 Ira Deutchman
Associate Professor and Supervisor of
the Producing Concentration, Graduate Film Division
Ira Deutchman has been making,
marketing and distributing films for thirty-two years, having worked on
over 150 films including some of the most successful independent films
of all time. He was one of the founders of Cinecom and later created
Fine Line Features—two companies that were created from scratch and in
their respective times, helped define the independent film business.
Currently Deutchman is President and
CEO of Emerging Pictures, a New York-based film distribution and digital
exhibition company.
Among the over 60 films he acquired
and released at Fine Line were Jane Campion’s "An Angel at My Table,"
Gus van Sant’s "My Own Private Idaho," Jim Jarmusch’s "Night on Earth,"
Robert Altman’s "The Player" and "Short Cuts," Roman Polanski’s "Bitter
Moon" and "Death and the Maiden," Alan Rudolph’s "Mrs. Parker and the
Vicious Circle," Mike Leigh’s "Naked," and the award-winning "Hoop
Dreams," until recently the highest grossing non-music documentary in
history.
Prior to Fine Line, as President of
The Deutchman Company, he provided marketing consulting services for
such films as Steven Soderbergh’s "sex, lies, and videotape" for
Miramax, Charles Burnett’s "To Sleep With Anger" for The Samuel Goldwyn
Company and Whit Stillman’s "Metropolitan" for New Line Cinema.
Previously, Deutchman was one of the
founding partners and President of Marketing and Distribution for
Cinecom Entertainment Group, the film distribution company known for
such diverse releases as Merchant/Ivory’s "A Room with a View," Jonathan
Demme’s "Stop Making Sense," Gregory Nava’s "El Norte" and John Sayles’
"The Brother From Another Planet."
While at United Artists Classics,
Films Incorporated and Cinema 5 Ltd., highlights included Lina
Wertmuller’s "Seven Beauties" and "Swept Away," Barbara Koppel’s "Harlan
County, USA," Jean-Jacques Beineix’s "Diva," and Francois Truffaut’s
"The Last Metro." While still in college, he organized and marketed the
midwest premiere of John Cassavetes' "A Woman Under the Influence."
His screen credits include Associate
Producer of John Sayles’ "Matewan“ and his most recent film “Honeydripper;"
Executive Producer of Jonathan Demme’s "Swimming to Cambodia," Gary
Sinise’s "Miles From Home," Paul Bartel’s "Scenes from the Class
Struggle in Beverly Hills," Matty Rich’s "Straight Out of Brooklyn,"
Stephen Gyllenhaal’s "Waterland," Maggie Greenwald’s "The Ballad of
Little Jo," Alan Rudolph’s "Mrs. Parker & the Vicious Circle," Paul
Auster’s "Lulu On the Bridge," Wayne Wang’s “Center of the World,”
Daniel Noah’s “Twelve,” Anthony Jaswinski’s “Killing Time,” Loren-Paul
Caplin’s “The Lucky Ones,” Amy Wadell’s “Brothel” and Georgia Lee’s “Red
Doors;” and Co-Producer of David Anspaugh’s “The Game of Their Lives.”
Deutchman was the Producer of Tony Vitale’s "Kiss Me, Guido," Sarah
Kernochan’s "All I Wanna Do," Mark Christopher’s "54," Adam Davidson’s
"Way Past Cool," Bob Gale’s “Interstate 60,” Tanya Wexler’s “Relative
Evil,” Ann Hu’s “Beauty Remains” and Ed Radtke’s “Speed of Life.” He was
also Consulting Producer on the CBS sitcom “Some of My Best Friends.”
Deutchman is an Associate Professor
in the Graduate Film Division at Columbia University. He is a graduate
of Northwestern University, with a major in film. |
