Eli Bush is an American film and theatre producer and former executive at Scott Rudin Productions.[1] He is best known for producing the film Lady Bird, for which he co-won the 2018 Golden Globe Award for Best Picture – Musical or Comedy and was co-nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.[2]
He is married to Marie Louise Khondji daughter of Darius Khondji since October 2022.
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Biography[edit]
Bush graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University in 2009.[3]
During his tenure working for Scott Rudin Productions, he and Rudin worked on a number of critically acclaimed movies, including Uncut Gems (2019), Annihilation (2018), Eighth Grade (2018), Lady Bird (2017), and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011).[4] On Broadway, he won four Tony Awards for Best Revival of a Play: for Death of a Salesman (2012), A Raisin in the Sun (2014), Skylight (2015), and A View from the Bridge (2016).[5] He also won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2017 for Hello, Dolly! as well as the Tony Award for Best Play in 2016 for producing The Humans.[5] He was nominated for the 2017 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children’s Program for co-producing School of Rock.[6]
In April 2021 stories in The Hollywood Reporter and “Vulture“alleged numerous instances of abuse from Rudin towards employees, including physical violence. Following the allegations, Rudin announced that he would be “stepping back” to “work on personal issues I should have long ago.”[7][8] The Vulture story reported that Bush had left Scott Rudin Productions the previous week.
In 2022 Bush executive produced Jerrod Carmichael’s stand-up special Rothaniel on HBO.[9] The special was subsequently nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Directing For A Variety Special and Outstanding Writing For A Variety Special.[10]
In October 2022 Bush produced Kate Berlant’s one-woman show at the Connelly Theater. It was directed by Bo Burnham and marked Berlant’s return after more than a decade.[11]
Filmography[edit]
He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
Film[edit]
Thanks
Year
Film
Role
2019
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Special thanks
Television[edit]
Miscellaneous crew
Theater[edit]
References[edit]
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1990s
Green Card – Peter Weir (1990)
Beauty and the Beast – Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise and Don Hahn (1991)
The Player – Robert Altman, David Brown, Michael Tolkin and Nick Wechsler (1992)
Mrs. Doubtfire – Chris Columbus, Marsha Garces, Mark Radcliffe and Robin Williams (1993)
The Lion King – Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff and Don Hahn (1994)
Babe – Chris Noonan, Catherine Barber, Philip Hearnshaw, Bill Miller, George Miller, Doug Mitchell and Daphne Paris (1995)
Evita – Alan Parker and Robert Stigwood (1996)
As Good as It Gets – James L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson and Kristi Zea (1997)
Shakespeare in Love – John Madden, Donna Gigliotti, Marc Norman, David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein and Edward Zwick (1998)
Toy Story 2 – John Lasseter, Karen Robert Jackson and Helene Plotkin (1999)
2000s
Almost Famous – Cameron Crowe and Ian Bryce (2000)
Moulin Rouge! – Baz Luhrmann, Fred Baron and Martin Brown (2001)
Chicago – Rob Marshall, Meryl Poster, Martin Richards, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein and Craig Zadan (2002)
Lost in Translation – Sofia Coppola and Ross Katz (2003)
Sideways – Alexander Payne and Michael London (2004)
Walk the Line – James Mangold, James Keach and Cathy Konrad (2005)
Dreamgirls – Bill Condon and Laurence Mark (2006)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Tim Burton, John Logan, Laurie MacDonald, Walter F. Parkes and Richard D. Zanuck (2007)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona – Woody Allen, Letty Aronson, Jaume Roures, Stephen Tenenbaum and Gareth Wiley (2008)
The Hangover – Todd Phillips and Daniel Goldberg (2009)
2010s
The Kids Are All Right – Lisa Cholodenko, Gary Gilbert, Jeff Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray (2010)
The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius and Thomas Langmann (2011)
Les Misérables – Tom Hooper, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh (2012)
American Hustle – David O. Russell, Charles Roven, Megan Ellison, Richard Suckle and Jonathan Gordon (2013)
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson, Steven Rales and Scott Rudin (2014)
The Martian – Ridley Scott, Simon Kinberg, Michael Schaefer, Aditya Sood and Mark Huffam (2015)
La La Land – Damien Chazelle, Fred Berger, Gary Gilbert, Jordan Horowitz and Marc Platt (2016)
Lady Bird – Greta Gerwig, Eli Bush, Evelyn O’Neill and Scott Rudin (2017)
Green Book – Peter Farrelly, Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Hayes Currie and Nick Vallelonga (2018)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino, David Heyman and Shannon McIntosh (2019)
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