Eli Bush
Eli Bush is an American film and theatre producer and former executive at Scott Rudin Productions. 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. Biography. Bush graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University in 2009. 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). 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). 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". He was nominated for the 2017 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program for co-producing "School of Rock". An April 2021 story in "The Hollywood Reporter" 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." In an April 2021 "Vulture" exposé about Rudin's abusive behavior, a former colleague referred to Bush as "sort of Rudin’s Smithers," a reference to the sycophantic right-hand man to Mr. Burns from "The Simpsons". Another compared him to the former Vice President of the United States saying "He's like the Mike Pence of the whole operation. He’s shared an office with Scott all day every day  for over 10 years.” The same story reported that Bush had "left" Scott Rudin Productions the previous week. "Vulture" scrutinized Bush's behavior in relation to the Rudin scandal. Filmography. "He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted."