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David Dinerstein

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David Dinerstein
David Dinerstein won an Academy Award for producing the Best Documentary "Summer Of Soul." He served as President at Paramount Pictures and was a senior studio executive at 20th Century Fox and Miramax Films. Dinerstein has been involved in the production, marketing or distribution on over 200 movies including "Pulp Fiction," "American Hustle," "Her," "The Illusionist," "The Full Monty," "Paris Is Burning," "You Can Count On Me," "Mad Hot Ballroom," and "Hustle & Flow." He sits on the Board Of Governors at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

Dinerstein has won numerous other awards including the Grammy, BAFTA, Independent Spirit Award, PGA, AFI, Critics Choice Documentary Award and the 2021 Sundance Grand Jury Prize and the Sundance Audience Award. He helped launch the filmmaking careers of many iconic directors including Quentin Tarantino, Steven Soderberg, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Paul Greengrass, Justin Lin, Sofia Coppola, Baz Luhrman, Jane Campion and Kevin Smith. His films have garnered over 100 Academy Award Nominations and 15 Academy Awards. In 2014 his films received 17 Academy Award nominations including 2 for Best Picture.

Dinerstein has a broad range of experience in entertainment production, programming, acquisitions, finance, international sales, marketing and distribution. He has built and managed several companies from their inception. Dinerstein co-founded Paramount Vantage, where he supervised all aspects of the business, including co-productions, acquisitions, finance, operations, marketing, and distribution of a full slate of feature films. Dinerstein was one the original architects of Fox Searchlight Pictures.

Dinerstein served as the Executive Producer on the Academy Award nominated, Netflix documentary "Winter On Fire: Ukraine's Fight For Freedom," for which he was also nominated for an Emmy Award. Dinerstein also served as the Executive Producer on the HBO documentary "Cries From Syria," for which he received an Emmy Award nomination. On the narrative side, he served as an Executive Producer on the Golden Globe nominated "A Private War," the elevated horror film, "The Strangers: Prey At Night," and "Kidnap" starring Halle Berry.

Dinerstein is an invited speaker and panelist around the world on the subject of film production, distribution, financing and marketing. He is a voting member of AMPAS and the Recording Academy.
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      • 7 wins & 9 nominations total

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    Known for

    Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    8.0
    • Producer(p.g.a.)
    • 2021
    Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (2015)
    Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom
    8.3
    • Producer
    • 2015
    Halle Berry in Kidnap (2017)
    Kidnap
    5.9
    • Producer
    • 2017
    Patrick Anderson and Rosamund Pike in A Private War (2018)
    A Private War
    6.7
    • Producer
    • 2018

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    • Izzy
      • executive producer
      • In Production
    • The Last Spy
      • executive producer
      • In Production



    • Following Harry (2024)
      Following Harry
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Breakup Text (2023)
      Breakup Text
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • John Lennon and May Pang in The Lost Weekend: A Love Story (2022)
      The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
      7.6
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Really Good Rejects (2022)
      Really Good Rejects
      9.3
      • producer
      • 2022
    • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
      Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
      8.0
      • producer (p.g.a.)
      • 2021
    • EDDIE: The cost of greatness (2020)
      EDDIE: The cost of greatness
      • executive producer
      • 2020
    • Hero Fiennes Tiffin and Josephine Langford in After (2019)
      After
      5.3
      • executive producer
      • 2019
    • Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway in Serenity (2019)
      Serenity
      5.4
      • executive producer
      • 2019
    • Patrick Anderson and Rosamund Pike in A Private War (2018)
      A Private War
      6.7
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder in Destination Wedding (2018)
      Destination Wedding
      6.0
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • Damian Maffei, Lea Enslin, and Emma Bellomy in The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)
      The Strangers: Prey at Night
      5.3
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • On the Run (2017)
      On the Run
      8.1
      Short
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Halle Berry in Kidnap (2017)
      Kidnap
      5.9
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Cries from Syria (2017)
      Cries from Syria
      8.3
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (2015)
      Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom
      8.3
      • executive producer
      • 2015

    Additional Crew



    • Fame (2009)
      Fame
      5.0
      • international sales marketing and distribution: Lakeshore
      • 2009
    • Daniel Craig, Rhys Ifans, and Samantha Morton in Enduring Love (2004)
      Enduring Love
      6.3
      • liaison: Paramount Classics
      • 2004

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