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Edward Frank "Teddy" Schwarzman (born May 29, 1979) is an American film producer and former corporate lawyer. He is the founder, president and chief executive of Black Bear Pictures, whose productions include the 2014 film ''
The Imitation Game ''The Imitation Game'' is a 2014 American biographical film, biographical thriller film directed by Morten Tyldum and written by Graham Moore (writer), Graham Moore, based on the 1983 biography ''Alan Turing: The Enigma'' by Andrew Hodges. The ...
''.


Early life and education

Teddy Schwarzman was born in 1979 in New York City, to
Stephen A. Schwarzman Stephen Allen Schwarzman (born February 14, 1947) is an American businessman. He is the chairman and CEO of the Blackstone Group, a global private equity firm he established in 1985 with Peter G. Peterson. Schwarzman was chairman of President Do ...
, a co-founder, chairman and CEO of
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, and Ellen Katz (née Philips), a trustee of
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and the Mount Sinai Medical Center and his sister is writer and podcaster Zibby Owens. His family is
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. He graduated from the
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with a degree in English before completing a J.D. degree from the
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.


Career

Schwarzman was a
corporate lawyer A corporate lawyer or corporate counsel is a type of lawyer who specializes in corporate law. Corporate lawyers working inside and for corporations are called in-house counsel. Roles and responsibilities The role of a corporate lawyer is to e ...
at Skadden, a New York-based firm, where he specialized in real estate and corporate restructuring. He left Skadden to work in the film industry; his first job was as a personal assistant on '' The Other Woman'', which was produced in 2009 and released in 2010. He later said of the experience: "It was one of those situations that you had to prove that you actually want to be in this business." He went on to work for John Sloss's film advisory company, Cinetic Media, where he was involved in raising funds to produce the 2011 films '' Bernie'' and '' The Loneliest Planet''. Schwarzman left Cinetic in 2011 to found his own production company, Black Bear Pictures, of which he is the president and CEO. There, the first film he produced was '' At Any Price'' (2012), followed by the 2013 films ''
Broken City ''Broken City'' is a 2013 American crime thriller film directed by Allen Hughes and written by Brian Tucker. Mark Wahlberg stars as a police officer turned private investigator and Russell Crowe as the mayor of New York City who hires the priv ...
'', '' A.C.O.D.'' and ''
All Is Lost ''All Is Lost'' is a 2013 survival drama film written and directed by J. C. Chandor. The film stars Robert Redford as a man lost at sea. Redford is the only cast member, and the film has 51 spoken English words. ''All Is Lost'' is Chandor's sec ...
''. His fifth and most successful film was ''
The Imitation Game ''The Imitation Game'' is a 2014 American biographical film, biographical thriller film directed by Morten Tyldum and written by Graham Moore (writer), Graham Moore, based on the 1983 biography ''Alan Turing: The Enigma'' by Andrew Hodges. The ...
'', a 2014
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about
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, which he produced alongside Nora Grossman and
Ido Ostrowsky Ido Ostrowsky (born 1979) is an American film producer. He and his producing partner Nora Grossman run Bristol Automotive, a production company that they founded in 2012. He produced the 2014 film ''The Imitation Game'', for which he was nominated ...
. Schwarzman bought Graham Moore's screenplay when
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sold it in 2012, competing with 30 other producers who wanted to acquire the script. ''The Imitation Game'' received many accolades, including
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and
BAFTA Award The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs or BAFTA Awards, is an annual film award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to f ...
nominations for Best Picture and Best British Film, respectively. Schwarzman, Grossman and Ostrowsky were also nominated for a
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.


Personal life

Schwarzman married Ellen Marie Zajac, a New York City lawyer whom he met at
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, in November 2007 in
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, Jamaica. They have three children and live in Los Angeles, California.


Filmography

Producer * '' At Any Price'' (2012) * ''
Broken City ''Broken City'' is a 2013 American crime thriller film directed by Allen Hughes and written by Brian Tucker. Mark Wahlberg stars as a police officer turned private investigator and Russell Crowe as the mayor of New York City who hires the priv ...
'' (2013) * '' A.C.O.D.'' (2013) * ''
All Is Lost ''All Is Lost'' is a 2013 survival drama film written and directed by J. C. Chandor. The film stars Robert Redford as a man lost at sea. Redford is the only cast member, and the film has 51 spoken English words. ''All Is Lost'' is Chandor's sec ...
'' (2013) * ''
The Imitation Game ''The Imitation Game'' is a 2014 American biographical film, biographical thriller film directed by Morten Tyldum and written by Graham Moore (writer), Graham Moore, based on the 1983 biography ''Alan Turing: The Enigma'' by Andrew Hodges. The ...
'' (2014) * '' Barry'' (2016) * ''
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'' (2016) * ''
Suburbicon ''Suburbicon'' is a 2017 American black comedy crime film directed by George Clooney and co-written by the Coen brothers, Clooney, and Grant Heslov. It stars Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Noah Jupe, and Oscar Isaac, and follows a mild-mannered ...
'' (2017) * '' Ben Is Back'' (2018) * '' Light of My Life'' (2019) * ''
Our Friend ''Our Friend'' is a 2019 American Biographical film, biographical Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite and written by Brad Ingelsby, based on Matthew Teague's 2015 ''Esquire (magazine), Esquire'' article "The ...
'' (2019) * '' The Rental'' (2020) * '' I Care a Lot'' (2020) * '' Dumb Money'' (2023) * '' Nyad'' (2023) * '' The Marsh King's Daughter'' (2023) * '' Immaculate'' (2024) * '' I Want Your Sex'' (TBA) Executive producer * '' Knock Knock'' (2015) * ''
Mudbound ''Mudbound'' (2008) is the debut novel by American author Hillary Jordan. It has been translated into French, Italian, Serbian, Norwegian, Swedish, and Turkish and has sold more than 250,000 copies worldwide. The novel took Jordan seven years ...
'' (2017) * '' The Last Word'' (2017) * '' The Happytime Murders'' (2018) * '' The Operative'' (2019) * '' I Carry You with Me'' (2020) * '' Little Fish'' (2021) * ''
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'' (2022) * '' Somebody I Used to Know'' (2023) * '' Monsieur Spade'' (2024) Thanks * ''
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'' (2021)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schwarzman, Teddy 1979 births Living people Corporate lawyers Duke University School of Law alumni Film producers from New York (state) American lawyers Lawyers from New York City Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom people University of Pennsylvania alumni 21st-century American Jews