MEISTRICH, Larry 1967–

PERSONAL

Born 1967; married Shireen Meistrich (a producer); children: three.

Addresses: Contact— Film Movement, 375 West Broadway, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10012.

Career: Producer and actor. Film Movement, LLC (a film distribution company), chief executive officer, 2002–; Shooting Gallery (a production company), founder and chief executive officer, New York City, 1990–2001; Gun for Hire (a production company), founder; New York Production Council, board member; previously worked as a film production assistant.

Awards, Honors: Independent Spirit Award nomination (with others), best first feature, 1993, for Laws of Gravity; Crain's Small Business Award, 1998; Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, 1999; Independent Spirit Award nomination (with others), best first feature, 2001, for You Can Count on Me.

CREDITS

Film Producer:

Theory of Achievement, Yo Productions, 1991.

Laws of Gravity, RKO, 1992.

Hand Gun, Odessa, 1994.

New Jersey Drive, Gramercy, 1995.

Paulie, 1996.

The Last Home Run, Showcase, 1996.

I Love You, I Love You Not, Avalanche, 1997.

Around the Fire, 1997.

Belly, Artisan, 1998.

The 24 Hour Woman, Artisan, 1999.

The Bumblebee Flies Anyway, The Shooting Gallery, 1999.

Jaded, 1999.

Exiles in New York, 1999.

The Tic Code, Lions Gate Films, 2000.

You Can Count on Me, Paramount Classics, 2000.

Chinese Coffee, Fox, 2000.

Daddy and Them, Miramax, 2001.

Stealing Bees, 2001.

So Love Returns, Flower, 2003.

Film Executive Producer:

Comfortably Numb, Meistrich, 1995.

Twilight Highway, 1995.

At Sundance, 1995.

Drop Dead Rock, 1996.

Sling Blade, Miramax, 1996.

Illtown, The Shooting Gallery, 1996.

Layin' Low, The Shooting Gallery, 1996.

Upstate, 1997.

Niagara, Niagara (also known as Niagra Niagra ), Artisan, 1997.

Henry Fool, Columbia TriStar, 1997.

Frogs for Snakes, Artisan, 1998.

Strangeland, (also known as Dee Snider's StrangeLand ), Artisan, 1998.

The Minus Man, Artisan, 1999.

Everything for a Reason, The Shooting Gallery, 2000.

Once in the Life, Lions Gate Films, 2000.

Julie Johnson, Universal Focus, 2001.

Film Work:

Second assistant director, Oreos with Attitude, Zeitgeist, 1990.

Second assistant director, Daughters of Dust, Kino International, 1992.

Assistant director, Hand Gun, 1994.

Coproducer, Cafe Society, Columbia TriStar, 1995.

Film Appearances:

Thug, Ambition, 1991.

Pete, Laws of Gravity, RKO, 1992.

Sam, Hand Gun, Odessa, 1994.

'Headless' Larry Meistrich in photos, Trouble, 1995.

Vladmir's attorney, Comfortably Numb, 1995.

Police officer, Niagara, Niagara (also known as Niagra Niagra ), Artisan, 1997.

First cop, Jaded, 1999.

Television Work; Movies:

Executive producer, Drunks, Showtime, 1996.

Television Appearances; Series:

American Cinema (documentary), PBS, 1995.