Eli Bush | |
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Alma mater | Columbia University |
Occupation | Producer |
Years active | 2007–present |
Awards | Golden Globe Award (2018) |
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.
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]
He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
Year | Film | Credit |
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2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Co-producer |
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Co-producer | |
2012 | Moonrise Kingdom | Co-producer |
Frances Ha | Co-producer | |
2013 | Captain Phillips | Executive producer |
2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Co-producer |
Rosewater | Executive producer | |
While We're Young | ||
Top Five | ||
Inherent Vice | Co-producer | |
Ex Machina | Executive producer | |
2015 | Mistress America | Co-producer |
Aloha | Executive producer | |
Steve Jobs | Executive producer | |
2016 | Fences | Executive producer |
2017 | The Meyerowitz Stories | |
Lady Bird | ||
2018 | Eighth Grade | |
Annihilation | ||
Isle of Dogs | Co-producer | |
The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter | ||
Game Over, Man! | ||
22 July | ||
Mid90s | ||
The Girl in the Spider's Web | ||
2019 | Uncut Gems | |
First Cow | Executive producer | |
2021 | The Woman in the Window |
Year | Film | Role |
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2019 | Share | Special thanks |
Year | Title | Credit | Notes |
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2012 | The Corrections | Executive producer | Television pilot |
2013 | Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive | Executive producer | Television special |
Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis | Executive producer | Documentary | |
2012−14 | The Newsroom | Co-producer | |
2017 | Five Came Back | Executive producer | |
2016–18 | School of Rock | Executive producer | |
2018 | Compliance | Executive producer | Television film |
2019 | My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres | Executive producer | Television film |
Diagnosis | Executive producer | Documentary | |
Gone Hollywood | Executive producer | Television pilot | |
2020 | Devs | Executive producer | |
Dispatches from Elsewhere | Executive producer | ||
Barkskins | Executive producer | ||
2019−21 | What We Do in the Shadows | Executive producer | |
2022 | Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel | Executive producer | Television special |
2022 | Five Days at Memorial | ||
TBA | Purity | Executive producer |
Year | Title | Role |
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2016 | The Night Of | Consultant |
Year | Title |
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2011 | The Book of Mormon |
2012 | Death of a Salesman – *Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play |
2013 | Betrayal |
2014 | A Raisin in the Sun – *Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play |
This Is Our Youth | |
A Delicate Balance | |
2015 | Skylight – *Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play |
Fish in the Dark | |
The Flick | |
A View from the Bridge – *Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play | |
2016 | The Humans – *Tony Award for Best Play |
The Crucible | |
Blackbird | |
Shuffle Along | |
The Front Page | |
The Wolves | |
2017 | The Glass Menagerie |
A Doll's House, Part 2 | |
Hello, Dolly! – *Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical | |
2018 | The Iceman Cometh |
Carousel | |
Three Tall Women | |
The Waverly Gallery | |
To Kill a Mockingbird |