Stacey Sher

Stacey Sher (born November 30, 1962) is an American film producer.^[1]

Stacey Sher
Born	(1962-11-30) November 30, 1962 (age 62) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Film producer
Spouse	Kerry Brown ​ (m. 2001)​
Children	2

Biography

Sher was born to a Jewish family^[2] in New York City and raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She attended the University of Southern California, where she was involved with the Peter Stark Producing Program, a two-year (four-semester) full-time graduate program designed to prepare students for careers as producers. Sher graduated with a bachelor's degree.^{[citation needed]} She is married to music producer Kerry P. Brown. They have two children.

Career

In 1985, Sher became director of development at Hill/Obst Productions. In 1987, she became Vice President of Production and in 1991, she became Senior Vice President at Lynda Obst Productions.^[3] She went on to work with Danny DeVito and Michael Shamberg at Jersey Films, and now operates Double Feature Films with Michael Shamberg, with whom she co-founded the company. Some of the movies that Sher has worked on as a producer include Django Unchained, the Hateful Eight, and Pulp Fiction. Sher also worked on the 2005 Independent Spirit Award-winning Garden State, and three films with director Steven Soderbergh: Contagion, Erin Brockovich, and Out of Sight. Additional credits include Oliver Stone's World Trade Center, Matilda, and Along Came Polly. Her production company is Shiny Penny Productions.^[4]

Sher has worked with many actors and producers, including several projects with Danny DeVito. Sher and DeVito have produced movies together and the television shows Reno 911! and Kate Brasher. They also both served as executive producers on The American Embassy, UC: Undercover, and Garden State.

Sher dated director Quentin Tarantino, but their relationship ended during the development of Pulp Fiction, on which Sher was a producer.^[5]

In 2015, Sher was named co-president of Activision Blizzard Studios.^[6][7][8] which is devoted to creating television and films based on the company's library of intellectual properties, including Activision Publishing Call of Duty and Skylanders. In June 2021, Sher signed an overall deal with FX Productions.^[9]

Sher is a member of the Producers Guild of America, and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. She was also honored by the ACLU for her work in films and television.^[10]

Filmography

Producer unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year	Film	Credit
1988	Heartbreak Hotel	Associate producer
1991	The Fisher King	Associate producer
1994	Reality Bites	Executive producer
	Pulp Fiction	Executive producer
1995	Get Shorty
1996	Matilda
	Feeling Minnesota
1997	Gattaca
1998	Out of Sight
	Living Out Loud
1999	Man on the Moon
2000	Drowning Mona	Executive producer
	Erin Brockovich
2001	The Caveman's Valentine
	How High
	Vanilla Sky	Actress- role: Rayna
2003	Camp
2004	Along Came Polly
	Garden State	Executive producer
2005	Be Cool
	The Skeleton Key
2006	World Trade Center
2007	Freedom Writers
	Reno 911!: Miami
2010	Extraordinary Measures
2011	Contagion
2012	LOL
	Django Unchained
2013	Runner Runner
2014	Wish I Was Here
	A Walk Among the Tombstones
2015	Freeheld
	Burnt
	The Hateful Eight
2016	Get a Job
2021	Respect
2023	Poolman
2024	Heretic
2026	Verity

Thanks

Year	Film	Role
1987	Adventures in Babysitting	Thank you
1992	Reservoir Dogs	Special thanks
1996	Hard Eight
2002	The Good Girl
2003	Kill Bill: Volume 1
2004	Kill Bill: Volume 2

Television

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
1998	The Pentagon Wars	Executive producer	Television film
2000	Celebrity	Executive producer	Television film
2001	Kate Brasher	Executive producer
2002	The American Embassy	Executive producer
	The Funkhousers	Executive producer	Television film
2001−02	UC: Undercover	Executive producer
2003	Other People's Business	Executive producer	Television film
2004	Karen Sisco	Executive producer
2016	Sweet/Vicious	Executive producer
2016−18	Skylanders Academy	Executive producer
2015−19	Into the Badlands	Executive producer
2004−20	Reno 911!	Executive producer
2020	Mrs. America	Executive producer
2021	93rd Academy Awards		Television special
	Oscars: Into the Spotlight		Television special
	Oscars: After Dark		Television special
	Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon	Executive producer	Television film

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2024	Locarno Film Festival	Raimondo Rezzonico Award	—	Won	[11]