Scott Rudin
Born	July 14, 1958 (1958-07-14) (age 49) New York City
Domestic partner(s)	John Barlow

Scott Rudin (born July 14, 1958) is an Academy Award-winning American film producer and a Tony Award-winning theatre producer. Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one A theatrical producer is the person ultimately responsible for overseeing all aspects of mounting a theatre production.

Rudin lives in New York City with his longtime partner John Barlow, a Broadway theatre publicist and founding partner of Barlow/Hartman Public Relations. The City of New York

Contents 1 Early life and work 2 Career 2.1 Producer 2.2 Paramount and Tri-Star 3 Filmography 4 2008 Academy Awards 5 Theatre 6 References 7 External links

Early life and work

Rudin was born and raised in the New York City area. At the age of fifteen, he started working as an assistant to theatre producer Kermit Bloomgarden. United States Emmanuel Azenberg David Belasco Roger Berlind David Binder Robert Later, he worked for producers Robert Whitehead and Emanuel Azenberg. In lieu of attending college, Rudin took a job as a casting agent and ended up starting his own company. A talent agent, or booking agent, is a person who finds jobs for Actors Musicians models, and other people in various Entertainment His newly minted firm cast numerous Broadway shows, including Pippin (1972) for Stuart Ostrow and Bob Fosse and Annie (1977), for Mike Nichols. In the Performing arts, casting (or casting call) is a vital pre-production process for selecting a cast (a meaning of the word recorded since 1631 of Actors Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Pippin is a stage musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Roger O Stuart Ostrow (born circa 1932 is an American Theatrical producer and director, Professor, and Author. Robert Louis “Bob” Fosse ( June 23, 1927 – September 23, 1987) was an American Musical theater Choreographer and Annie is a musical based upon the popular Harold Gray Comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music by Charles Mike Nichols (born November 6 1931) is an American television stage and Film director, writer and producer He also cast PBS's Verna: USO Girl (1978), starring Sissy Spacek and William Hurt, and the films King of the Gypsies (1978), The Wanderers (1979), Simon (1980) with Alan Arkin and Resurrection (1980). The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the Verna USO Girl is a teleplay by Albert Innaurato. Based on a Paul Gallico story it focuses on untalented singer-dancer Verna Vain who Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Spacek (born December 25, 1949) is an Academy Award &ndashwinning American Actress and singer William M Hurt (born March 20, 1950) is an Academy Award - and BAFTA Award -winning American Actor. The Wanderers is a 1979 Drama film based on the novel by Richard Price (first published in 1974 when Price was 24 years old Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26 1934 is an American Actor and director. Resurrection is a 1980 film which tells the story of a woman who survives the car accident which kills her husband but discovers that she has the power to heal other ^[1]

Career

Producer

In 1980, Rudin moved to Los Angeles, taking up employment at Edgar J. Scherick Associates, where he served as producer on a variety of films including I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1981), the NBC miniseries Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982) and the Oscar-winning documentary He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (1983). Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Edgar J Scherick ( October 16, 1924 &ndash December 2, 2002) was one of the most prolific producers of television miniseries made-for-television The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Little Gloria Happy at Last is a 1982 Television miniseries directed by Waris Hussein. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' is a 1983 Documentary film directed by Emile Ardolino about Jacques D'Amboise, a noted former American ballet ^[1]

After his stint at Edgar J. Sherick Associates, Rudin formed his own outfit, Scott Rudin Productions. His first film under that banner was Gillian Armstrong's Mrs. Soffel (1984). Mrs Soffel is a 1984 American film drama based on the true Buck McGovern and the Biddle Boys case of 1901 Pittsburgh, starring Diane But, not long after, Rudin placed his production shingle in dormancy and joined 20th Century-Fox as an executive producer. Motion Pictures An executive producer of a Motion picture is typically a producer who is sometimes involved in creative or technical aspects of production At Fox, he met Jonathan Dolgen, a higher-level executive, with whom he would be working once again at Paramount Pictures years later. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Rudin swiftly rose through the ranks at Fox and became president of production by 1986 at the age of 29. ^[1] His stint at the top of Fox was short lived though, and he soon left and entered into a producing deal with Paramount.

Paramount and Tri-Star

On August 1, 1992, at the age of 34, Rudin allowed his contract with Paramount Pictures to expire and signed a deal with Tri-Star Pictures. Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) TriStar Pictures Inc (spelled Tri-Star until 1991 is a film subsidiary of Columbia Pictures, itself a subdivision of the Columbia TriStar Motion Under the terms of his Paramount agreement, he was not given a development fund, the account from which top producers typically draw in order to cover movie acquisition and development expenses.

His deal with Tri-Star, however, was brief, and he soon moved back to Paramount under even more agreeable terms. Rudin's first look deal with Paramount Pictures lasted nearly fifteen years, ending in 2005. A first look deal is an arrangement usually in the Film industry, where either a company or in some cases an individual enters into a commercial agreement Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. The terms of his contract granted him money to cover the overhead for Scott Rudin Productions and its 15 to 20-odd employees, along with a $3 million discretionary fund and a 7. 5% cut of the back-end gross income.

After the resignation of Paramount's chairwoman, Sherry Lansing in 2004, and nearly simultaneous departure of Jonathan Dolgen (then president of the company), Rudin left the studio and set a five-year first-look pact with Disney that allowed him to make movies under their labels Touchstone Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures, Hollywood Pictures and Miramax Films. Sherry Lansing (born July 31, 1944 in Chicago Illinois as Sherry Lee Heimann) is the former CEO of Paramount Pictures Touchstone Pictures is one of several alternate Film labels of The Walt Disney Company, established in 1984 Walt Disney Pictures refers to several different entities associated with The Walt Disney Company: Walt Disney Pictures, the film banner was established Hollywood Pictures is one of The Walt Disney Company 's several alternate movie divisions Although he had an often contentious relationship with Lansing, particularly at the end of her tenure when Paramount struggled for a single hit movie, her departure -- along with Dolgen's, helped instigate his move. Even though Rudin was not always fond of Lansing's later-term decisions, he still knew her well and had formed an amiable relationship with her -- more than could be said of his connections with the studio's incoming higher-ups.

Another significant reason for Rudin's departure was it allowed him to channel his more arty fare through Disney's Miramax Films subsidiary. Since Harvey and Bob Weinstein had left Miramax, the company they founded in 1979, Rudin felt he would be free at Disney to utilize its resources. Harvey Weinstein, CBE (Hon (born March 19, 1952) is an American Film producer and movie studio chairman For the Mayor of Ketchikan Alaska, see Bob Weinstein (Mayor. Robert Weinstein (born 1954 is an American film Laura M. Holson of The New York Times wrote on April 21, 2005: "Rudin is likely to fill the gap [left by the departure of Harvey and Bob Weinstein] by providing the sort of high-quality, offbeat art films that Disney has struggled to create on its own. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "^[2]

When the Weinsteins were running Miramax and its sister label Dimension Films, however, Harvey Weinstein and Rudin, two of the hottest heads on Hollywood, had public confrontations during the production of The Hours (2002), which Rudin produced for Miramax Films after it became a "mini-major" studio subsidiary under Disney. Dimension Films is a motion picture unit currently a part of The Weinstein Company. The Hours is a 2002 Film based on Michael Cunningham 's 1999 Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner Award -winning 1998 novel

Rudin said, in an interview with the Los Angeles Times, "There is one shop in town [Miramax] that is making challenging movies. I think it's incredible that he [Weinstein] has found a way to run a business making these kind of movies. " However, "we are both control freaks. We both want to run our own shows. When I'm doing a Miramax movie, I work for him. And I don't like that feeling. I chafe under that. I especially chafe under it when I feel that I'm on a leash. "^[3]

In fact, public spats between the two drifted into personal territory at times, such as the more memorable incident in which Rudin had his assistants goad Weinstein with innumerable cigarette cartons during one of the Miramax topper's attempts to quit smoking.

Consequently, after the Weinsteins' departure, the idea of becoming a top producer for the Miramax label was perhaps enticing. He would have free rein over the mini-major the Weinsteins nurtured for so many years, and the brothers would be unable to intercede.

Filmography

Over the years, Rudin has produced a diverse array of films, ranging from widely distributed arthouse fare to mainstream Hollywood features. An Art film (also called an “art cinema” “art movie” or in the U He has been responsible for films by Jack Hofsiss (I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can starring Jill Clayburgh); John Schlesinger (Pacific Heights starring Melanie Griffith, Michael Keaton and Matthew Modine); Mike Nichols (Regarding Henry starring Harrison Ford and Annette Bening); and first-time directors Jodie Foster (Little Man Tate starring Foster, Diane Wiest and Adam Hann-Byrd); and Barry Sonnenfeld (The Addams Family starring Raúl Juliá, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd and Christina Ricci). Jack Hofsiss is an American director for theatre film and television I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can is a 1982 American Biographical film directed by Jack Hofsiss. Jill Clayburgh (born April 30, 1944) is an American actress of stage motion pictures and television John Richard Schlesinger, CBE ( February 16, 1926 &ndash July 25, 2003) was an Academy Award -winning English Pacific Heights is a 1990 thriller film directed by John Schlesinger, starring Melanie Griffith, Matthew Modine, and Melanie Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an Academy Award nominated Golden Globe winning American Film actress Michael John Douglas (born September 9 1951 better known by the stage name Michael Keaton, is an American Actor, known for his early comedic roles in Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959) is an American Actor, perhaps most famous for playing Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick's Mike Nichols (born November 6 1931) is an American television stage and Film director, writer and producer Regarding Henry is a 1991 film directed by Mike Nichols, starring Harrison Ford and Annette Bening. Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an Academy Award - and BAFTA -nominated as well as Golden Globe -winning American Annette Francine Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe - BAFTA - and Screen Actors Guild Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19 1962 is a two-time Academy Award, BAFTA, and Golden Globe -award winning American Little Man Tate is a 1991 Motion picture which tells the story of Fred Tate a 7-year-old Child prodigy who struggles to self-actualize Dianne Wiest (born March 28, 1948) is an American actress. She has enjoyed a successful career on stage television and film and has won Adam Hann-Byrd (born February 23, 1982) is an American Actor perhaps best known for his role as Fred Tate in Little Man Tate Barry Sonnenfeld (born April 1 1953) is an Emmy Award -winning American Filmmaker and Television director The Addams Family is a 1991 Black comedy Film based on the characters from the cartoon of the same name, created by cartoonist Raúl Rafael Juliá y Arcelay ( March 9, 1940 &ndash October 24, 1994) better known as Raúl Juliá, was an actor from Anjelica Huston (born July 8, 1951) is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe Award -winning American actress and former Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is a three-time Emmy Award -winning American Actor. Christina Ricci (born February 12 1980 is an Emmy Award -nominated American actress who first achieved fame for her role as Wednesday Addams in Sonnenfeld's The Addams Family became a major franchise, andEmile Ardolino's hit Sister Act with Whoopi Goldberg and Maggie Smith spawned a sequel. Emile Ardolino ( May 9, 1943 in Maspeth New York – November 20, 1993) was an award-winning American Film director Sister Act is a 1992 American Comedy film released by Touchstone Pictures. Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson; November 13, 1955) is an American actress, comedienne, and television Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, DBE (born December 28 1934) better known as Maggie Smith, is a British Film, stage A sequel is a work in Literature, Film, or other media that portrays events following those of a previous work

Rudin had a string of box-office failures in the early nineties, highlighted by White Sands (1992, with Willem Dafoe and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), Jennifer 8 (1992, with Andy Garcia and Uma Thurman) and Life with Mikey (1993). A box office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for Admission to a venue White Sands is a 1992 motion picture directed by Roger Donaldson and written by Daniel Pyne for Warner Bros Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) William J "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is a three-time Academy Award -nominated American Film and stage Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (born November 17, 1958) is an Academy Award -nominated American actress and singer best known for her Jennifer Eight is a 1992 film written and directed by Bruce Robinson and starring Andy Garcia, Lance Henriksen, Uma Thurman and John Malkovich Andy García (born Andrés Arturo García y Menéndez; April 12, 1956) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor Uma Karuna Thurman ( IPA: /ˈumə ˈθɝmən/ born April 29 1970 is an Academy Award -nominated American actress. Life with Mikey is a 1993 Comedy film starring Michael J Fox. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) All three movies struggled among that year's competitive summer slate. However, Rudin was soon redeemed by the star-studded legal thriller The Firm (1993), which was his most profitable movie to date with a $270,248,367 worldwide gross, and Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), which garnered critical acclaim. This article is about the 1993 film For the 1988 film of the same name see The Firm (1988 film The Firm is a Legal thriller film Searching for Bobby Fischer is an acclaimed 1993 Film based on the life of prodigy Chess player Joshua Waitzkin, played Surprisingly, shortly before Bobby Fischer was released, Fischer himself, the renowned young chess prodigy, popped out of hiding in Yugoslavia after 20 years in seclusion. At the time, Rudin was quoted by Army Archerd of Variety as saying, "I'm not concerned [about the reemergence of Fischer]. Armand "Army" Archerd (b January 13, 1922 in Bronx, NY) was a Gossip Columnist for Variety Variety is a weekly entertainment trade newspaper founded in New York in 1905 by Sime Silverman It can only be good, to help publicize the picture. . . He [Fischer] is never seen in the movie--he never appears. "^[4]

Subsequently, Rudin oversaw production of the romantic comedy I.Q. (1994), starring Meg Ryan and Tim Robbins; the Paul Newman film Nobody's Fool (1994); the dark horse hit Clueless (1995), a breakout movie for Alicia Silverstone; and Sydney Pollack's remake, Sabrina (1995). IQ is a 1994 Romantic comedy film directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan, and Walter Matthau Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra (born November 19, 1961) professionally known as Meg Ryan, is a Golden Globe-nominated American film Timothy Francis Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an Academy Award -winning American Actor, Screenwriter, director Paul Leonard Newman (January 26 1925 &ndash September 26 2008 was an Academy Award Nobody's Fool is a 1994 comedy-drama film based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Richard Russo. Clueless is a 1995 Comedy film based on Emma by Jane Austen and set in a Beverly Hills high school Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Alicia Silverstone ( born October 4 1976 is an American Film and stage actress and former fashion model. Sydney Irwin Pollack ( July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American Film director, producer and Actor. Sabrina is a 1995 comedy - drama - romance adapted by Barbara Benedek and David Rayfiel based on the 1954 screenplay, In 1996, he produced The First Wives Club, a hit comedy starring Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The First Wives Club is an Academy Award -nominated 1996 Comedy Film, based on the same-titled 1992 novel by Olivia Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is anAmerican Singer, Actress and Comedian, also known (as her informal stage name as Goldie Jean Hawn (born November 21 1945 is an American Academy Award -winning Actress, director and producer. Diane Keaton (born Diane Hall on January 5 1946 is an Oscar -winning American film Actress, director and producer Keaton was also in Albert Brooks' Mother (1996, with Debbie Reynolds) and alongside Meryl Streep and Robert De Niro in Marvin's Room (1996), a film that also featured a young Leonardo DiCaprio playing an emotionally disturbed boy. Albert Brooks (born July 22 1947 is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor, Writer, Comedian and director. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Mary Frances "Debbie" Reynolds (born April 1, 1932) is an Academy Award -nominated American actress, Singer Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an award-winning American Actress who has worked in Theatre, Robert Mario De Niro Jr (born August 17 1943 is a two-time Academy Award -winning American Film Actor, director and producer Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11 1974 is a three-time Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe -winning American film actor. Both were produced by Rudin. Later in '96, Rudin teamed with producer Brian Grazer on Ron Howard's Ransom, which starred Mel Gibson, Rene Russo and Gary Sinise. Brian Grazer (born July 12, 1951, in Los Angeles, California) is an Oscar and Emmy Award -winning American Ronald William Howard (born March 1 1954 is a director and producer as well as an Actor. Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, AO (born January 3 1956 Rene Marie Russo (born February 17, 1954) is an American Film Actress and former fashion model Gary Alan Sinise (born March 17, 1955) is an American Actor and Film director. ^[1] Grazer had to get an exemption from his deal at Universal Pictures to join Rudin on that project, which has been the only movie the two powerhouse producers have worked on together. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American ^[5]

Along with Robert Redford, Rudin also co-produced Steven Zaillian's adaptation of Jonathan Hare's non-fiction book A Civil Action (1998), starring John Travolta and Robert Duvall. Charles Robert Redford Jr (born August 18 1936) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, Actor, Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian (born on 30 January 1953 in Fresno, California) is an American Screenwriter, Film director Dr Jonathan Hare is a British physicist and television presenter A Civil Action is a 1998 film starring John Travolta (as plaintiff's attorney Jan Schlichtmann) and Robert Duvall, based on Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an American Film Actor and director who has won an Academy Award In the movie, the two stars play opposing lawyers, who represent the residents of Woburn, Mass. , on the one hand, and the multi-million dollar corporations, Beatrice Foods and Grace Industries, on the other. The film dramatizes events of the lawsuit, which produced the largest environmental out-of-court settlement in Massachusetts history, at a total of $69. 4 million.

Through the nineties, Rudin was a prolific producer, putting together movies that include the following: In & Out (1997), starring Kevin Klein; the hit movie, The Truman Show (1998), with Jim Carrey; the Matt Stone and Trey Parker-developed movies, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) and Team America: World Police (2004); Martin Scorsese's Bringing Out the Dead (1999); Sleepy Hollow (1999), with Johnny Depp; Wonder Boys (2000), starring Michael Douglas and Tobey Maguire, based on the award-winning novel by Michael Chabon; Shaft (2000), the remake with Samuel L. Jackson; the hit comedy, Zoolander (2001), starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson; Wes Anderson's two arthouse, ensemble-cast hits The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004); the well-received Jack Black starrer School of Rock (2003); Orange County (2002) written by The School of Rock writer, Mike White; The Manchurian Candidate (2004) with Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington and Liev Schreiber; Richard Eyre's Iris (2001), starring Judi Dench and Jim Broadbent, the latter of whom won an Oscar for his supporting role in the film; The Stepford Wives (2004), starring Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Glenn Close, Christopher Walken and Bette Middler; M. Night Shyamalan's The Village (2004), with Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody, William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver; David O. Russell's I Heart Huckabees (2004), with Jason Schwartzman, Jude Law, Dustin Hoffman, Mark Wahlberg and Naomi Watts ; Mike Nichols' Closer (2004), starring Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Clive Owen and Julia Roberts; Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), starring Jim Carey, Jude Law and Meryl Streep (2004); Freedomland (2006), with Samuel L. In & Out is a 1997 Romantic comedy film directed by Frank Oz and starring Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Matt Dillon Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar This article is about the ice hockey player For the actor see Kevin Kline. The Truman Show is a 1998 fantasy Comedy-drama film directed by Peter Weir and written by Andrew Niccol. James Eugene Redmond "Jim" Carrey (born January 17 1962 is a Canadian-American Film actor and Comedian. Matthew Richard "Matt" Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an Academy Award - nominated Emmy Award - winning American Animator Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an American Animator, Screenwriter, Film director South Park Bigger Longer & Uncut is an Academy Award -nominated Animated satirical Comedy Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Team America World Police is a 2004 Comedy film, written by Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Pam Brady and directed "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Bringing Out the Dead is a 1999 English language film directed by Martin Scorsese, and based on the novel by Joe Connelly. Sleepy Hollow is a 1999 period Horror film directed by Tim Burton, interpreting the legend of The Headless Horseman 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. 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His most recent films include Notes on a Scandal (2006), starring Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench and based on the best-selling book What Was She Thinking?: Notes on a Scandal; Venus (2006), starring Peter O'Toole; and The Queen (2006), starring Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II, a role that won her an Oscar for Best Actress. Notes on a Scandal is a 2006 British film adapted from the 2003 novel Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller. Catherine Élise "Cate" Blanchett (born 14 May 1969 is an Academy Award -winning Australian Actress and Stage director. Notes on a Scandal ( What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal in the United States) is a 2003 novel by Zoë Heller. Venus is a 2006 film staring Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Vanessa Redgrave and Jodie Whittaker. Peter O'Toole (born 2 August 1932) is an Irish and British actor who achieved instant stardom in 1962 playing T The Queen Drama film directed by Stephen Frears, Peter Morgan and starring Dame Helen Mirren in the title role Queen Dame Helen Mirren, DBE (born 26 July 1945 is an English stage, Film and Television actress. For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II 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 (AMPAS to O'Toole and Dench were also nominated for Oscars in the 2006-2007 season for their leading roles in their respective films. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Only Mirren won. Notes on a Scandal received three other Oscar nominations: Blanchett for supporting role, Patrick Marber for Best Adapted Screenplay and Philip Glass Academy Award for Best Original Score. Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS Patrick Albert Crispin Marber (born 19 September, 1964) is an English Comedian, Playwright, Director, Actor The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent Film awards in the United States The Academy Award for Original Music Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically Most notably, The Queen was nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, along with Stephen Frears for Best Director, and Peter Morgan for Best Original Screenplay. The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Stephen Arthur Frears (born 20 June 1941) is a two-time Oscar -nominated English film director The Academy Award for Achievement in Directing (Best Director is one of the Awards of Merit presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to Peter Morgan (born 10 April 1963 is an English Screenwriter and Playwright, best known for writing the films and plays The Deal The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material He will possibly take part in Paramount Pictures' 2009 musical remake of Footloose starring Zac Efron. 2009 in film has numerous films in production to be released in 2009 as well as films that have announced release dates but have yet to begin filming For the musical see Footloose (musical. For the title song by Kenny Loggins from this movie see Footloose (song. Zachary David Alexander "Zac" Efron (born October 18, 1987) is an American Actor and Singer.

In 2007 Rudin produced the movie Margot at the Wedding, a tragicomedy about a dysfunctional family starring Nicole Kidman, Jack Black and Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited. Margot at the Wedding is a 2007 Tragicomedy written and directed by Noah Baumbach. Tragicomedy is Fictional work that blend aspects of the Genres of Tragedy and Comedy. A dysfunctional family is a Family in which Conflict, misbehavior and even Abuse on the part of individual members of the family occur continually leading Jennifer Jason Leigh (born February 5, 1962) is a Golden Globe -nominated and two-time NYFCC Award -winning American Actress Wesley Wales Anderson (born May 1, 1969) is an American director, writer, Actor, and producer of features The Darjeeling Limited is a 2007 Drama-comedy film directed by Wes Anderson, and starring Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody

Rudin is developing adaptations of the novels The Corrections, Special Topics in Calamity Physics and the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. The Corrections is a 2001 Novel by American author Jonathan Franzen. Special Topics in Calamity Physics (2006 is a Novel by American writer Marisha Pessl. The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is a 2000 Novel by American author Michael Chabon that won the Pulitzer Prize He is also in various stages of production on the following projects, among many others: The Other Boleyn Girl, based on the best-selling novel of the same name and starring Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson and Eric Bana; Kenneth Lonergan's Margaret, with Anna Paquin; David Gordon Green's The Goat; an untitled Alan Ball project; and a Wes Anderson picture, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, the latter of which is based on the Roald Dahl book of the same name and starring George Clooney, Anjelica Huston, Cate Blanchett and Jason Schwartzman. Scarlett I Johansson (born November 22 1984 is an actress and Singer, of dual American and Danish citizenship Eric Bana (born Eric Banadinovich; 9 August 1968 is an Australian Film and Television Actor. Kenneth Lonergan (born 16 October 1962) is a playwright screenwriter and director born in The Bronx, New York City, New York Margaret is an American Drama film written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan. Anna Helene Paquin (born July 24 1982 is an Academy Award -winning Emmy - and Golden Globe -nominated Canadian - New Zealander David Gordon Green (born 9 April 1975 in Little Rock Arkansas) is an American Filmmaker. Alan E Ball (born May 13 1957) is an American director, Writer, Actor and producer for Film Fantastic Mr Fox is a Stop motion Animated film based on Roald Dahl 's book Fantastic Mr Roald Dahl ( 13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British Novelist Short story Writer George Timothy Clooney (born May 6 1961 is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe award-winning American actor director, producer, Anjelica Huston (born July 8, 1951) is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe Award -winning American actress and former Catherine Élise "Cate" Blanchett (born 14 May 1969 is an Academy Award -winning Australian Actress and Stage director.

2008 Academy Awards

In January 2008, two of Rudin's productions -- the Coen Brothers' No Country for Old Men, which they adapted from the Cormac McCarthy book of the same name, and Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood, which he adapted from the Upton Sinclair novel, Oil! -- were nominated for eight Oscars a piece at the 2008 Academy Awards, including a Best Picture nod for each of them. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, known together professionally as the Coen brothers, are four-time Academy Award winning American filmmakers No Country for Old Men is a 2007 crime [[thriller (genre| thriller film]] adapted for the screen and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring Cormac McCarthy, born Charles McCarthy (born July 20, 1933 in Providence Rhode Island) is an American Novelist and No Country for Old Men is a 2005 Novel by American author Cormac McCarthy. Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26 1970 is a five-time Academy Award -nominated American Filmmaker. There Will Be Blood is a 2007 film directed written and produced by Paul Thomas Anderson. Upton Beall Sinclair Jr ( September 20, 1878 &ndash November 25, 1968) was a Pulitzer Oil! is a novel by Upton Sinclair published in 1927 It is a third person narrative, with its main character being James Arnold Ross Jr The two films shared the distinction of being the most nominated movie at that years Oscar ceremony. Ultimately, No Country for Old Men won the Best Picture prize, and Rudin and Joel and Ethan Coen were each awarded an Oscar statuette for the achievement.

Theatre

Rudin also continues to produce for the theatre. He co-produced the unsuccessful staging of David Henry Hwang's Face Value with Stuart Ostrow and Jujamcyn Theaters. David Henry Hwang (黃哲倫 Pinyin: Huáng Zhìlún (born August 11, 1957) is a contemporary American Playwright who has risen to Jujamcyn Theaters is a group of five theatres that was owned by James H He started a deal with Jujamcyn to develop and produce new plays for the theater chain. In 1994, Rudin won Best Musical Tony Award for his production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Passion. This is a list of winners and nominations for the Tony Award for Best Musical first awarded in 1949 The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22 1930 is an American musical and film composer and lyricist winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (seven Passion is a musical adapted from Ettore Scola 's film Passione d'Amore (which was in its turn based on Iginio Ugo Tarchetti The following year, he, along with others, produced Kathleen Turner's Broadway comeback, Indiscretions, and Ralph Fiennes New York theatre debut in Hamlet. Mary Kathleen Turner (born June 19, 1954) is a Tony Award - and Academy Award -nominated American actress. Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes ( "rafe fines" born 22 December 1962) is a British Actor. Hamlet is a Tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601 In 1996, Rudin produced the revival of the Stephen Sondheim and Larry Gelbart musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, which starred Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella and Mark Linn-Baker. Larry Simon Gelbart (born February 25, 1928) is an American Comedy Writer and playwright with over sixty years of credits A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Joseph “Nathan” Lane (born February 3, 1956) is a two-time Tony and Emmy Award-winning American actor of the stage and screen Ernie Sabella (born September 19, 1949) is an American actor Biography and career Born in Westchester New York, Sabella graduated Mark Linn-Baker (born June 17, 1954) is an American Actor and director famous for his role as Larry Appleton on the Rudin also produced The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?, Seven Guitars, The Ride Down Mt. Morgan, Copenhagen, Deuce, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The History Boys, Beckett/Albee, Closer, The Blue Room, and Doubt. Seven Guitars is a 1995 play by American Playwright, August Wilson. The Ride Down Mt Morgan is a play by Arthur Miller. The play's central character is Lyman Felt an insurance agent and bigamist who maintains families in Copenhagen is a play by Michael Frayn, based around an event that occurred in Copenhagen in 1941 a meeting between the Physicists Niels Deuce is a play by Terrence McNally. The Broadway production directed by Michael Blakemore, starred Angela Lansbury as Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a play by Edward Albee that opened on Broadway at the Billy Rose Theater on October 13, The History Boys is a play by English playwright Alan Bennett. Closer is the third play written by English playwright Patrick Marber. The Blue Room is a 1998 play by David Hare, adapted from Der Reigen written by Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931 and more Doubt A Parable is a 2004 play by John Patrick Shanley originally staged Off-Broadway at the Manhattan Theatre Club on November 23 He has won five Tony Awards and five Drama Desk Awards for his productions. The Drama Desk Award, created in 1955, is an award which recognizes shows produced on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-off-Broadway, and

References

External links

• Scott Rudin at the Internet Movie Database
• Scott Rudin Productions at the Internet Movie Database
• Scott Rudin at the Internet Broadway Database
• More Out Power Brokers, The Advocate, Sept. 30, 2003

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