Stacey Sher

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

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.

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]

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