms
OwnerJames D. Stern

In 2002, Stern founded Endgame Entertainment as an independent production company to produce, develop and finance films and other forms of entertainment properties. Under his leadership, Endgame Entertainment has financed or cofinanced more than 25 films. Endgame recently wrapped production on Seeking Justice, directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Nicolas Cage, January Jones and Guy Pearce. Recent releases include An Education (Sony Pictures Classics), which garnered three Academy Award nominations, and Every Little Step (Sony Pictures Classics), which Stern co-produced and co-directed. The documentary grossed more than $1.7 million and was short listed for an Academy Award.

Previous Endgame releases include Summit's The Brothers Bloom, Sony Pictures Classics' Easy Virtue and the Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There, featuring an Oscar-nominated performance by Cate Blanchett. Earlier releases include Hotel Rwanda and Lord of War for Lionsgate, Proof for Miramax, Universal's White Noise, Hollywood Pictures’ Stay Alive, and New Line's Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. Stern also co-directed and produced the documentaries The Year of the Yao (New Line) and ...So Goes the Nation (IFC).


Filmography


He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.


Film


Year Film Credit
1995JeffreyAssociate producer
199735 Miles from Normal
1999Let the Devil Wear BlackCo-executive producer
It’s the Rage
2004Stage BeautyExecutive producer
Harold & Kumar Go to White CastleExecutive producer
Five Children and ItExecutive producer
2005Rag TaleExecutive producer
ProofExecutive producer
River QueenExecutive producer
Beowulf & GrendelExecutive producer
Lord of WarExecutive producer
The Best ManExecutive producer
2006The Alibi
Stay Alive
Comeback SeasonExecutive producer
2007Solstice
I'm Not There
2008Easy Virtue
The Brothers Bloom
2009An EducationExecutive producer
2011A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Seeking Justice
2012The RavenExecutive producer
Looper
2013A Haunted HouseExecutive producer
JobsExecutive producer
Side EffectsExecutive producer
HomefrontExecutive producer
2015Self/less
Freeheld
2016SnowdenExecutive producer
Army of One
2017The Discovery
2018Come Sunday
The Old Man & the Gun
2019Murder Mystery
2021Bliss
TBA
Murder Mystery 2
As director
Year Film
1999It’s the Rage
Miscellaneous crew
Year Film Role
2007HairsprayStage producer: Broadway
Thanks
Year Film Role
2005The ProducersAcknowledgment: Producer of the Broadway play
2016GoldThanks

Television


Year Title Credit Notes
2006Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster TrucksExecutive producer
2013Dancing on the EdgeExecutive producer
Sport in America: Our Defining StoriesExecutive producerDocumentary
2016−20Last Chance UExecutive producerDocumentary
2021Last Chance U: BasketballExecutive producerDocumentary
As director
Year Title Notes
2013Sport in America: Our Defining StoriesDocumentary
Miscellaneous crew
Year Title Role Notes
2007Legally Blonde: The MusicalProduced for the stage byTelevision film
Thanks
Year Title Role
2001Great PerformancesAcknowledgment: Produced for the Broadway Stage in association with

References


  1. Endgame Entertainment and FilmDistrict are Selfless
  2. Jaworowski, Ken (13 September 2018). "Review: 'American Chaos' Looks at the Election. You Know the End". The New York Times.
  3. Alan Zilberman (2018-09-12) [2018-09-11]. "Here's an early candidate for the worst movie about the 2016 election". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.[please check these dates]




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