company birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title name occupation
cinetic distribution agency , filmbuff media , sloss eckhouse lawco llp , producers detroit , michigan , us 1956 1982 -- present john sloss
 john sloss entertainment talent manager lawyer , sales agent , film producer ,
john sloss

john sloss -lrb- born 1956 -rrb- is an entertainment lawyer and film sales agent , who has executive produced over 50 films including the academy award-winning `` the fog of war '' and `` boys do n't cry '' .
other credits include `` bernie '' , `` city of hope '' , `` friends with kids '' , `` a scanner darkly '' , `` far from heaven '' , and `` before sunrise '' .
through his companies sloss eckhouse lawco and cinetic media , he has facilitated the sale and/or financing of films such as lee daniels ' `` precious '' , `` napoleon dynamite '' , `` the kids are all right '' , `` little miss sunshine '' , and `` super size me '' .
filmmakers he has worked with include richard linklater , kevin smith , whit stillman , todd haynes , brad anderson and justin lin .
in 2009 , sloss co-founded filmbuff , a digital distribution company .
in 2010 , he co-founded producers distribution agency which has released the films banksy 's `` exit through the gift shop '' , `` senna '' , `` the way '' , and `` brooklyn castle '' .
sloss has also served as an adjunct professor in the graduate film program at tisch school of the arts at new york university .
