Ezra Swerdlow

Ezra Swerdlow (March 2, 1953 – January 23, 2018)^[1] was an American film producer and production manager.

Ezra Swerdlow
Born	(1953-03-02)March 2, 1953 Great Neck, Long Island, New York, U.S.
Died	January 3, 2018(2018-01-03) (aged 63) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Film producer, production manager
Years active	1980-2018

In 1980, he served as a unit manager on the Woody Allen film Stardust Memories.^[2] He co-owned Schindler/Swerdlow Productions in New York.

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year	Film	Credit	Notes
1987	Radio Days	Associate producer
	Spaceballs	Co-producer
1989	The January Man
1990	Everybody Wins	Co-producer
1991	Life Stinks	Executive producer
1992	Alien 3	Executive producer
1993	The Good Son	Executive producer
1995	Waiting to Exhale
1996	The First Wives Club	Executive producer
1997	Cop Land
	Wag the Dog	Executive producer
1998	Return to Paradise	Executive producer
1999	Whiteboyz
2000	Twilight: Los Angeles
2001	Brooklyn Babylon
2002	Easter	Executive producer
2003	Head of State	Executive producer
2004	Secret Window	Executive producer
2005	Little Manhattan	Executive producer
2006	Invincible	Executive producer
2007	Enchanted	Executive producer
2008	Ghost Town	Executive producer
2009	Zombieland	Executive producer
2010	When in Rome	Executive producer
2011	The Smurfs	Executive producer
2012	21 Jump Street	Executive producer
2013	The Smurfs 2	Executive producer
2014	The Equalizer	Executive producer
2015	Southpaw	Executive producer	Final film as a producer

Production manager

Year	Film	Role
1980	Stardust Memories	Unit manager
1981	Arthur	Assistant unit production manager
1982	The King of Comedy	Unit manager
1983	Zelig
1984	Broadway Danny Rose	Unit production manager
	The Muppets Take Manhattan	Production manager
1986	Hannah and Her Sisters
	Heartburn
1996	The First Wives Club
1998	Return to Paradise	Unit production manager
2005	Little Manhattan
2009	Zombieland
2012	The Vow	Production manager
2015	Southpaw	Unit production manager

Second unit director or assistant director

Year	Film	Role
1987	Radio Days	First assistant director

As an actor

Year	Film	Role
1995	Waiting to Exhale	Wild Bill

Location management

Year	Film	Role
1982	Tootsie	Location manager

Thanks

Year	Film	Role
2017	Rough Night	Special thanks

Television

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
2000	The Huntress	Co-executive producer
2011	Too Big to Fail		Television film