James D. Stern Biography

American film producer

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

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.

Stern directed the 2018 do*entary American Chaos.

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

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 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 Cl*ics), which garnered three Academy Award nominations, and Every Little Step (Sony Pictures Cl*ics), which Stern co-produced and co-directed. The do*entary 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 Cl*ics' 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 & *ar Go to White Castle. Stern also co-directed and produced the do*entaries 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

As directorMiscellaneous crewThanks

Television

As directorMiscellaneous crewThanks

References

External links

• James D. Stern at IMDb
• Endgame Entertainment
• C-SPAN Q&A interview with Stern and Adam Del Deo about ...So Goes the Nation, November 5, 2006