Rick Schwartz

For other people named Richard Schwartz, see Richard Schwartz (disambiguation).

Rick Schwartz is an American film and television producer and financier based in New York, whose credits include The Departed,^{[citation needed]} Black Swan, Gangs of New York, Machete,^[1] The Others,^[2] and Lip Sync Battle.^[3][4]

Rick Schwartz
Born	New York
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Film and TV Producer

Career

Schwartz began his film career at Miramax under Harvey and Bob Weinstein, working there for seven years and eventually serving as the company's senior vice president of production. At Miramax, Schwartz oversaw the development and production of projects including Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York, and The Departed,^[5] and Alejandro Amenabar’s The Others.^[5]

In 2008, Schwartz founded Overnight Productions, which has financed and produced movies by directors including Robert Rodriguez, Darren Aronofsky and Gela Babluani.^[6]

Later, Schwartz partnered with American financier, Jeremy Frommer to develop a technology company. He co-founded Jerrick Media, a producer and distributor of digital media content, in 2013.^[7][8]

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year	Film	Credit
2000	Love's Labour's Lost	Associate producer
	Malèna	Executive producer
2001	The Others	Executive producer
	Birthday Girl	Executive producer
2002	Gangs of New York	Co-executive producer
2003	The Battle of Shaker Heights	Executive producer
	The Human Stain	Executive producer
2004	The Aviator	Executive producer
2006	The Departed	Co-producer
2007	First Born
	The Lucky Ones
2009	Labor Pains
2010	13
	Machete
	Black Swan	Executive producer
2013	Machete Kills

Miscellaneous crew

Year	Film	Role
1998	The Mighty	Assistant: Harvey Weinstein
	Shakespeare in Love
2001	Birthday Girl	Production executive: Miramax

Production manager

Year	Film	Role
2000	Malèna	Executive in charge of production

Thanks

Year	Film	Role
2010	Hesher	Special thanks

Television

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
2015	Nate Bargatze: Full Time Magic	Executive producer	Television special
	Sharing	Executive producer	Television film
2015−18	Lip Sync Battle	Executive producer Supervising producer