J. D. Lifshitz

Jordan David Lifshitz (born October 13, 1992) is an American film producer. He is better known for producing films like Becky, Companion, Barbarian, Woman of the Hour and Weapons. He is also the co-founder of the production company BoulderLight Pictures.

J. D. Lifshitz
Born	Jordan David Lifshitz (1992-10-13) October 13, 1992 (age 32) Great Neck, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Film producer

Early life

Jordan David Lifshitz was born in Great Neck, New York, on October 13, 1992.^[1][2]

Career

In 2012, Lifshitz and Raphael Margules co-founded the production company BoulderLight Pictures, through which they became known for their horror and thriller work.^[3] They have produced films such as Contracted (2013), Pledge (2018), The Vigil (2019), Barbarian (2022), and Woman of the Hour (2023).^[4][5] BoulderLight signed a first-look feature film development deal with New Line Cinema in 2022,^[6] and a first-look television development deal with A+E Studios in 2024.

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Co-production company(s)	Distributor(s)	Box office	Ref.
2013	Contracted	Eric England	Southern Fried Films	IFC Films	$4,105	[7]
2015	Contracted: Phase II	Josh Forbes	N/A		N/A
	Dementia	Mike Testin			TBA
2016	Uncaged	Daniel Robbins	Stag Pictures	RLJ Entertainment
	Dementia: Part II	Mike Testin Matt Mercer	Prolefeed Films / Rubrick Pictuers	Dark Star Pictures
2017	Bad Match	David Chirchirllo	mm2 Entertainment	Orion Pictures / Gravitas Venturas	$3,351
	Dissmised	Benjamin Arfmann	Sun Entertainment Culture Limited / Making Film	The Ochard	TBA
2018	Pledge	Daniel Robbins	Stag Pictures	IFC Midnight	N/A
2019	The Vigil	Keith Thomas	Blumhouse Productions / Angry Adam Productions / Night Plataform		$1.9 million	[8]
	Portals	Gregg Hale Liam O’Donnell Eduardo Sanchez Timo Tjahjanto	Pigrat Productions	Bloody Disgusting	TBA
2020	Becky	Jonathan Milott Cary Murnion	Yale Productions	Quiver Distribution / Redbox Entertainment	$1.1 million	[9]
	Browse	Mike Testin	Making Film / Prolefeed Films	FilmRise	TBA
2021	Doors	Jeff Desom Ed Hobbs Saman Kesh	N/A	Bloody Disgusting
	Wild Indian	Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.	Logical Pictures / 30West / Om Films / MM2 Entertainment / Pureplay Entertainment	Vertical Entertainment
2022	Barbarian	Zach Cregger	Regency Enterprises / Almost Never Films / Hammerstone Studios / Vertigo Entertainment	20th Century Studios	$45.5 million	[10]
	Gone in the Night	Eli Horowitz	SSS Entertainment / Post Films / mm2 Entertainment	Vertical Entertainment	$266,466	[11]
2023	Woman of the Hour	Anna Kendrick	AGC Studios / Vertigo Entertainment	Netflix	N/A
	The Wrath of Becky	Matt Angel Suzanne Coote	Post Films	Quiver Distribution	$202,110	[12]
2025	Friendship	Andrew DeYoung	Fifth Season	A24	$16.2 million	[13][14]
	Companion	Drew Hancock	Vertigo Entertainment / New Line Cinema	Warner Bros. Pictures	$36.7 million	[15]
	Weapons	Zach Cregger			TBA
TBA	Hello Neighbor	TBA	tinyBuild	TBA	TBA	[16]

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result
2021	ReFrame	Narrative & Animated Feature	Becky	Won
2022	Golden Scythe	Best Horror Film	Barbarian	Won
2023	Phoenix Critics Circle	Best Picture		Won
	Portland Critics Association	Best Picture		Won
	ReFrame	Feature		Won