Jeffrey Sharp
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As an independent Film producer
, over the past ten years, he has produced several notable features.
Writer/director Kimberly Peirce
's debut film, Boys Don't Cry
, starring Hilary Swank
and Chloë Sevigny
, premiered to great acclaim in the fall of 1999. Among other honors accorded the film, Ms. Swank won the Academy Award
and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, while Ms. Sevigny was nominated by both for her supporting role. With his fellow producers, Jeff Sharp was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in the Best Picture category, among other honors.
The following winter, writer/director Kenneth Lonergan
's debut film You Can Count on Me
premiered at the Sundance Film Festival
, where it won two awards including the Grand Jury Prize. Lonergan subsequently earned nominations from both the Academy and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association
for his screenplay. Additionally, the film's leading lady Laura Linney
received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations, among other accolades. Mark Ruffalo
also received an Independent Spirit Award nomination, among other citations for his effort. For his role as Producer, Jeff Sharp received a Best Picture nomination from the Independent Spirit Awards.
Sharp's next film as producer was Douglas McGrath
's, Nicholas Nickleby
, adapted by the writer/director from Charles Dickens
's novel. With his fellow producers, Mr. Sharp was nominated for a Golden Globe in the category of Best Picture (comedy or musical).
Sharp's subsequent films as producer include Michael Mayer
's debut feature, A Home at the End of the World
, which Michael Cunningham
adapted from his novel; John Madden
's Proof
, adapted from David Auburn
's Pulitzer Prize
winning play, for which Gwyneth Paltrow
received a Golden Globe Award nomination; and Patrick Stettner
's The Night Listener
, which was adapted from Armistead Maupin
's novel and stars Toni Collette
opposite Robin Williams
.
Mr. Sharp's most recent release is the multi-generational drama, Evening
. Starring Claire Danes
, Toni Collette
, Vanessa Redgrave
, Patrick Wilson
, Hugh Dancy
, Natasha Richardson
, Mamie Gummer
, Eileen Atkins
, Meryl Streep
, and Glenn Close
, the film brings together two generations of eminent Hollywood actresses.
Mr. Sharp was a founding partner of the production company Hart Sharp Entertainment, which he ran with John Hart from 1996 through 2006. The two were also partners in Hart Sharp Video, an independent distribution company that issued numerous of video and DVD releases. These included Morgan Spurlock
's documentary Super Size Me
and the New York Yankees
anthology set Yankeeography
.
Jeffrey Sharp holds an M.F.A. from Columbia University
and a B.A. from Colgate University
. He serves on the boards of Literacy Partners, The BookExpo of America and the National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction; as well as on the advisory board of the Hamptons International Film Festival, which he also chairs.
In 2005, Mr. Sharp was honored with the Andrew Sarris
Award from Columbia University¹s School of the Arts, for his contribution to independent film.
He served as the President and CEO of Sharp Independent, a New York-based independent film production company.
Jeffrey Sharp is the son of Dr. William Sharp (Scientist)
.
As an independent Film producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
, over the past ten years, he has produced several notable features.
Writer/director Kimberly Peirce
Kimberly Peirce
Kimberly Peirce is an American feature film director, notable for her debut feature film, Boys Don't Cry . Her second feature, Stop-Loss, was released by Paramount Pictures in 2008.- Early life and career :...
's debut film, Boys Don't Cry
Boys Don't Cry (film)
Boys Don't Cry is a 1999 American independent romantic drama film directed by Kimberly Peirce and co-written by Andy Bienen. The film is a dramatization of the real-life story of Brandon Teena, a transgender man played by Hilary Swank, who pursues a relationship with a young woman, played by Chloë...
, starring Hilary Swank
Hilary Swank
Hilary Ann Swank is an American actress. Swank's film career began with a small part in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and then a major part in The Next Karate Kid , as Julie Pierce, the first female protégé of sensei Mr. Miyagi...
and Chloë Sevigny
Chloë Sevigny
Chloë Stevens Sevigny is an American film actress, fashion designer and former model. Sevigny gained reputation for her eclectic fashion sense and developed a broad career in the fashion industry in the mid 1990s, both for modeling and for her work at New York's Sassy magazine, which labeled her...
, premiered to great acclaim in the fall of 1999. Among other honors accorded the film, Ms. Swank won the Academy Award
Academy Award for Best Actress
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, while Ms. Sevigny was nominated by both for her supporting role. With his fellow producers, Jeff Sharp was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in the Best Picture category, among other honors.
The following winter, writer/director Kenneth Lonergan
Kenneth Lonergan
Kenneth Lonergan is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director.-Background and education:Born in the Bronx, New York City, New York, Lonergan began writing in high school at the Walden School .His first play, The Rennings Children, was chosen for the Young Playwright's Festival in...
's debut film You Can Count on Me
You Can Count on Me
You Can Count on Me is a 2000 American drama film starring Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Rory Culkin, and Matthew Broderick. Written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan, it tells the story of Sammy, a single mother living in a small town, and her complicated relationships with family and friends...
premiered at the Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
, where it won two awards including the Grand Jury Prize. Lonergan subsequently earned nominations from both the Academy and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is an organization composed of working journalists who cover the United States film industry for a variety of outlets, including newspapers and magazines in Europe, Asia, Australia and Latin America. Today, the 90 members of the HFPA represent at least 55...
for his screenplay. Additionally, the film's leading lady Laura Linney
Laura Linney
Laura Leggett Linney is an American actress of film, television, and theatre. Linney has won three Emmy Awards, two Golden Globes, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She has been nominated for three times for an Academy Award and once for a BAFTA Award...
received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations, among other accolades. Mark Ruffalo
Mark Ruffalo
Mark Alan Ruffalo is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He starred in films such as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Zodiac, Shutter Island, Just Like Heaven, You Can Count on Me and The Kids Are All Right for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best...
also received an Independent Spirit Award nomination, among other citations for his effort. For his role as Producer, Jeff Sharp received a Best Picture nomination from the Independent Spirit Awards.
Sharp's next film as producer was Douglas McGrath
Douglas McGrath
Douglas Geoffrey McGrath is an American screenwriter. He is also a film director and actor.McGrath was nominated for a both an Academy Award and a BAFTA award for his Bullets Over Broadway screenplay...
's, Nicholas Nickleby
Nicholas Nickleby (2002 film)
Nicholas Nickleby is a 2002 comedy-drama film written and directed by Douglas McGrath. The screenplay is based on The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens, which originally was published in serial form between March 1838 and September 1839.-Plot:In a prologue we are...
, adapted by the writer/director from Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...
's novel. With his fellow producers, Mr. Sharp was nominated for a Golden Globe in the category of Best Picture (comedy or musical).
Sharp's subsequent films as producer include Michael Mayer
Michael Mayer (director)
Michael Mayer is an American stage and film director. He won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical in 2007 for directing Spring Awakening.-Biography:...
's debut feature, A Home at the End of the World
A Home at the End of the World (film)
A Home at the End of the World is a 2004 drama film directed by Michael Mayer. The screenplay by Michael Cunningham was adapted from his 1990 novel of the same title.-Plot synopsis:...
, which Michael Cunningham
Michael Cunningham
Michael Cunningham is an American writer, best known for his 1998 novel The Hours, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1999.-Early life and education:...
adapted from his novel; John Madden
John Madden (director)
John Philip Madden is an English director of theatre, film, television, and radio.- Biography :Madden was educated at Clifton College. He was in the same house as friend and fellow director Roger Michell. He began his career in British independent films, and graduated from the University of...
's Proof
Proof (2005 film)
Proof is a 2005 American drama film directed by John Madden and starring Anthony Hopkins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Hope Davis; it was written by Rebecca Miller, based on David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same title.-Plot:...
, adapted from David Auburn
David Auburn
David Auburn is an American playwright.He was raised in Ohio and Arkansas. He attended the University of Chicago, where he was a member of Off-Off Campus, and received a degree in English literature....
's Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
winning play, for which Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Kate Paltrow is an American actress and singer. She made her acting debut on stage in 1990 and started appearing in films in 1991. After appearing in several films throughout the decade, Paltrow gained early notice for her work in films such as Se7en and Emma...
received a Golden Globe Award nomination; and Patrick Stettner
Patrick Stettner
Patrick Stettner is an American film director and writer. His first film, Flux, was released in 1996 as a short, and starred Allison Janney in an early role...
's The Night Listener
The Night Listener
The Night Listener may refer to*The Night Listener , a novel by Armistead Maupin*The Night Listener , a 2006 film starring Robin Williams and Toni Collette, based on the novel...
, which was adapted from Armistead Maupin
Armistead Maupin
Armistead Jones Maupin, Jr. is an American writer, best known for his Tales of the City series of novels, based in San Francisco.-Early life:...
's novel and stars Toni Collette
Toni Collette
Antonia "Toni" Collette is an Australian actress and musician, known for her acting work on stage, television and film as well as a secondary career as the lead singer of the band Toni Collette & the Finish....
opposite Robin Williams
Robin Williams
Robin McLaurin Williams is an American actor and comedian. Rising to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork and Mindy, and later stand-up comedy work, Williams has performed in many feature films since 1980. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance...
.
Mr. Sharp's most recent release is the multi-generational drama, Evening
Evening (film)
Evening is a 2007 German-American drama film directed by Lajos Koltai. The screenplay by Susan Minot and Michael Cunningham is based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Susan Minot.-Plot:...
. Starring Claire Danes
Claire Danes
Claire Catherine Danes is an American actress of television, stage and film. She has appeared in roles as diverse as Angela Chase in My So-Called Life, as Juliet in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet, as Kate Brewster in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, as Yvaine in Stardust and as Temple Grandin in...
, Toni Collette
Toni Collette
Antonia "Toni" Collette is an Australian actress and musician, known for her acting work on stage, television and film as well as a secondary career as the lead singer of the band Toni Collette & the Finish....
, Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave, CBE is an English actress of stage, screen and television, as well as a political activist.She rose to prominence in 1961 playing Rosalind in As You Like It with the Royal Shakespeare Company and has since made more than 35 appearances on London's West End and Broadway, winning...
, Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson (actor)
Patrick Joseph Wilson is an American actor and singer. Wilson has spent years singing lead roles in major Broadway musicals, beginning in 1996. In 2003, he appeared in the HBO mini-series Angels in America...
, Hugh Dancy
Hugh Dancy
- Early life and career :Dancy was born in Stoke-on-Trent, the son of British philosopher Jonathan Dancy, a professor at the University of Reading and at the University of Texas at Austin. His mother, Sarah, is a publisher. His brother, Jack, is a co-director of the travel company, Trufflepig...
, Natasha Richardson
Natasha Richardson
Natasha Jane Richardson was an English actress of stage and screen. A member of the Redgrave family, she was the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director/producer Tony Richardson and the granddaughter of Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson...
, Mamie Gummer
Mamie Gummer
Mary Willa "Mamie" Gummer is an American actress, and the daughter of actress Meryl Streep.-Early life:Mamie Gummer was born to actress Meryl Streep, and sculptor Don Gummer...
, Eileen Atkins
Eileen Atkins
Dame Eileen June Atkins, DBE is an English actress and occasional screenwriter.- Early life :Atkins was born in the Mothers' Hospital in Clapton, a Salvation Army women's hostel in East London...
, Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep
Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television and film.Streep made her professional stage debut in 1971's The Playboy of Seville, before her screen debut in the television movie The Deadliest Season in 1977. In that same year, she made her film debut with...
, and Glenn Close
Glenn Close
Glenn Close is an American actress and singer of theatre and film, known for her roles as a femme fatale Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and singer of theatre and film, known for her roles as a femme fatale Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and...
, the film brings together two generations of eminent Hollywood actresses.
Mr. Sharp was a founding partner of the production company Hart Sharp Entertainment, which he ran with John Hart from 1996 through 2006. The two were also partners in Hart Sharp Video, an independent distribution company that issued numerous of video and DVD releases. These included Morgan Spurlock
Morgan Spurlock
Morgan Valentine Spurlock is an American documentary filmmaker, humorist, television producer, screenwriter and journalist best known for the documentary film Super Size Me...
's documentary Super Size Me
Super Size Me
Super Size Me is a 2004 American documentary film directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock, an American independent filmmaker. Spurlock's film follows a 30-day period from February 1 to March 2, 2003 during which he eats only McDonald's food...
and the New York Yankees
New York Yankees
The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
anthology set Yankeeography
Yankeeography
Yankeeography is a biography-style television program that chronicles the lives and careers of the players, coaches, and other notable personnel associated with the New York Yankees Major League Baseball team. The series is aired on the YES Network and is produced by MLB Productions . The series is...
.
Jeffrey Sharp holds an M.F.A. from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
and a B.A. from Colgate University
Colgate University
Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York, USA. The school was founded in 1819 as a Baptist seminary and later became non-denominational. It is named for the Colgate family who greatly contributed to the university's endowment in the 19th century.Colgate has 52...
. He serves on the boards of Literacy Partners, The BookExpo of America and the National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction; as well as on the advisory board of the Hamptons International Film Festival, which he also chairs.
In 2005, Mr. Sharp was honored with the Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris is an American film critic and a leading proponent of the auteur theory of criticism.-Career:Sarris is generally credited with popularizing the auteur theory in the U.S...
Award from Columbia University¹s School of the Arts, for his contribution to independent film.
He served as the President and CEO of Sharp Independent, a New York-based independent film production company.
Jeffrey Sharp is the son of Dr. William Sharp (Scientist)
William Sharp (Scientist)
Dr William Sharp is a biotechnologist and entrepreneur, who holds a Ph.D. in Plant Cell Biology from Rutgers University. He is well known for his application of science into business, creating both start up companies and extensive technology transfer experience across the Americas and Asia in a...
.