Matthew Greenfield is the president of

Searchlight Pictures Searchlight Pictures, Inc., formerly known as Fox Searchlight Pictures, is an American arthouse film production and distribution company, which since 2019 is owned by Walt Disney Studios, a division of the Disney Entertainment segment of the ...

, which has produced five Academy Awards for Best Picture winners, including ''

Slumdog Millionaire ''Slumdog Millionaire'' is a 2008 British drama film that is a loose adaptation of the novel '' Q & A'' (2005) by Indian author Vikas Swarup. It narrates the story of 18-year-old Jamal Malik from the Juhu slums of Mumbai. Starring Dev Patel ...

'', '' Birdman'', ''

12 Years a Slave ''Twelve Years a Slave'' is an 1853 memoir and slave narrative by Solomon Northup as told to and written by David Wilson. Northup, a black man who was born free in New York state, details himself being tricked to go to Washington, D.C., whe ...

'', ''

The Shape of Water ''The Shape of Water'' is a 2017 period romantic dark fantasy film directed and produced by Guillermo del Toro, who co-wrote the screenplay with Vanessa Taylor. It stars Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Micha ...

'', and ''

Nomadland ''Nomadland'' is a 2020 American drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Chloé Zhao. Based on the 2017 nonfiction book '' Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century'' by Jessica Bruder, it stars Frances McDormand a ...

''. Greenfield and fellow Searchlight president David Greenbaum started

Searchlight Television Searchlight Television, LLC is the television arm of Searchlight Pictures, a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios (division), the Walt Disney Studios, a sub-division of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Company. Founded on ...

in 2018. He joined Searchlight after his tenure as Associate Director of the Feature Film Program at the

Sundance Institute Sundance Institute is a non-profit organization founded by actor Robert Redford committed to the growth of independent artists. The institute is driven by its programs that discover and support independent filmmakers, theatre artists and compo ...

. Prior to his work at Sundance, Greenfield worked as an independent producer, producing '' Star Maps'', ''

Chuck & Buck ''Chuck & Buck'' is a 2000 American black comedy drama film directed by Miguel Arteta and produced by Matthew Greenfield. It was written by and starred Mike White in the leading role. Arteta, Greenfield, and White met and first collaborated at ...

'', and ''

The Good Girl ''The Good Girl'' is a 2002 American comedy-drama film. ''The Good Girl'' premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, and released to theatres on August 7, 2002, in the United States. Plot Justine Last is a bored thirty-year-old woman liv ...

'', all directed by Miguel Arteta, and the latter two written by Mike White. As the producer of Chuck & Buck, Greenfield won the

Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award The Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award is presented to the creative team of a film budgeted at less than $1,000,000 by the Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. It is named aft ...

. He's also the producer of '' The Motel'', written and directed by Michael Kang. He co-founded the boutique publishing company Cloverfield Press with Laurence Dumortier. Greenfield studied film at Crossroads School with Jim Hosney, and at

Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a Private university, private liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1831 as a Men's colleges in the United States, men's college under the Methodi ...

with Jeanine Basinger. He lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and two children.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Greenfield, Matthew 1968 births Independent Spirit Award winners Living people Wesleyan University alumni Film producers from Massachusetts