# Stacey Sher

Stacey Sher (born November 30, 1962) is an American film producer.

## Biography

Sher was born to a Jewish family 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. She is married to music producer Kerry P. Brown. They have two children.

## Career

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. 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.
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.
In 2015, Sher was named co-president of Activision Blizzard Studios. 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.
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.

## Filmography

Producer unless otherwise noted.

### Film

| Year | Film | Credit |
| 1988 | Heartbreak Hotel | Associate producer |
| 1991 | The Fisher King | Associate producer |
| 1994 | Reality Bites | Executive producer |
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction | Executive producer |
| 1995 | Get Shorty | |
| 1996 | Matilda | |
| 1996 | Feeling Minnesota | |
| 1997 | Gattaca | |
| 1998 | Out of Sight | |
| 1998 | Living Out Loud | |
| 1999 | Man on the Moon | |
| 2000 | Drowning Mona | Executive producer |
| 2000 | Erin Brockovich | |
| 2001 | The Caveman's Valentine | |
| 2001 | How High | |
| 2001 | Vanilla Sky | Actress- role: Rayna |
| 2003 | Camp | |
| 2004 | Along Came Polly | |
| 2004 | Garden State | Executive producer |
| 2005 | Be Cool | |
| 2005 | The Skeleton Key | |
| 2006 | World Trade Center | |
| 2007 | Freedom Writers | |
| 2007 | Reno 911!: Miami | |
| 2010 | Extraordinary Measures | |
| 2011 | Contagion | |
| 2012 | LOL | |
| 2012 | Django Unchained | |
| 2013 | Runner Runner | |
| 2014 | Wish I Was Here | |
| 2014 | A Walk Among the Tombstones | |
| 2015 | Freeheld | |
| 2015 | Burnt | |
| 2015 | The Hateful Eight | |
| 2016 | Get a Job | |
| 2021 | Respect | |
| 2023 | Poolman | |
| 2024 | Heretic | |
| TBA | Verity | |

#### Thanks

| Year | Film | Role |
| 1987 | Adventures in Babysitting | Thank you |
| 1992 | Reservoir Dogs | Special thanks |
| 1996 | Hard Eight | Special thanks |
| 2002 | The Good Girl | Special thanks |
| 2003 | Kill Bill: Volume 1 | Special thanks |
| 2004 | Kill Bill: Volume 2 | Special thanks |

### Television

| Year | Title | Credit | Notes |
| 1998 | The Pentagon Wars | Executive producer | Television film |
| 2000 | Celebrity | Executive producer | Television film |
| 2001 | Kate Brasher | Executive producer | |
| 2002 | The American Embassy | Executive producer | |
| 2002 | The Funkhousers | Executive producer | Television film |
| 2001−02 | UC: Undercover | Executive producer | |
| 2003 | Other People's Business | Executive producer | Television film |
| 2004 | Karen Sisco | Executive producer | |
| 2016 | Sweet/Vicious | Executive producer | |
| 2016−18 | Skylanders Academy | Executive producer | |
| 2015−19 | Into the Badlands | Executive producer | |
| 2004−20 | Reno 911! | Executive producer | |
| 2020 | Mrs. America | Executive producer | |
| 2021 | 93rd Academy Awards | | Television special |
| 2021 | Oscars: Into the Spotlight | | Television special |
| 2021 | Oscars: After Dark | | Television special |
| 2021 | Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon | Executive producer | Television film |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2024 | Locarno Film Festival | Raimondo Rezzonico Award | — | Won | |