Scott Rosenfelt is one of Hollywood’s most successful independent producers. On the strength of such films as Smoke Signals, Home Alone, Mystic Pizza, Teen Wolf and Extremities, Scott has garnered international acclaim and recognition.
Home Alone is one of the highest grossing films of all time, and has generated over $1 billion worldwide. Smoke Signals was the winner of the Audience Award and the Filmmakers Trophy at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, Mystic Pizza launched the career of Julia Roberts and went on to critical and commercial success, while Teen Wolf, starring Michael J. Fox, was the highest grossing independent film of 1985. Extremities garnered international critical and commercial acclaim as well.
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Mr. Rosenfelt is in post-production on Coming & Going, an independently financed film starring Rhys Darby, Sasha Alexander and Fionnula Flannagan, written and directed by Edoardo Ponti. He is also in production on the documentary, The Evil Tongue.
With his production company, PicturePlay Films, Mr. Rosenfelt is is developing City of Angels, to be directed by Barry Levinson and written by Larry Gelbart, and Admissions starring Meg Ryan.
Gospel Hill, produced by Mr. Rosenfelt, directed by Giancarlo Esposito and starring Samuel Jackson, Angela Bassett, Danny Glover and Julia Stiles was released in February, 2009.
At ShadowCatcher Entertainment, a company he co-founded in 1994, he produced Smoke Signals and The Book of Stars, as well as executive producing Getting to Know You. Written by highly acclaimed novelist/poet Sherman Alexie, Smoke Signals was the winner of the Audience Award and the Filmmakers Trophy at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival and was distributed by Miramax Films.
The Book of Stars premiered at the 1999 Seattle International Film Festival and starred Mary Stuart Masterson, Jena Malone and Delroy Lindo. Getting to Know You was in the Dramatic Competition of the 1999 Sundance Film Festival as well as in the International Week of Film Critics at the Venice Film Festival.
Getting to Know You was directed by Lisanne Skyler, written by Lisanne Skyler and Tristine Skyler, and starred Heather Matarazzo, Zach Braff and Bebe Neuwirth, and opened at the Film Forum in June, 2000 to rave reviews.
Mr. Rosenfelt directed Family Prayers, starring Joe Mantegna, Anne Archer and Paul Reiser, which had its world premiere at the 1993 Palm Springs International Film Festival and the Seattle International Film Festival.
In 2001, Mr. Rosenfelt produced The Business of Fancydancing, which marked the directorial debut of Sherman Alexie, who also wrote the script. The film premiered in the American Spectrum section of the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, and was released theatrically in LA and NY in October of 2002.
Mr. Rosenfelt produced Final Draft in 2003, written and directed by Oren Goldman and Yariv Ozdoba. It has played at the 2003 Victoria International Film Festival, the 2003 Newport Beach Film Festival, and the 2003 Jerusalem Film Festival.
In 2004 he produced Once Upon a Wedding, written by Reuben Gonzalez and directed by Matia Karrell, starring Esai Morales, A. Martinez and Charlotte Ayanna. He was the Executive Producer on Evergreen, written and directed by Enid Zentelis and starring Mary Kay Place, Bruce Davison and Gary Farmer.
Evergreen premiered in competition at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. As producer he made The Californians in 2005, written and directed by Jonathan Parker, and starring Noah Wyle, Ileana Douglas, Keith Carradine and Cloris Leachman.
He executive produced Valley of the Heart’s Delight, written by Miles Murphy, directed by Tim Boxell, and starring Gabriel Mann, Pete Postlethwaite and Bruce McGill, which had its theatrical release in October of 2007.
As Executive Producer, Rosenfelt also guided Kids in America to a 700-screen premiere in October of 2005, starring Gregory Smith, Malik Yoba, Julie Bowen and Elizabeth Perkins.
He produced Lenny the Wonder Dog, written and directed by Oren Goldman and Yariv Ozdoba, starring Joe Morton, Craig Ferguson and Andy Richter, in 2005 as well.
Mr. Rosenfelt is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
