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Andrew Sugerman is an experienced film producer with over thirty years in the industry, contributing to a wide variety of films and television projects. He has collaborated with major studios such as Warner Bros, Sony, 20th Century Fox, Disney, Netflix, and Miramax. His projects have featured budgets ranging from $4 million to $55 million, totaling more than $300 million overall. He has worked alongside notable talents including Steve Martin, Sandra Bullock, Bruce Willis, Hilary Swank, Antonio Banderas, Kevin Bacon, Jessica Lange, Michelle Williams, and Sam Rockwell. An Oscar nominee, Sugerman is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Producers Guild of America, and the Directors Guild of America.
Recently, he produced the 2023 Egyptian international drama "The Goat" and the 2020 Netflix Christmas film "You Are My Home." He also served as executive producer for the 2020 nature documentary "Wild Daze" and the feature film "Home" (2020), starring Jake McLaughlin, Kathy Bates, James Jordan, and Lil Rel Howery.
Sugerman produced the 2019 drama "Foster Boy," directed by Youssef Delara and starring Mathew Modine and Lou Gossett Jr., which addresses child abuse in the foster care system. He also produced the 2015 film "Any Day," directed by Rustam Branaman and featuring Sean Bean, Eva Longoria, Tom Arnold, and Kate Walsh.
He was co-executive producer of the one-hour drama series "The Divide" for AMC Studios and WEtv, with a pilot written by Richard LaGravenese and directed by Tony Goldwyn, which premiered in July 2014.
In 2010, Fox Searchlight released "Conviction," a true-story-based film produced by Sugerman, starring Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, and Minnie Driver, directed by Tony Goldwyn. The film earned critical acclaim and several awards.
As an executive producer, Sugerman contributed to numerous films, including the 2005 Disney release "Shopgirl," starring Steve Martin, Claire Danes, and Jason Schwartzman, directed by Anand Tucker; "Death Sentence" (2007), starring Kevin Bacon and directed by James Wan, released by 20th Century Fox; the 2007 Sony-TriStar thriller "Premonition," featuring Sandra Bullock; and the 2006 comedy "Grilled," starring Ray Romano and Kevin James, directed by Jason Ensler for New Line Cinema/Warner Bros.
He executive produced the 2011 film "Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer," based on the popular children's book series and starring Heather Graham, directed by John Schultz. He also executive produced "Crazy Kind of Love" (2013), starring Virginia Madsen, Anthony LaPaglia, and Eva Longoria, directed by Sarah Siegel-Magness. In 2006, he executive produced the successful family comedy "Johnson Family Vacation," starring Cedric the Entertainer, Vanessa Williams, and Bow Wow, for Fox Searchlight.
Sugerman produced Walter Hill's 2002 boxing drama "Undisputed," starring Wesley Snipes, Ving Rhames, and Peter Falk, released by Miramax, as well as the 2002 comedy "Boat Trip," featuring Cuba Gooding Jr., Roger Moore, Vivica A. Fox, and Horatio Sanz, released by Lionsgate.
He served as line producer on the 2004 caper comedy "The Whole Ten Yards," starring Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, and Amanda Peet, directed by Howard Deutch and released by Warner Bros. This followed his work on the 2002 action thriller "Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever," starring Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu, directed by Kaos and also released by Warner Bros. Sugerman also line produced the 2001 drama "Prozac Nation," based on Elizabeth Wurtzel's novel, starring Christina Ricci, Jessica Lange, Anne Heche, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, and Jason Biggs, directed by Erik Skoldbjaerg and released by Miramax.
His extensive line-producing credits include "The Prophet's Game" (2000), starring Dennis Hopper, Stephanie Zimbalist, and Sondra Locke; "Kimberly," featuring Gabrielle Anwar, Sean Astin, Molly Ringwald, Patty Duke, and Lainie Kazan; "The Sterling Chase" (1999), starring Alanna Ubach, Jack Noseworthy, and Nicholle Tom; "The Apostate," with Dennis Hopper and Richard Grieco; "Blue Motel" (1997), starring Sean Young, Soleil Moon Frye, and Robert Vaughn; and "Spiders" (2000), featuring Lana Perillo and Josh Green.
He executive produced "Love Kills" (1998), starring Mario Van Peebles, Leslie Ann Warren, Daniel Baldwin, and Louise Fletcher.
As both producer and executive producer, Sugerman's credits include "McCinsey's Island" (1998), "Another House on Mercy Street" (1997), "Somebody Is Waiting" (1996), "Savate" (1995), "Spilt Milk" (1996), and "Deadly Rivals" (1993), among others.
An accomplished director and writer, Sugerman co-wrote the story for the 1988 NBC Family Special "A Place at the Table," starring Danny Glover and Lukas Haas. He directed the 1985 feature comedy "Basic Training," starring Ann Dusenberry and Marty Brill.
His television work includes producing the 1991 Showtime TV movie thriller "Payoff," starring Keith Carradine and Harry Dean Stanton, and the 1990 Fox Network TV comedy "Working Trash," featuring Ben Stiller and George Carlin, directed by Alan Metter. He also executive produced the 1992 special "The Bulkin Trail," starring David Hasselhoff, and produced and directed "The Hayburners." Additionally, he produced and directed the 1979 short film "Mandy's Grandmother," starring Maureen O'Sullivan, which was released theatrically and received an Academy Award nomination.