James D. Stern
James D. Stern is an American film and Broadway producer. He won a 2003 Tony Award for Hairspray, has been nominated for other awards, and was a Drama Desk Award Winner for Stomp.
James D. Stern
July 18, 1957
Producer
Motion Pictures
March 11, 2002
James D. Stern
James D. Stern
Life and career[edit]
Early life[edit]
Before starting Endgame, Stern co-directed and produced the IMAX film Michael Jordan to the Max and HBO's It's the Rage. On stage he produced the twelve-time Tony Award-winning Mel Brooks show The Producers and the eight time Tony Award-winning Hairspray. He produced Stomp, The Diary of Anne Frank starring Natalie Portman, Legally Blonde, the Tony Award-nominated Twilight 1992, and the Olivier Award-winning play The Weir. He produced Alan Menken's Leap of Faith during the fall of 2010.
Stern founded and ran the financial investment company and hedge fund Stern Joint Venture, L.P. (SJV). He produced with his company Endgame Entertainment and FilmDistrict the thriller Self/less.[1]
Stern directed the 2018 documentary American Chaos.[2][3]
Stern has a B.A. in directing from the University of Michigan and a M.B.A. in marketing and finance from Columbia University.