JAMIE SCHUTZ

Jamie Schutz is an Emmy Award winning producer, director, and President of Stick Figure Entertainment and recently produced the hit true crime series, RELENTLESS, with BLUMHOUSE for DISCOVERY+, STAY HOME WITH: YUNGBLUD and 30 DAYS WITH: WHY DON'T WE for YOUTUBE ORIGINALS, and TWYLA MOVES, an AMERICAN MASTERS on acclaimed choreographer and dancer TWYLA THARP. Other producing credits include CITIZEN ASHE, a feature documentary premiering at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival, about legendary tennis champion and advocate ARTHUR ASHE, directed by SAM POLLARD and REX MILLER and Executive Produced by JOHN LEGEND, distributed by CNN FILMS and HBO MAX. Also, for HBO MAX in 2021 is HOOD RIVER, a feature documentary Executive Produced by ROBERT RODRIGUEZ and directed by STEVEN CANTOR, about a high school soccer team in a town divided by race. WHEN CLAUDE GOT SHOT, a feature documentary about three strangers united by gun violence, directed by BRAD LICHTENSTEIN and Executive Produced by SNOOP DOGG premieres in 2022 for PBS, as will FOUND, a feature doc for NETFLIX, directed by AMANDA LIPITZ.

Current films include BECOMING NORMANI about up-and-coming pop star and former Fifth Harmony band member, Normani, NEVER SATISFIED: THE MAKING OF HAMILTON as told through the eyes of RENEE GOLDSBERRY, MAN V OIL: STEVEN DONZIGER on human rights lawyer and activist STEVEN DONZIGER, UNTITLED MISTY COPELAND on worldwide ballet star Misty Copeland, and SATORI with SERGEI POLUNIN.

Other recent producing credits include, BETWEEN ME AND MY MIND, a feature doc on TREY ANASTASIO that premiered to sold out audience at The Beacon Theater as part of the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival and WHAT WILL BECOME OF US, on Holocaust survivor and Westfield Malls magnate FRANK LOWY, which also premiered at The 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. Jamie produced BALLET NOW, a feature documentary for HULU on New York City Ballet dancer TILER PECK with ELIZABETH MOSS and VULCAN PRODUCTIONS, and STEP, a feature documentary on a high school girl's step dance team distributed by FOX SEARCHLIGHT.

Jamie was an Executive Producer on DANCER, a feature documentary on ballet star SERGEI POLUNIN, and produced CHASING TYSON, a feature documentary for ESPN about MIKE TYSON & EVANDER HOLYFIELD. Jamie also produced Emmy Award winning series, THE MASK WITH HENRIK LUNDQVIST, and CLYDE'S NEW YORK about Clyde Frazier, for MSG NETWORKS, a documentary with SPIKE LEE about DAVID ROBINSON, son of legendary baseball player JACKIE ROBINSON, SPYBALL about spy and baseball player MOE BERG, STORYTIME WITH OZZIE GUILLÉN, an animated series starring OZZIE GUILLÉN; and directed and produced BY THE NUMB3RS WITH JUSTIN ZORM3LO; and Sundance nominated series THE COLLECTORS, all for ESPN.

Jamie produced and directed branded films for Philips, DuPont, IBM, Lenovo, Expedia, Unilever, and IKEA, while serving as Head of Production at Ogilvy Entertainment.

Television credits include EP on JASON OF BEVERLY HILLS for E!, THE UGLY AGENCY for TLC, Co-EP on MIAMI INK and SHALOM IN THE HOME, Sup Producer on NANNY 911 for Fox and THE MILLER SHOW for Oxygen. Jamie co-created and produced THE REAL CANCUN, distributed by NEW LINE CINEMA and produced SURVIVOR & SURVIVOR 2 for CBS, & ECO-CHALLENGE for USA Network.

Jamie began his career in NYC as an AD on features, music videos and commercials for people like Vin Diesel, Kevin Smith, Whitney Houston, Jennifer Lopez, Pink, Sheryl Crow, Eve, Ja Rule, amongst others.

Jamie interned for Gale Anne Hurd in 1994 at Pacific Western Productions, is a former board member of the PGA East and frequent lecturer and guest teacher. Jamie and Stick Figure Entertainment are represented at The Paradigm Talent Agency.