ELLEN SCHWARTZ has produced and contributed to some of the highest-grossing and beloved films of the last two decades. Schwartz began her career as a DGA trainee working in New York – one of the few women assuming such a role at the time. The first feature film she worked on as a trainee was “The Flamingo Kid,” which was the start of a 25 year friendship and working relationship with Garry Marshall. She worked alongside Marshall as his assistant director and producer on films such as Beaches, Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, Princess Diaries 1 and 2, Exit to Eden, Dear God, Frankie & Johnny, The Other Sister and Raising Helen. In addition to working with Marshall, Schwartz has had a long working relationship with director Donald Petrie – with whom she began work on the ground-breaking television show, “The Equalizer.” Schwartz and Petrie have collaborated on Miss Congeniality, Just My Luck and How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days, which went on to gross over $175 million worldwide. Her diverse experience has earned her assistant director positions with Paul Verhoeven on Showgirls and Anne Fletcher on the hit films Step Up and 27 Dresses, as well as senior production roles on Drillbit Taylor, Dance Flick and 2010’s boxoffice smash Get Him To The Greek. Ellen was also the executive producer on “Something Borrowed” for Warner Brothers and “You’re Not You” for eOne Films. In 2013, she joined Black Label Media as the Executive VP of Physical Production. She is an executive producer on “The Good Lie”, “Breaking A Monster”, “Sicario” and “Demolition”.
Ellen H. Schwartz
Jon Schumacher
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Emma McGill
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Molly Smith
MOLLY SMITH (Producer) produced her first film, “P.S. I Love You,” in 2006 with Alcon Entertainment. Written and directed by Richard LaGravenese and starring Gerard Butler and Hilary Swank. Following “P.S. I Love You,” Smith formed a partnership with actress Hilary Swank and had a first‐look producing deal at Alcon Entertainment until 2011. Smith was the executive producer on “The Blind Side” (2009). The film earned Sandra Bullock the Academy Award for Best Actress, was nominated for Best Picture and grossed over $250 million. Smith then went on to produce the film adaptation of Emily Giffin’s best-selling novel “Something Borrowed,” followed by the supernatural coming of age story “Beautiful Creatures” and “You’re Not You”.
In 2013, Smith left her producing deal at Alcon and partnered with Trent and Thad Luckinbill to form Black Label Media, a new film finance and production company. Black Label released it’s first film “The Good Lie”, directed by Phillipe Falardeau and starring Reese Witherspoon, in the fall of 2014 and has two more films scheduled for release. “Sicario,” directed by Denis Villenueve and starrng Emily Blunt and Benicio Del Toro, is slated for a fall ’15 release. Jean-Marc Vallee’s “Demolition”, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts, is scheduled for a spring 2016 release. Black Label also acquired an interest in the films “Begin Again,” written and directed by John Carney, and starring James Corden, Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo and “71,” directed by Yann Demange and starring Jack O’Connell. In addition, Black Label has an active slate of development projects including “Code Name Veil”, which will be directed by Michael Cuesta and is scheduled for a fall 2015 production.
Trent Luckinbill
TRENT LUCKINBILL (Producer) has an extensive legal and financial background working in both the private and public sectors at the Department of Treasury’s Office of Financial Stability and as a lawyer at the Department of Justice in Washington D.C. After moving to Los Angeles, he formed Black Label Media (BLM) with partners Molly Smith and Thad Luckinbill in 2013 to finance and produce high quality commercial content. Through BLM, Trent and his partners have most recently financed and produced “The Good Lie” with Reese Witherspoon, which will be released in the fall through Warner Brothers. BLM is also financing and producing the upcoming Denis Villenueve directed project “Sicario” with Benicio del Toro, Emily Blunt, and Josh Brolin. In 2016, BLM’s “Demolition” directed by Jean-Marc Vallee will be released and is scheduled to begin production on “Salinger’s War” directed by Danny Strong this fall. Black Label has also acquired two films for distribution, “Begin Again” starring Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo, as well as “71” starring Jack O’Connell.
