Biografia
Andrew Sugerman is a veteran film producer, having been involved in a diverse range of motion pictures and television shows over the past thirty years. He has worked with many of the major studios, including Warner Bros, Sony, 20th Century-Fox, Disney, Netflix and Miramax. These projects have budgets ranging from $4 million to $55 million, with a cumulative total of over $300 million. He has worked with major talent, including Steve Martin, Sandra Bullock, Bruce Willis, Hilary Swank, Antonio Banderas, Kevin Bacon, Jessica Lange, Michelle Williams and Sam Rockwell, to name a few. Once nominated for and Oscar, he is a member of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as well as The Producers Guild of America and the Directors Guild of America.
Recently he has been involved as the producer of the films such as "The Goat" a 2023 international drama from Egypt and "You Are My Home" a 2020 Christmas movie on Netflix, as well as the executive producer of the 2020 nature documentary "Wild Daze" and the 2020 feature film "Home" starring Jake McLaughlin, Kathy Bates, James Jordan, and Lil Rel Howery.
He was a producer on the 2019 feature film, "Foster Boy," a compelling drama based on a true story about an attorney taking on the issue of child abuse in the foster care system, which was directed by Youssef Delara and starring Mathew Modine and Lou Gossett Jr.
He also produced the 2015 feature film, "Any Day," directed by Rustam Branaman and starring Sean Bean, Eva Longoria, Tom Arnold, and Kate Walsh.
Additionally, Mr. Sugerman was a co-executive producer of the one-hour drama series, "The Divide," for AMC Studios and WEtv, with the pilot written by Richard LaGravenese and directed by Tony Goldwyn, which premiered in July, 2014.
In 2010 Fox Searchlight released his own based-on-a-true-story production, "Conviction," starring Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, and Minnie Driver, directed by Tony Goldwyn, and received many awards and critical praise.
As an executive producer Mr. Sugerman was involved in many films, including "Shopgirl," (2005) which was released by Disney, starring Steve Martin, Claire Danes, and Jason Schwartzman, and directed by Anand Tucker; "Death Sentence" (2007), starring Kevin Bacon, directed by James Wan, released by Twentieth Century-Fox; the 2007 thriller "Premonition" with Sandra Bullock, which was a highly successful release from Sony-TriStar; and the 2006 comedy "Grilled" for New Line Cinema/ Warner Bros, starring Ray Romano and Kevin James, directed by Jason Ensler.
As an executive producer, he produced the 2011 release, "Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer," based on the best-selling children's book series starring Heather Graham, directed by John Schultz. He also executive produced the 2013 "Crazy Kind of Love," starring Virginia Madsen, Anthony LaPaglia and Eva Longoria, directed by Sarah Siegel-Magness. In 2006 he executive produced the hit family road-trip comedy "Johnson Family Vacation" starring Cedric the Entertainer, Vanessa Williams, and Bow Wow, for Fox Searchlight. Mr. Sugerman produced Walter Hill's 2002 boxing drama "Undisputed," starring Wesley Snipes, Ving Rhames, and Peter Falk, released by Miramax. He also produced the 2002 comedy "Boat Trip," starring 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, which followed the 2002 action-thriller "Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever," starring Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu, directed by Kaos, also from Warners. He also line produced the 2001 drama "Prozac Nation," based on the Elizabeth Wurtzel novel, starring Christina Ricci, Jessica Lange, Anne Heche, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, and Jason Biggs, directed by Erik Skoldbjaerg, released by Miramax.
Mr. Sugerman's extensive line-producing credits also include "The Prophet's Game," (2000) starring Dennis Hopper, Stephanie Zimbalist, and Sondra Locke; "Kimberly," starring 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," starring Dennis Hopper and Richard Greico, "Blue Motel," (1997) starring Sean Young, Soleil Moon Frye and Robert Vaughn; and "Spiders" (2000) starring Lana Perillo and Josh Green.
He also executive produced "Love Kills," (1998) starring Mario Van Peebles, Leslie Ann Warren, Daniel Baldwin and Louise Fletcher.
As a producer and executive producer, Mr. Sugerman's credits also 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.
Additionally an accomplished director and writer, Mr. Sugerman shared writing credit for the story of the 1988 NBC Family Special, "A Place at the Table," starring Danny Glover and Lukas Haas; and he directed the 1985 feature film comedy "Basic Training," starring Ann Dusenberry and Marty Brill.
His television credits include producing the 1991 TV movie thriller, "Payoff," starring Keith Carradine and Harry Dean Stanton, for Showtime; and the 1990 TV feature comedy "Working Trash," starring Ben Stiller and George Carlin, directed by Alan Metter, for Fox Network. Further TV credits include executive producing the 1992 special "The Bulkin Trail," starring David Hasselhoff, and producing and directing "The Hayburners." He also produced and directed the 1979 short "Mandy's Grandmother," starring Maureen O'Sullivan, which was released theatrically and garnered an Academy Award nomination.
