Jeff G. Waxman
Executive Producer - Producer
Jeff G. Waxman has an enviable track record in the motion picture industry. He is a quintessential industry hyphenate having worked as an executive producer, producer, co-producer, line producer, production supervisor, and director on a myriad of acclaimed motion pictures. He has worked with some of Hollywood’s most revered talent, including actors Anthony Hopkins, Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Alec Baldwin, Jamie Foxx, Christopher Walken, Adam Sandler, Marisa Tomei, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Gerard Butler, Colin Farrell and directors such as Michael Mann, Sydney Lumet, David O. Russell, Tarsem, Tony Kaye, Taylor Hackford and F. Gary Gray.
Waxman recently wrapped “Immortals,” a $100 million dollar 3-D fantasy movie, directed by Tarsem for Universal. It will be released on 11/11/11 and Waxman served as Executive Producer. This film comes on the heels of completing another Relativity Media project, “The Fighter,” a high-profile, talent-driven film that Waxman both Executive Produced and Produced and which has just been nominated for six Golden Globes.
Waxman worked with several production companies leading up to his current producing career. As Head of Production for Capital Films, Waxman oversaw films like Sidney Lumet’s “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead” starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke; “Five Dollars A Day” starring Christopher Walken; “Black Water Transit” starring Laurence Fishburne; and Taylor Hackford’s “Love Ranch” starring Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci.
In addition to producing “Law Abiding Citizen,” Waxman gained other freelance credits including Associate Producer on Columbia Picture’s “Reign Over Me” (2007) starring Adam Sandler, and Production Supervisor on Michael Mann’s “Miami Vice” (2006) starring Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx.
Prior to his move to Capitol, Waxman was Senior Vice President of Production for Los Angeles based Cutting Edge Entertainment, presiding over several important Cutting Edge pictures, including the highly acclaimed “Narc” (2002) starring Ray Liotta and Jason Patric, which Waxman co-executive produced with Tom Cruise. Waxman also produced “The Devil and Daniel Webster” (a.k.a. “Shortcut to Happiness”) for Cutting Edge, which starred Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Anthony Hopkins, and marked Baldwin’s directorial debut. Additional credits with Cutting Edge include “In The Shadows” starring James Caan and Cuba Gooding, Jr., “Cutaway” starring Tom Berenger and Ron Silver, and “Fait Accompli” starring Rosanna Arquette and Michael Madsen.
In 1996 Waxman received his first directing credit, directing and producing the concert film “Freebird,” which documented the critically acclaimed Southern Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd during the band’s heyday with its original members, including the events leading up to their tragic plane crash in 1977.
Waxman began his career supervising a number of films for Connecticut based Cabin Fever Entertainment, including “The Hunter’s Moon,” starring Burt Reynolds and a pair of Houston Film Festival Gold Award winners: 1995’s “Painted Hero” starring Dwight Yoakum and Bo Hopkins and 1994’s “Sioux City” starring and directed by Lou Diamond Phillips.
Waxman was born in Queens, NY and now lives in Long Island with his wife, Lauren, and their two children.
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