Jeffrey Sharp
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Jeffrey "Jeff" Sharp is one of New York's most prominent independent film producers. Over the past ten years, he has produced several notable features.
Writer/director Kimberly Peirce's debut film, Boys Don't Cry, starring Hilary Swank and Chloë Sevigny, premiered to great acclaim in the fall of 1999. Among other honors accorded the film, Ms. Swank won the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, while Ms. Sevigny was nominated by both for her supporting role. With his fellow producers, Jeff Sharp was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in the Best Picture category, among other honors.
The following winter, writer/director Kenneth Lonergan's debut film You Can Count on Me premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won two awards including the Grand Jury Prize. Mr. Lonergan subsequently earned nominations from both the Academy and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for his screenplay. Additionally, the film's leading lady Laura Linney received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations, among other accolades. Mark Ruffalo also received an Independent Spirit Award nomination, among other citations for his effort. For his role as Producer, Jeff Sharp received a Best Picture nomination from the Independent Spirit Awards.
His next film as producer was Douglas McGrath's, Nicholas Nickleby, adapted by the writer/director from Charles Dickens's novel. With his fellow producers, Mr. Sharp was nominated for a Golden Globe in the category of Best Picture (comedy or musical).
His subsequent films as producer include Michael Mayer's debut feature, A Home at the End of the World, which Michael Cunningham adapted from his novel, John Madden's Proof, adapted from David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize winning play, for which Gwyneth Paltrow received a Golden Globe Award nomination, and Patrick Stettner's The Night Listener, which was adapted from Armistead Maupin's novel and stars Toni Collette opposite Robin Williams.
Mr. Sharp's most recent release is the multi-generational drama, Evening. Starring Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Vanessa Redgrave, Patrick Wilson, Hugh Dancy, Natasha Richardson, Mamie Gummer, Eileen Atkins, Meryl Streep, and Glenn Close, the film brings together two generations of eminent Hollywood actresses.
Mr. Sharp was a founding partner of the production company Hart Sharp Entertainment, which he ran with John Hart from 1996 through 2006. The two were also partners in Hart Sharp Video, an independent distribution company that issued numerous of video and DVD releases. These included Morgan Spurlock's Academy Award-nominated documentary feature Super Size Me and the New York Yankees anthology set Yankeeography.
Jeffrey Sharp holds an M.F.A. from Columbia University and a B.A. from Colgate University. He serves on the boards of Literacy Partners and the National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction; as well as on the advisory board of the Hamptons International Film Festival, which he also chairs.
In 2005, Mr. Sharp was honored with the Andrew Sarris Award from Columbia University¹s School of the Arts, for his contribution to independent film.
He is currently the President and CEO of Sharp Independent, a New York-based independent film production company.
Jeffrey Sharp is the son of Dr. William Sharp (Scientist).
