James D. Stern

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.

Life and career Background Before starting Endgame Entertainment, 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 Producers, the 12-time Tony Award-winning Mel Brooks show and the eight time Tony Award-winning Hairspray. Stern produced Stomp, The Diary of Anne Frank starring Natalie Portman, Legally Blonde; Twilight 1992, which was nominated for a Tony; and The Weir, an Olivier Award-winning play. 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 the thriller Self/less with his company Endgame Entertainment and FilmDistrict. He directed the 2018 documentary American Chaos. He has a B.A. degree in directing from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and a M.B.A. degree in marketing and finance from Columbia University in Manhattan, New York.

Endgame Entertainment

On March 11, 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 filmed Seeking Justice, directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Nicolas Cage, January Jones, and Guy Pearce. They also released An Education (Sony Pictures Classics), which received three Academy Award nominations and Every Little Step (Sony Pictures Classics), which Stern co-produced and co-directed. The documentary grossed about $1.7 million and was shortlisted 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. 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 are earlier releases. Stern 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 1995 Jeffrey Associate producer 1997 35 Miles from Normal 1999 Let the Devil Wear Black Co-executive producer It's the Rage 2004 Stage Beauty Executive producer Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle Executive producer Five Children and It Executive producer 2005 Rag Tale Executive producer Proof Executive producer River Queen Executive producer Beowulf & Grendel Executive producer Lord of War Executive producer The Best Man Executive producer 2006 The Alibi Stay Alive Comeback Season Executive producer 2007 Solstice I'm Not There 2008 Easy Virtue The Brothers Bloom 2009 An Education Executive producer 2011 A Good Old Fashioned Orgy Seeking Justice 2012 The Raven Executive producer Looper 2013 A Haunted House Executive producer Jobs Executive producer Side Effects Executive producer Homefront Executive producer 2015 Self/less Freeheld 2016 Snowden Executive producer Army of One 2017 The Discovery 2018 Come Sunday The Old Man & the Gun 2019 Murder Mystery 2021 Bliss 2023 Murder Mystery 2

As director

Year Film 1999 It's the Rage

Miscellaneous crew

Year Film Role 2007 Hairspray Stage producer: Broadway

Thanks

Year Film Role 2005 The Producers Acknowledgment: Producer of the Broadway play 2016 Gold Thanks

Television Year Title Credit Notes 2006 Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks Executive producer 2013 Dancing on the Edge Executive producer Sport in America: Our Defining Stories Executive producer Documentary 2016−20 Last Chance U Executive producer Documentary 2021 Last Chance U: Basketball Executive producer Documentary

As director

Year Title Notes 2013 Sport in America: Our Defining Stories Documentary 2020 Giving Voice Documentary, co-director

Miscellaneous crew

Year Title Role Notes 2007 Legally Blonde: The Musical Producer for the stage Television film

Thanks

Year Title Role 2001 Great Performances Acknowledgment: In association with and produced for the Broadway stage