David Dinerstein

David Dinerstein is an Academy Award nominated producer and accomplished media executive. He has been involved in the production or distribution on over 200 movies including "Pulp Fiction," "American Hustle," "Her," "The Illusionist," "The Full Monty," and "Hustle & Flow." He produced the documentary "Summer Of Soul," winner of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award.

Dinerstein has helped launch the filmmaking careers of numerous iconic directors including Quentin Tarantino, Steven Soderberg, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Paul Greengrass, Justin Lin, Sofia Coppola, Baz Luhrman, Jane Campion and Kevin Smith. His films have garnered over 100 Academy Award Nominations and 15 Academy Awards. In 2014, his films received 17 Academy Award nominations including 2 for Best Picture.

The media executive has had a broad range of experience in entertainment production, programming, acquisitions, finance, international sales, marketing and distribution. He has built and managed several companies from their inception. Dinerstein co-founded Paramount Vantage, where he supervised all aspects of the business, including co-productions, acquisitions, finance, operations, marketing, and distribution of a full slate of feature films. Dinerstein was one the original architects of Fox Searchlight. Dinerstein served as the Executive Producer of the Academy Award nominated, Netflix documentary "Winter On Fire," for which he was also nominated for an Emmy Award. Dinerstein also served as the Executive Producer on the HBO documentary "Cries From Syria."

Dinerstein is an invited speaker and panelist around the world on the subject of film production, distribution, financing and marketing. He is a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, and the Television Academy.