# Rick Schwartz

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American film producer

For other people named Richard Schwartz, see [Richard Schwartz (disambiguation)](/source/Richard_Schwartz_(disambiguation)).

Rick Schwartz Born New York Occupations Film and TV Producer

**Rick Schwartz** is an American film and television producer and financier based in New York, whose credits include *[The Departed](/source/The_Departed)*,[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] *[Black Swan](/source/Black_Swan_(film))*, *[Gangs of New York](/source/Gangs_of_New_York)*, *[Machete](/source/Machete_(2010_film))*,[1] *[The Others](/source/The_Others_(2001_film))*,[2] and *[Lip Sync Battle](/source/Lip_Sync_Battle)*.[3][4]

## Career

Schwartz began his film career at [Miramax](/source/Miramax) under [Harvey](/source/Harvey_Weinstein) and [Bob Weinstein](/source/Bob_Weinstein), working there for seven years and eventually serving as the company's senior vice president of production. At Miramax, Schwartz oversaw the development and production of projects including [Martin Scorsese](/source/Martin_Scorsese)’s *[Gangs of New York](/source/Gangs_of_New_York)*, and *[The Departed](/source/The_Departed)*,[5] and [Alejandro Amenabar](/source/Alejandro_Amenabar)’s *[The Others](/source/The_Others_(2001_film))*.[5]

In 2008, Schwartz founded Overnight Productions, which has financed and produced movies by directors including [Robert Rodriguez](/source/Robert_Rodriguez), [Darren Aronofsky](/source/Darren_Aronofsky) and [Gela Babluani](/source/Gela_Babluani).[6]

Later, Schwartz partnered with American financier, [Jeremy Frommer](/source/Jeremy_Frommer) to develop a technology company. He co-founded Jerrick Media, a producer and distributor of digital media content, in 2013.[7][8]

## Filmography

*He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.*

### Film

Year Film Credit 2000 Love's Labour's Lost Associate producer Malèna Executive producer 2001 The Others Executive producer Birthday Girl Executive producer 2002 Gangs of New York Co-executive producer 2003 The Battle of Shaker Heights Executive producer The Human Stain Executive producer 2004 The Aviator Executive producer 2006 The Departed Co-producer 2007 First Born The Lucky Ones 2009 Labor Pains 2010 13 Machete Black Swan Executive producer 2013 Machete Kills

**Miscellaneous crew**

Year Film Role 1998 The Mighty Assistant: Harvey Weinstein Shakespeare in Love 2001 Birthday Girl Production executive: Miramax

**Production manager**

Year Film Role 2000 Malèna Executive in charge of production

**Thanks**

Year Film Role 2010 Hesher Special thanks

### Television

Year Title Credit Notes 2015 Nate Bargatze: Full Time Magic Executive producer Television special Sharing Executive producer Television film 2015−18 Lip Sync Battle Executive producer Supervising producer

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** "The Man in 'Black'". *Wizard World*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** "Overnight Prods". *Variety*. November 1, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Tony Maglio (November 22, 2014). ["Jimmy Fallon's 'Lip Sync Battle' Heads to Spike TV"](https://www.thewrap.com/jimmy-fallons-lip-sync-battle-john-krasinski-stephen-merchant-spike-tv-emma-stone-paul-rudd/). *The Wrap*. Retrieved February 5, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Nellie Andreeva (November 21, 2014). ["Jimmy Fallon, John Krasinski And Stephen Merchant To Produce & Perform On Lip Sync Battle Series For Spike"](https://deadline.com/2014/11/jimmy-fallon-john-krasinski-stephen-merchant-lip-sync-battle-series-spike-1201291837/). *Deadline*. Retrieved February 5, 2016.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Variety_2004_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Variety_2004_5-1) ["Prod'n vet Schwartz will ankle Miramax"](https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117900439), *[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))*, Feb 19, 2004, retrieved February 5, 2016

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Rick Schwartz launches Overnight"](https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117991932), *[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))*, Sep 9, 2008, retrieved February 5, 2016

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Jerrick, the company that relaunched Omni, unveils a new community publishing platform"](https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/30/jerrick-the-company-that-relaunched-omni-unveils-a-new-community-publishing-platform/). *TechCrunch*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["After Buying Penthouse Founder's Archives, Jerrick Media Launches a Blogging Platform"](http://www.adweek.com/digital/after-buying-penthouse-founders-archives-jerrick-media-launches-blogging-platform-174776/). *Adweek*.

## External links

- [Rick Schwartz](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0777408/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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