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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
