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Exec will review the pages provided by the writer before each meeting and meet the writer for 3 x 30-minute meetings via Zoom to assist the writer with developing a new project.
Character and concept in a single paragraph. It should make me lean in and want to know more.
My sweet spots are drama, thriller, horror, and comedy in film & TV. I've also worked on action films over the years and can be helpful in that space. Budget-wise, I prefer to focus on $50m and under in film. But am open to any budget in television.
Musical, animation, family, and faith-based.
Matt Berenson is a film and television executive and producer with over 30 years of industry experience whose work spans studio blockbusters, acclaimed indies, and high-profile franchise films. He has developed and/or produced dozens of features, including the worldwide hit DADDY DAY CARE starring Eddie Murphy and the critically celebrated THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES from writer-director Derek Cianfrance, starring Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper.
Berenson most recently produced PSYCHO KILLER with Roy Lee/Vertigo Entertainment, written by Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en) for New Regency and Constantin Films and starring Georgina Campbell. Fox/Disney released in February, 2026. His next film will be THE NIGHT STALKER for Republic Pictures, a division of Paramount.
He is also a non-writing Executive Producer, alongside Sylvester and Sophia Stallone, on Amazon’s upcoming television adaptation THE MINDF*CK Series, based on the bestselling novels by S.T. Abby (aka Christie Owens Cunningham) and North Road’s upcoming series Zipper alongside GAME OF THRONES producer Guymon Casady.
In addition to his producing work, Berenson is the writer of the forthcoming feature ROBOTS VS. ZOMBIES VS. HUMANS, currently in development with The Gotham Group (THE MAZE RUNNER franchise). He is also the author of Secret Stars: The Greatest Underdogs of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Era.
In 2023, Berenson served as an adjunct professor at Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television, where he taught Film and Television Development and The Business of Film and Television.
His producing and executive-producing credits also include:
• THE BOY HORROR franchise
• THE BEST OF ENEMIES, starring Taraji P. Henson and Sam Rockwell
• SECRET IN THEIR EYES, writer/director Billy Ray’s English-language remake of the Oscar-winning foreign film starring Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, and Chiwetel Ejiofor
• Leslye Headland’s SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE, starring Jason Sudeikis and Alison Brie
• GONE, starring Amanda Seyfried
• STAND UP GUYS, starring Al Pacino and Christopher Walken
As an executive, Berenson was President of Production at Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (SKE), from 2010-2014, where he produced several of the films above and acquired Taylor Sheridan’s screenplay COMANCHERIA, later released as the Oscar-nominated HELL OR HIGH WATER. He also acquired an early pitch from Sian Heder, prior to her Oscar-winning success with CODA.
Earlier, as President of Production at Carsey-Werner Films (2004–2007), he produced a slate of studio comedies including Universal’s LET'S GO TO PRISON and Sony/Revolution’s THE BROTHERS SOLOMON, both directed by Bob Odenkirk. He also served as EVP, Production at Red Wagon (2000-2003).
Berenson began his executive career as a Vice President at Jersey Films, where he oversaw creative development on titles including ERIN BROCKOVICH and OUT OF SIGHT.
He is a graduate of Princeton University, where he earned a B.A. in History.
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