Matthew Greenfield a producer of independent films. He is senior vice-president of production at Fox Searchlight. He was formerly the associate director of the Sundance Institute

Sundance Institute

Sundance Institute is a non-profit organization founded by Robert Redford in 1981 that actively advances the work of filmmakers and storytellers worldwide...

 Feature Film Program.

Greenfield attended the Crossroads School

Crossroads School (Santa Monica, California)

Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences is a K-12 independent, college preparatory school in Santa Monica, California, United States. The school is a member of the G20 Schools Group.-History:...

, a private school associated with the entertainment industry, and later attended Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...

. At Wesleyan, he met future collaborator Miguel Arteta

Miguel Arteta

Miguel Arteta is a Puerto Rican director of film and television, known for his independent film Chuck & Buck , for which he received the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award.-Early life:...

.

Greenfield and Arteta teamed up to make Star Maps

Star Maps (film)

Star Maps , directed by Miguel Arteta, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. It was a critical hit, receiving five Independent Spirit Award nominations, including Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay.-Cast:...

, which debuted in 1997 at the Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival

The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...

 and received five Independent Spirit Award nominations, including Best First Feature. They followed with Chuck & Buck

Chuck & Buck

Chuck & Buck is a 2000 comedy-drama film written by and starring Mike White, and directed by Miguel Arteta. The title is a reference to the nickname that poet Charles Bukowski was known as in literary circles—Chuck Buk.-Plot:...

in 2000, for which they won the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award

Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award

The Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award is presented to the creative team of a film budgeted at less than $500,000 by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers...

 for Best Low Budget Feature, and The Good Girl

The Good Girl

The Good Girl is a 2002 black comedy-drama film directed by Miguel Arteta from a script by Mike White, and stars Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal and John C. Reilly.-Plot:...

in 2002.

In 2005 Greenfield worked as a producer on The Motel

The Motel (film)

The Motel is the debut feature from director Michael Kang. The film won the Humanitas Prize in the Sundance Film Festival category, and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature....

and Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody?

Greenfield started Cloverfield Press, a boutique publishing company, in 2004 with his wife, Laurence Dumortier.

External links

• Matthew Greenfield at IMDb