- With ICM he represented David Milch(Hill Street Blues), Tom Fontana (St. Elsewhere), Robert Towne (Chinatown), John Briley (Gandhi), director Bernardo Bertolucci (Last Emperor) and Roy Scheider (All That Jazz). He moved on as a manager to multi-platforms of film,television, commercials, Internet with Lars Von Trier, Wong Kar Wai, and largest Scandi studio, Zentropa.- IMDb Mini Biography By: jh/pds
- Paul Schwartzman is a "Packaging Agent" in the global entertainment industry who is best known for discovering and representing world-class directors and TV show-runners. Among other projects, Schwartzman has packaged and/or created financing for:
"The Tong Wars" (Jeff Bezos, Amazon Studios) - Director Wong Kar Wai and show runner Paul Attanasio. "In Order Of Disappearance" (Lion's Gate, Studio Canal) - Liam Neeson and producer Michael Shamberg. "Dogville" - Nicole Kidman and director Lars Von Trier. "Melancholia" - Kirsten Dunst, Kiefer Sutherland, and director Lars Von Trier. "The Grandmasters" (TWC) - Director Wong Kar Wai, Harvey Weinstein, Megan Ellison, and Vice Media.
Companies outside the entertainment business hire Schwartzman to navigate them within the three major talent agencies, as well as the studios, networks, and platforms.
Schwartzman was an instrumental figure in the "Golden Age" of one-hour network television, negotiating deals that won unprecedented creative control for writers, including David Milch and Tom Fontana, and forcing writers to be recognized as show-runners. He represented the Scandinavian studio Zentropa for 20 years, from the current Scandinavian New Wave back to its influential Dogma Movement. He has been managing Wong Kar Wai for 23 years, including his classics such as "In The Mood For Love" as well as the first online branded content product, the landmark BMW Internet Movies. He was recruited into the film business by ICM's legendary Sue Mengers where he served as Senior Vice President.
He has represented:
Oscar winners: Bernardo Bertolucci, Robert Towne, John Briley. Emmy winners: David Milch, Tom Fontana, John Masius, Jeff Lewis, Michael Kozoll. Cannes winners: Lars Von Trier, Wong Kar Wai. John Cassavetes, Tom Hedley ("Flashdance"), Dean Riesner (Clint Eastwood), Mira Nair ("Salaam Bombay!"). Susanne Bier's "In A Better World," and ran its winning Oscar campaign. Grammy winners: Ruben Blades: Presidential Candidate in Panama, Cabinet Officer, Musician, Composer, Lyricist, Actor, 8 time Grammy winner; Olivia Newton John.
Schwartzman's academic background: When he was in the PhD program in Cinema Studies at UCLA, he won The Rome Prize at The American Academy in Rome, where we wrote about his year with Fellini for "The New York Times Magazine." (He is fluent in Italian.) Previously he assisted Vladimir Petric who taught film history at Harvard; his MA also was with Professor Petric at the University of Buffalo; his BA is from The University Of Pennsylvania, where he was an editor at The Daily Pennsylvanian and was on the committee that organized the first Earth Day. At 18, he was the Advance Man for Norman Mailer and Jimmy Breslin in their New York City Mayorality campaign, run by Gloria Steinem.
He has written for the The Huffington Post about:
Evolutionary Neurology, and foresaw in 2012 how Murdoch and "the lie" were to undermine Democracy in America by 2018. Conversations with Gore Vidal. "Machiavelli's Dark Conspiracy To Kill The Pope. The Sack Of Rome, 1527." "Negotiating Strategy, Course #101:" How Obama and the Republicans play their "Good Cop/Bad Cop Routine."- IMDb Mini Biography By: PDS.
- Part of the UCLA Theater, Film and television Alumni in the Entertainment Industry Network.
- An expert on Fellini.
- Winner of the Prix de Rome.
- Former SVP of both ICM and Triad.
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