Scott Rudin
Scott Rudin (born July 14, 1958) is an American film and theatrical producer. He started working as an assistant to theater producer Kermit Bloomgarden at the age of sixteen. Later, he worked for producers Robert Whitehead and Emanuel Azenberg. Rudin ended up starting his own company after he took a job as a casting agent In lieu of attending college. In 1980, Rudin moved to Los Angeles, taking up employment at Edgar J. Scherick Associates, where he served as producer on a variety of films including I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1981), the NBC miniseries Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982) and the Oscar-winning documentary He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (1983). Rudin later formed his own business, Scott Rudin Productions. His first film under that banner was Gillian Armstrong's Mrs. Soffel (1984). But, not long after, Rudin joined 20th Century-Fox as an executive producer. At Fox, he met Jonathan Dolgen, a higher-level executive, with whom he would be working once again at Paramount Pictures years later. Rudin swiftly rose through the ranks at Fox and became president of production by 1986 at the age of 29. His stint at the top of Fox was short lived though, and he soon left and entered into a producing deal with Paramount. In early 2021, The Hollywood Reporter published a story covering a long term pattern of abusive behavior from Rudin, based on statements from former employees. In the article, he was accused of physical abuse, including smashing a computer monitor on the hand of an assistant and throwing objects at employees. Following this, Rudin announced he would be stepping away from a number of film, television, and Broadway projects he was involved in. His business relationship with A24 was also ended during this time. Rudin lives in New York City with his husband John Barlow, a Broadway theatre publicist and former owner of Barlow/Hartman Public Relations.
Filmography (96)
The Woman in the Window
First Cow
Uncut Gems
Annihilation
The Girl in the Spider's Web
Isle of Dogs
mid90s
Eighth Grade
Lady Bird
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Zoolander 2
Fences
Certain Women
While We're Young
Ex Machina
Aloha
Steve Jobs
Louder Than Bombs
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Rosewater
Inside Llewyn Davis
Captain Phillips
Frances Ha
The Dictator
Moonrise Kingdom
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Margaret
Moneyball
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Page Eight
The Social Network
True Grit
The Way Back
Greenberg
Fantastic Mr. Fox
It's Complicated
Julie & Julia
Revolutionary Road
The Other Boleyn Girl
Doubt
Stop-Loss
No Country for Old Men
The Darjeeling Limited
There Will Be Blood
The Queen
Failure to Launch
Notes on a Scandal
Freedomland
The Village
The Stepford Wives
Closer
Team America: World Police
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Manchurian Candidate
I ♥ Huckabees
School of Rock
Orange County
The Hours
Changing Lanes
Zoolander
The Royal Tenenbaums
Iris
Shaft
Rules of Engagement
Wonder Boys
Sleepy Hollow
Bringing Out the Dead
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Angela's Ashes
The Truman Show
Twilight
A Civil Action
In & Out
Ransom
Marvin's Room
The First Wives Club
Up Close & Personal
Clueless
Sabrina
Nobody's Fool
I.Q.
The Firm
Addams Family Values
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Sister Act
Jennifer Eight
White Sands
The Addams Family
Regarding Henry
Little Man Tate
Pacific Heights
Flatliners