Jeffrey Sharp

Jeffrey Sharp is an American feature film and TV producer and Executive Director of The Gotham Film & Media Institute (formerly Independent Filmmaker Project).[1]

Sharp has produced a series of Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning and nominated films, including Boys Don't Cry, You Can Count on Me, Nicholas Nickleby, and Proof. Additional credits as Producer include: A Home at the End of the World, The Night Listener, Evening, and The Yellow Birds. Sharp's recent US-China co-productions include: "My Other Home (film)", "Wonderful Life (TV)", and "Crazy Alien (film)".

Sharp co-founded the digital publisher Open Road Integrated Media with former HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman, which has become a leading independent e-book publisher in the US. At Open Road, Sharp looked for new ways to option film and TV rights as part of the publishing process, which led to the formation of Story Mining & Supply in Los Angeles in 2012 where Sharp, as President and CEO, oversaw the development and production of several feature films and TV shows from Open Road and other publishing properties including Outlander (nominated for three Golden Globes®). Sharp launched Sharp Independent Pictures in 2016 with GEM Pictures to produce films for the US and China co-production market.

Sharp has served on the Colgate University Board of Trustees since 2019. He is a member of AMPAS (The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences),a member of the Hamptons International Film Festival Advisory Board and has served as Special Advisor for the Book Meets Film Forum at the Taipei International Book Expo, as well as London Book Fair, Frankfurt Book Fair and BookExpo of America. Sharp won an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature for You Can Count on Me, was nominated for a Best Picture Golden Globe for Nicholas Nickleby, and was honored with the Andrew Sarris Award in 2005 from the Columbia University School of the Arts for his contribution to independent film. Sharp graduated with an MFA in Film Studies from Columbia University and a BA from Colgate University.

Jeffrey Sharp is the son of William Sharp (Scientist).

Filmography
Year Title Director Box Office Notes
1991 The Doors Oliver Stone $34.4 million[2]
1998 Dark Harbor Adam Coleman Howard
1999 Boys Don't Cry Kimberly Peirce $20.7 million[3]

Academy Award for Best Actress
Winner Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress
Winner
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated

 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Limited Release
Nominated - Guldbagge Award for Best Foreign Film
Nominated - Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature
Nominated - National Board of Review Award for Best Film
Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Film
2000 You Can Count on Me Kenneth Lonergan $11 million[4]

Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Nominated

 American Film Institute Award - Movie of the Year
Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature
Nominated - Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture
Nominated - Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Film
Nominated - Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film
Nominated - National Board of Review Award for Best Film
2001 Lift DeMane Davis & Khari Streeter Nominated - Black Reel Award for Outstanding Television Movie or Limited Series
2002 Nicholas Nickleby Douglas McGrath $3.7 million[5] Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Nominated - Young Artist Award - Best Family Feature Film - Drama
2003 Just Another Story GQ
Undefeated John Leguizamo TV movie
2004 A Home at the End of the World Michael Mayer $1.5 million[6] Nominated - GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Wide Release
P.S. Dylan Kidd $180.000[7]
2005 Proof John Madden $14.2 million[8]

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress
Nominated
2006 The Night Listener Patrick Stettner $10.8 million[9] Nominated - GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Wide Release
2007 Evening Lajos Koltai $20 million[10]
2016 My Other Home Zi Yang
2017 The Yellow Birds Alexandre Moors

References
  1. Hipes, Patrick (March 6, 2019). "Producer Jeffrey Sharp Named New Head Of IFP". Deadline. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
  2. "The Doors - Box Office Mojo".
  3. "Boys Don't Cry (1999) - Financial Information".
  4. "You Can Count on Me - Box Office Mojo".
  5. "Nicholas Nickleby".
  6. "A Home at the End of the World".
  7. "P.S."
  8. "Proof".
  9. "The Night Listener (2006) - Financial Information".
  10. "Evening".
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