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New York University; Vassar College.
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Sandy Stern
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He subsequently became executive producer of Equinox and Red Hot, released direct-to-video in 1992 and 1993 respectively. Together they executive produced Velvet Goldmine in 1998 and Freak City in 1999. They formed a production company, Single Cell, and their next project was Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze"s 1999 film Being John Malkovich.
Stern and Stipe, teamed with producers Michael Ohoven and William Vince, produced the 2004 independent teen-comedy film Saved!, having spent years trying to persuade major financiers to fund the film, which, according to Stern, was a controversial film "that dealt with religion, that dealt with comedy and religion, that dealt with a gay storyline, and that was basically, it was all a kind of ensemble cast that did not have a Julia Roberts starring in the movie." After its United States$9 million-grossing theatrical release through United Artists, Stern approached Elephant Eye Theatrical"s Chief Executive Officer Stuart Oken about adapting the film into a musical, which premiered Office Broadway at Playwrights Horizons, New York City in May 2008.
Stern and Stipe are also set to produce the upcoming comedy film Runner-Up, written by Saved! screenwriters Brian Dannelly and Michael Urban and directed by Dannelly, about a beauty pageant contestant who fulfills a community service obligation by holding a pageant at a women"s prison.
Achievements
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Stern"s first project, released in 1990, was the teen film Pump Up the Volume, which was nominated for a 1990 Independent Spirit Award for Best Film. Being John Malkovich won a 2000 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature, and Stern and fellow producers Stipe, Steve Golin and Vincent Landay were nominated for two Producers Guild of America Awards: the Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award and the Vision Award, winning the latter.
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