Executive Matthew Greenfield is the president of Searchlight Pictures,[1] which has produced five Academy Awards for Best Picture winners, including Slumdog Millionaire, Birdman, 12 Years a Slave, The Shape of Water, and Nomadland.
[2] He joined Searchlight after his tenure as Associate Director of the Feature Film Program at the Sundance Institute.
[3] Prior to his work at Sundance, Greenfield worked as an independent producer, producing Star Maps, Chuck & Buck, and The Good Girl, all directed by Miguel Arteta, and the latter two written by Mike White.
[4] As the producer of Chuck & Buck, Greenfield won the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award.
[7] Greenfield studied film at Crossroads School with Jim Hosney,[8] and at Wesleyan University with Jeanine Basinger.