Paul Greenstone

Biography

Born and raised in Livingston, New Jersey, Paul Greenstone graduated Ithaca College in upstate New York in 1989 and moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment business. Greenstone got his feet wet under the guidance of the late Mort Viner at International Creative Management (ICM), working with such celebrities as Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Stewart, Gene Kelly and Shirley MacLaine. Greenstone wanted to learn more about production and left ICM to work with feature film producer Paul Schiff ("My Cousin Vinny", "Young Guns") at Twentieth Century Fox.

After working with Schiff on three features, Greenstone shifted back to talent representation and went to work as a manager with Dolores Robinson. During his tenure with Robinson, Greenstone worked with actors like Jason Patric, Jada Pinkett-Smith, and Chris Noth. It as at Dolores Robinson Entertainment where Greenstone sold his first screenplay for his up and coming client James Frey (Million Little Pieces). Frey's screenplay that Greenstone sold was the romantic comedy "Kissing a Fool", which starred David Schwimmer and Jason Scott Lee. In 1996, Greenstone partnered with Alan Greenspan at his existing production management company, International Arts Entertainment.

Greenstone's first foray into production resulted in the 2001 Sundance Film Festival smash "Manic". A gritty and dark tale about teenagers in a youth mental ward, "Manic" was released by IFC Films ("My Big Fat Greek Wedding" "Y Tu Mama Tambien") in May of 2003 to much critical acclaim. "Manic" was also invited to the Toronto Film Festival and The London Film Festival, to name a few. "Manic" stared Academy Award nominee Don Cheadle, Joseph Gordon-Levitt ("3rd Rock From The Sun") and Zooey Deschanel ("Almost Famous", "Elf").

Next was "Bookies," which Greenstone produced with Greenspan. "Bookies" tells the story of three college friends who start a sports bookmaking operation out of their dorm room and get in over their heads. This fast paced drama premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival and stars Nick Stahl ("In the Bedroom", "Terminator III"), Rachael Leigh Cook ("She's All That", "Josie & The Pussycats"), Lukas Haas and Johnny Galecki and was directed by Mark Illsley ("Happy, Texas").

Greenstone next Executive Produced "Bandwagon", a mockumentary which starred Emma Caufield ("Buffy, The Vampire Slayer"). The film premiered at 2004's Newport Film Festival to rave reviews and won the Maverick Vanguard Award.

Now, managing and producing on his own, Greenstone has a handful of very diverse projects on his production slate. Greenstone, along with producers Rick Light and Zac Berger have optioned and are developing a screenplay based on the highly acclaimed book Cop Without a Badge. Cop… tells the true story of Kevin Maher, who, during in the 80's, became one of the most successful police informants in the history of the New York Police Department and the FBI. Cop Without a Badge, along with the book Donnie Brasco are mandatory reading for all FBI cadets.

Greenstone also is developing and will produce the teen comedy "Two Nights in the Valley", which chronicles a weekend in the life of a Beverly Hills High School senior who befriends some "Valley" boys.

On the management side, Greenstone represents actors, such as Arye Gross, who has recurred on HBO's "Six Feet Under" and the ABC Family drama, "Wildfire". Gross has also appeared in Steven Spielberg's "Minority Report" opposite Tom Cruise and starred on Broadway in Brooklyn Boy. Memorable TV performances include roles on "Grey's Anatomy", "CSI", "Law & Order", "Law & Order SVU" a recurring role on "Medium" and and a recurring role on "The Riches" and he guest starred on an incredibly popular episode of "Friends", just to name a few. Greenstone also manages Sheeri Rappaport, who recurred for two seasons on the long running drama "NYPD Blue", and currently recurs on the hit CBS drama "CSI". Other clients include Jay Tavare who appeared in Sony's "Adaptation", Miramax's "Cold Mountain" and Sony's "The Missing" for director Ron Howard, which starred Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett. On the small screen, Tavare co-starred in the TNT/Dreamworks mini series "Into the West", where he was cast by Executive Producer Steven Spielberg to portray Chief Prairie Fire, the love interest to Keri Russell's ("Felicity", "Mission Impossible III") character. Tavare also guest starred on the season 6 finale of CSI: MIAMI, where he was thrown off a 23 story building which helped him conquer his fear of heights!

Greenstone splits his time between Los Angeles and San Francisco and enjoys traveling, photography and spending time with his wife, Naomi.

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