{{Short description|American film producer}} {{Infobox person | name = Joshua Astrachan | image = Telefilm Canada Features Comedy Lab 2011.jpg | alt = Joshua Astrachan in 2011 | caption = Astrachan in 2011 | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|1965|01|01}} for living people supply only the year with {{Birth year and age|YYYY}} unless the exact date is already widely published, as per WP:DOB. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. --> | birth_place = United States | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Film producer | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }}
'''Joshua Astrachan''' is an American film producer and principal at Animal Kingdom, the production company he co-founded in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title = Focus Features, Animal Kingdom Enter First-Look Deal (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/markets-festivals/focus-features-animal-kingdom-enter-first-look-deal-exclusive-1201589516/|accessdate=2015-09-25|first=Brent Lang, Ramin|last=Setoodeh}}</ref> He lives and works in New York City.
==Career== The first film that Astrachan produced under the Animal Kingdom banner was ''Short Term 12'' by writer/director Destin Daniel Cretton. The film stars Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr., Kaitlyn Dever, Rami Malek and Lakeith Stanfield – and premiered at SXSW in 2013, where it was awarded the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/global/memento-rolls-out-short-term-12-exclusive-1200576825/|title=Memento Rolls Out ‘Short Term 12’ (EXCLUSIVE)|last=Hopewell|first=John|date=2013-08-11|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-01-11}}</ref> The film subsequently won awards at festivals from Little Rock to Los Angeles to Locarno – where the film had its international premiere.
With Animal Kingdom, Astrachan has also produced Jim Jarmusch’s ''Paterson'' (Cannes Official Selection, 2016),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/cannes/cannes-2016-official-selection-in-full/5102596.article|title=Cannes 2016: Official Selection in full|last=Rosser |first=Michael |date=2016-04-14 |website=Screen|access-date=2019-01-11}}</ref> Adam Leon’s ''Tramps'' (Toronto International Film Festival, 2016),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-toronto-tramps-premiere-20160911-snap-story.html|title='Tramps' steals a little romance at the Toronto Film Festival|last=Olsen|first=Mark|website=latimes.com|access-date=2019-01-11}}</ref> Joachim Trier’s English-language feature debut, ''Louder Than Bombs'' (Cannes Official Selection 2015),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/festival/films/louder-than-bombs|title=LOUDER THAN BOMBS|website=Festival de Cannes|language=en|access-date=2019-01-11}}</ref> and Justin Tipping’s debut feature, ''Kicks''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-kicks-director-justin-tipping-20160819-snap-story.html|title=Justin Tipping's directorial debut 'Kicks' asks why masculinity is synonymous with violence|last=Anderson|first=Tre'vell|website=latimes.com|access-date=2019-01-11}}</ref> He executive produced David Robert Mitchell’s ''It Follows'' (Critics’ Week, Cannes 2014);<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/06/it-follows-movie-radius-twc-acquisition-739435/|title=Radius-TWC Acquires Cannes Critics Week Pic ‘It Follows’|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=2014-06-03|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2019-01-11}}</ref> and ''Trespass Against Us'', starring Michael Fassbender and Brendan Gleeson, written by Alastair Siddons and directed by Adam Smith.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/01/trespass-against-us.html|title=Trespass Against Us|last=|first=|date=January 17, 2017|website=Paste Magazine|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 11, 2019}}</ref>
Prior to founding Animal Kingdom, Astrachan was a producer for the American film director, Robert Altman for the better part of a decade.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/director-robert-altman-dies-at-81/|title=Director Robert Altman Dies at 81|author=|date=|website=PEOPLE.com|accessdate=15 February 2019}}</ref> He produced Altman's last film, ''A Prairie Home Companion'' (2006), written by Garrison Keillor and starring Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, John C. Reilly, Woody Harrelson and Kevin Kline.<ref name="tfiny.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.tfiny.org/filmmakers/detail/joshua_astrachan|title=Joshua Astrachan|author=|date=|website=Tribeca Film Institute|accessdate=15 February 2019}}</ref> He also produced ''The Company'', Altman's narrative feature set in the world of dance, starring Neve Campbell, James Franco, Malcolm McDowell and the company members of the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago. Astrachan co-produced the film ''Gosford Park'' starring, among others, Maggie Smith, Clive Owen, Kelly Macdonald, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jeremy Northam, Emily Watson and Bob Balaban. For ''Gosford Park'', Altman received the Golden Globe and New York Film Critics Circle Award as Best Director.<ref name="tfiny.org"/>
Astrachan also produced Jennifer Westfeldt’s ''Friends with Kids'' (Toronto International Film Festival 2011), starring Westfeldt, Adam Scott, Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Chris O’Dowd, Maya Rudolph, Megan Fox and Edward Burns. The film was named by New York Magazine's film critic, David Edelstein, as one of the 10 best films of 2012.<ref>[David Edelstein http://www.vulture.com/2012/11/david-edelstein-top-ten-movies.html ''New York Magazine'']</ref>
==Personal life== Astrachan is the brother of computer scientist Owen Astrachan who is a professor at Duke University.<ref>{{cite web |first=Owen |last=Astrachan |title=A Brief Biography |url=https://users.cs.duke.edu/~ola/bio.html |access-date=10 August 2017}}</ref>
== Filmography == * ''Ed's Next Move'' (1996) * ''Doctor T and the Women'' (2000) * ''Gosford Park'' (2001) * ''The Company'' (2003) * ''A Prairie Home Companion'' (2006) * ''Frontrunners'' (2008) * ''Friends with Kids'' (2011) * ''That's What She Said'' (2012) * ''Short Term 12'' (2013) * ''It Follows'' (2014) * ''Partisan'' (2015) * ''Louder Than Bombs'' (2015) * ''Kicks'' (2016) * ''Paterson'' (2016) * ''Trespass Against Us'' (2015) * ''Tramps'' (2016) * ''All About Nina'' (2018) * ''The Dead Don't Die'' (2019) * ''Master'' (2022)
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0040120|Joshua Astrachan}}
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