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Scott Rudin was born on the 14th July 1958, in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York State USA, and is a film and theatrical producer, probably best recognized for winning all of the four major entertainment awards – Grammy, Emmy, Oscar and Tony Award. He has produced such film titles as “No Country For Old Men” (2007), “The Social Network” (2010), and “The Grand Budapest Hotel” (2014). His career has been active since 1978.

So, have you ever wondered how rich Scott Rudin is? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Scott counts his net worth at the impressive amount of $100 million, as of late 2016. This amount of money has been accumulated through his successful career in the film industry as a producer of a number of film titles. Another source is coming from his ownership of the production company Scott Rudin Productions.

Scott Rudin Net Worth $100 Million

Scott Rudin was brought up in a Jewish family on Long Island, where he completed his education. However, when he was 18 years old he effectively eschewed college, and began pursuing his career in the entertainment world, having already gained some experience as a producer, working for Kermit Bloomgarden as an assistant to Kermit’s theatre productions. After that, he started working with Robert Whitehead and Emanuel Azenberg as a casting director, and later on founded his own company, which during the 1970s put together a cast that would feature in such productions as “Annie” (1977), then “Verna: USO Girl” (1978), and “The Scarlet Letter” (1979), among others. His net worth was well established.

He then moved to LA, and got a job at the Edgar J. Scherick Associates, as a producer, and during this stint he oversaw the creation of such films as “I’m Dancing As Fast As I Can” (1981), and “He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin`” (1983), both of which added a considerable amount to his net worth. Encouraged by the success of the early films he produced, Scott started another company, Scott Rudin Productions, and made a solo debut with the film “Mrs. Soffel” in 1984, directed by Gilliam Armstrong. However, he got a chance to join 20th Century Fox, and became the studio’s executive producer. Two yearslater, Scott became president of production, at only 29 years of age, reflecting appreciation for his talent, and considerably boosting his net worth.

Nevertheless, his tenure at Fox didn’t last long, as he joined Paramount Pictures, where for the next 15 years he was the producer, which increased his net worth by a large margin. Some of the films he produced include “Sabrina” (1995), “I.Q.” (1994), “In & Out” (1997), “The Thruman Show” (1998), “Sleepy Hollow” (1999), “Angela’s Ashes” (1999), “Shaft” (2000), “School Of Rock” (2003), before he left Paramount Pictures in 2004, and joined Walt Disney Pictures.

Since then, Scott’s net worth has increased considerably, as he has produced some high profile films which received numerous awards, and earned millions, including for his own net worth. Some of these are “No Country for Old Men” (2007), “There Will Be Blood” (2007) “Fantastic Mr. Fox” (2009), “True Grit” (2010), “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” (2011), and “The Grand Budapest Hotel” (2014).

Most recently he has produced films “Steve Jobs” (2015), “Zoolander 2” (2016), and “Fences” (2016). He also has several projects that are in the process of making, including “Annihilation”, “Lady Bird”, and “The Legacy Of A Whitetail Deer Hunter”, all of which are scheduled for 2017 release. His net worth is certainly rising.

When it comes to speak about his personal life, Scott Rudin came out in public as gay, and his partner is publicist John Barlow.



Full Name Scott Rudin
Net Worth $100 Million
Date Of Birth July 14, 1958
Place Of Birth Baldwin, New York, United States
Profession Producer
Nationality American
Partner John Barlow
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0748784/
Awards Academy Award for Best Picture, Tony Award for Best Play 2009, 2006, 2005, Tony Award for Best Musical 2011, 1994, Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play 2016, 2015, 2014, Producers Guild of America Award, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play 2012, 2010, Fences Grammy Award, Gotham Inde…
Nominations Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, BAFTA Award for Best British Film, BAFTA Award for Best Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, PGA Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures, Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Indep…
Movies The Social Network, No Country for Old Men, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Captain Phillips, True Grit, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Hours, The Truman Show, Moonrise Kingdom, The Addams Family, Top Five, Inside Llewyn Davis, Zoolander, Clueless, School of Rock…
Quote
1 [on whether his late release of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) was an attempt to ensure Oscar candidacy] It’s a movie, not a worm on a hook.
2 If you’re going to spend two or three years of your life working on something, you’ve got to be making the kind of movie that discusses and influences the culture and is engaged in the world you’re living in.
Fact
1 Is one of only 14 individuals who are an “EGOT”, meaning that he has received at least one of all of the four major entertainment awards: an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony. The other recipients, in chronological order, are Richard Rodgers, Barbra Streisand, Helen Hayes, Rita Moreno, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud, Audrey Hepburn, Marvin Hamlisch, Jonathan Tunick, Mel Brooks, Mike Nichols, Whoopi Goldberg and James Earl Jones. Three of the 14 recipients, however, did receive one non-competitive award: Barbra Streisand won a Special Tony, Liza Minnelli won a Special Grammy, and James Earl Jones won a Special Oscar.
2 Ranked #3 of 50 influential people in The new York Observer’s “The New Power Gays” article, June 2011.
3 Was the inspiration for Buddy Ackerman (played by Kevin Spacey) in Swimming with Sharks (1994).
4 Left Paramount Pictures to head up the Walt Disney Company’s Miramax Films, after Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein left to create a new independent film studio. After Sherry Lansing (retired chairman and CEO of Paramount) and Jonathan Dolgen (former president of Paramount) left, he said that: “I had a hugely emotional response to Sherry and John leaving and the heart went out of the place for me.” (Source: Oscarwatch.com). [2005].
5 The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) was originally considered by Paramount Pictures (the studio at which Rudin had a production deal with), but Paramount turned it down. Disney’s Touchstone division produced it, and it became a hit.
6 Was President of 20th Century Fox in 1986.
7 Ranked #18 in Premiere’s 2003 annual Power 100 List. Had ranked #26 in 2002.

Producer

Title Year Status Character
Isle of Dogs 2018 producer filming
Yeh Din Ka Kissa 2017 producer post-production
The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter 2017 producer post-production
Annihilation 2017 executive producer post-production
Lady Bird 2017 producer post-production
Purity 2017 TV Series executive producer – 2 episodes pre-production
Step 2016 Documentary executive producer post-production
A Christmas Carol producer announced
Brooklyn Castle producer announced
Console Wars Documentary producer announced
Game Over, Man! producer pre-production
Justice League Dark producer announced
Sinatra producer announced
The Book of Mormon producer announced
The Girl in the Spider’s Web producer pre-production
Fences 2016 producer – produced by
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened… 2016 Documentary executive producer
School of Rock 2016 TV Series executive producer – 12 episodes
Zoolander 2 2016 producer
De Palma 2015 Documentary executive producer
Steve Jobs 2015 producer
Aloha 2015/I producer
Ex Machina 2015 executive producer
The Newsroom 2012-2014 TV Series executive producer – 25 episodes
Top Five 2014 producer
While We’re Young 2014 producer
Rosewater 2014 producer
Silicon Valley 2014 TV Series executive producer
The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014 producer
Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis 2013 TV Movie documentary producer
Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive 2013 TV Special executive producer
Captain Phillips 2013 producer
Inside Llewyn Davis 2013 producer
The Corrections 2012 TV Movie producer
Frances Ha 2012 producer
Moonrise Kingdom 2012 producer
The Dictator 2012 producer
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close 2011 producer
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2011 producer
Margaret 2011/I producer
Moneyball 2011 executive producer
Page Eight 2011 TV Movie executive producer
True Grit 2010 producer
The Social Network 2010 producer
The Way Back 2010/I executive producer
Greenberg 2010 producer
It’s Complicated 2009 producer
Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009 producer
Julie & Julia 2009 executive producer
Revolutionary Road 2008 producer
Doubt 2008/I producer
Stop-Loss 2008 producer
The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 executive producer
There Will Be Blood 2007 executive producer
Margot at the Wedding 2007 producer
The Darjeeling Limited 2007 producer
No Country for Old Men 2007 producer
Notes on a Scandal 2006 producer
The Queen 2006 executive producer
Venus 2006/I executive producer
Reprise 2006 executive producer
Failure to Launch 2006 producer
Freedomland 2006 producer
Wild Tigers I Have Known 2006 executive producer
A Series of Unfortunate Events 2004 executive producer
Closer 2004/I executive producer
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 2004 producer
Team America: World Police 2004 producer
I Heart Huckabees 2004 producer
The Village 2004 producer
The Manchurian Candidate 2004 producer
The Stepford Wives 2004 producer
School of Rock 2003 producer
Marci X 2003 producer
The Hours 2002 producer
Changing Lanes 2002 producer
Orange County 2002 producer
Iris 2001/I producer
The Royal Tenenbaums 2001 producer
Zoolander 2001 producer
Jordeys 2000 producer
Shaft 2000 producer
Rules of Engagement 2000 producer
Wonder Boys 2000 producer
Angela’s Ashes 1999 producer
Sleepy Hollow 1999 producer
Bringing Out the Dead 1999 producer
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut 1999 executive producer
Clueless 1996-1999 TV Series producer – 62 episodes
A Civil Action 1998 producer
The Truman Show 1998 producer
Twilight 1998 producer
In & Out 1997 producer
Marvin’s Room 1996 producer
Ransom 1996 producer
The First Wives Club 1996 producer
Mother 1996/II producer
Sabrina 1995 producer
Clueless 1995 producer
I.Q. 1994 executive producer
Nobody’s Fool 1994 producer
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit 1993 producer
Addams Family Values 1993 producer
Searching for Bobby Fischer 1993 producer
The Firm 1993 producer
Life with Mikey 1993 producer
Jennifer 8 1992 executive producer
Sister Act 1992 executive producer
White Sands 1992 producer
The Addams Family 1991 producer
Little Man Tate 1991 producer
Regarding Henry 1991 producer
Pacific Heights 1990 producer
Flatliners 1990 executive producer
Mrs. Soffel 1984 producer
Reckless 1984 producer
He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin’ 1983 Documentary executive producer
Little Gloria… Happy at Last 1982 TV Movie executive producer
I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can 1982 producer
Revenge of the Stepford Wives 1980 TV Movie producer

Miscellaneous

Title Year Status Character
The Night Of 2016 TV Mini-Series consultant – 8 episodes
Passion 1996 TV Movie stage producer

Casting Director

Title Year Status Character
Hide in Plain Sight 1980
The Lathe of Heaven 1980 TV Movie
The Wanderers 1979
Last Embrace 1979
Sanctuary of Fear 1979 TV Movie
King of the Gypsies 1978

Actor

Title Year Status Character
While We’re Young 2014 Party Guest (uncredited)

Casting Department

Title Year Status Character
Resurrection 1980 casting: New York

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
Louder Than Bombs 2015 thanks
It’s Never Just a Movie: Chris Rock and Top Five 2014 TV Movie documentary special thanks
Night Moves 2013 special thanks
Beginners 2010 special thanks
Away We Go 2009 special thanks
Tyson 2008 Documentary special thanks
Hotel Chevalier 2007 Short special thanks
Fear of the Flesh: The Making of ‘The Fly’ 2005 Video documentary special thanks
A Perfect World: The Making of ‘The Stepford Wives’ 2004 Video documentary short special thanks
Stepford: A Definition 2004 Video documentary short special thanks
Stepford: The Architects 2004 Video documentary short special thanks
The Stepford Husbands 2004 Video documentary short special thanks
The Stepford Wives 2004 Video documentary short special thanks

Self

Title Year Status Character
The 70th Annual Tony Awards 2016 TV Special Himself – Winner
The 69th Annual Tony Awards 2015 TV Movie Himself – Winner: Best Play & Best Revival of a Play
The 87th Annual Academy Awards 2015 TV Special Himself – Nominee: Best Picture
The 86th Annual Academy Awards 2014 TV Special Himself – Nominee: Best Picture
The 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards 2014 TV Special Himself – Nominee (credit only)
The 66th Annual Tony Awards 2012 TV Movie documentary Himself – Winner: Best Revival of a Play
60 Minutes 2011 TV Series documentary Himself (segment “Parker & Stone”)
The 65th Annual Tony Awards 2011 TV Special Himself – Nominee: Best Play & Winner: Best Musical
The 64th Annual Tony Awards 2010 TV Special Himself – Winner: Best Revival of a Play
The 80th Annual Academy Awards 2008 TV Special Himself – Winner: Best Picture
The 59th Annual Tony Awards 2005 TV Special Himself – Winner: Best Play
The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2003 TV Special Himself – Winner: Best Motion Picture Drama
The 54th Annual Tony Awards 2000 TV Special Himself – Winner: Best Play
The 50th Annual Tony Awards 1996 TV Special Himself – Nominee: Best Revival of a Musical & Best Play
The 48th Annual Tony Awards 1994 TV Special Himself – Winner: Best Musical
The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards 1984 TV Special Himself – Co-Winner: Outstanding Children’s Program

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
The Insider 2014 TV Series Himself
60 Minutes 2012 TV Series documentary Himself (segment “Parker & Stone”)

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2014 AFI Award AFI Awards, USA Movie of the Year Captain Phillips (2013)
2014 AFI Award AFI Awards, USA Movie of the Year Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
2013 AFI Award AFI Awards, USA Movie of the Year Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
2013 Gotham Independent Film Award Gotham Awards Best Feature Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
2012 AFI Award AFI Awards, USA Movie of the Year The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
2012 Gotham Independent Film Award Gotham Awards Best Feature Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
2012 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Musical Theater Album
2011 AFI Award AFI Awards, USA Movie of the Year True Grit (2010)
2011 AFI Award AFI Awards, USA Movie of the Year The Social Network (2010)
2011 EDA Award Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Picture The Social Network (2010)
2011 Gold Derby Award Gold Derby Awards Motion Picture The Social Network (2010)
2011 OFTA Film Award Online Film & Television Association Best Picture The Social Network (2010)
2011 Lifetime Achievement Award in Motion Pictures PGA Awards
2011 Bronze Wrangler Western Heritage Awards Theatrical Motion Picture True Grit (2010)
2010 ACCA Awards Circuit Community Awards Best Motion Picture The Social Network (2010)
2008 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Motion Picture of the Year No Country for Old Men (2007)
2008 AFI Award AFI Awards, USA Movie of the Year No Country for Old Men (2007)
2008 Gold Derby Award Gold Derby Awards Motion Picture No Country for Old Men (2007)
2008 PGA Award PGA Awards Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures No Country for Old Men (2007)
2007 EDA Award Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Picture No Country for Old Men (2007)
2007 ACCA Awards Circuit Community Awards Best Motion Picture No Country for Old Men (2007)
2002 Christopher Award Christopher Awards Film Iris (2001)
1998 ACCA Awards Circuit Community Awards Best Motion Picture The Truman Show (1998)
1997 Christopher Award Christopher Awards Motion Pictures Marvin’s Room (1996)
1995 Wise Owl Award – Honorable Mention Retirement Research Foundation, USA Television and Theatrical Film Fiction Nobody’s Fool (1994)
1984 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Children’s Program He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin’ (1983)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2015 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Motion Picture of the Year The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
2015 BAFTA Film Award BAFTA Awards Best Film The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
2015 EDA Award Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Picture The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
2015 Black Reel Black Reel Awards Outstanding Motion Picture Top Five (2014)
2015 Gold Derby Award Gold Derby Awards Motion Picture The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
2015 OFTA Film Award Online Film & Television Association Best Picture The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
2015 PGA Award PGA Awards Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
2014 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Motion Picture of the Year Captain Phillips (2013)
2014 BAFTA Film Award BAFTA Awards Best Film Captain Phillips (2013)
2014 ACCA Awards Circuit Community Awards Best Motion Picture The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
2014 CinEuphoria CinEuphoria Awards Best Film – International Competition Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
2014 Gotham Independent Film Award Gotham Awards Best Feature The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
2014 Audience Award Gotham Awards The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
2014 Independent Spirit Award Independent Spirit Awards Best Feature Frances Ha (2012)
2014 Independent Spirit Award Independent Spirit Awards Best Feature Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
2014 OFTA Film Award Online Film & Television Association Best Picture Captain Phillips (2013)
2014 OFTA Film Award Online Film & Television Association Best Picture Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
2014 PGA Award PGA Awards Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures Captain Phillips (2013)
2013 EDA Award Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Picture Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
2013 Independent Spirit Award Independent Spirit Awards Best Feature Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
2013 OFTA Film Award Online Film & Television Association Best Picture Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
2013 PGA Award PGA Awards Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
2012 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Motion Picture of the Year Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)
2012 PGA Award PGA Awards Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
2011 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Motion Picture of the Year The Social Network (2010)
2011 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Motion Picture of the Year True Grit (2010)
2011 BAFTA Film Award BAFTA Awards Best Film The Social Network (2010)
2011 BAFTA Film Award BAFTA Awards Best Film True Grit (2010)
2011 PGA Award PGA Awards Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures The Social Network (2010)
2011 PGA Award PGA Awards Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures True Grit (2010)
2010 Davis Award Awards Circuit Community Awards Best Motion Picture The Social Network (2010)
2010 OFTA Film Award Online Film & Television Association Best Animated Picture Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
2010 PGA Award PGA Awards Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
2008 BAFTA Film Award BAFTA Awards Best Film No Country for Old Men (2007)
2008 OFTA Film Award Online Film & Television Association Best Picture No Country for Old Men (2007)
2007 Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film BAFTA Awards Notes on a Scandal (2006)
2007 Gotham Independent Film Award Gotham Awards Best Feature Margot at the Wedding (2007)
2004 Gotham Independent Film Award Gotham Awards Best Feature I Heart Huckabees (2004)
2003 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Picture The Hours (2002)
2003 BAFTA Film Award BAFTA Awards Best Film The Hours (2002)
2003 Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film BAFTA Awards The Hours (2002)
2003 Best Foreign Film Award Australian Film Institute The Hours (2002)
2003 Gold Derby Award Gold Derby Awards Motion Picture The Hours (2002)
2003 OFTA Film Award Online Film & Television Association Best Picture The Hours (2002)
2002 Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film BAFTA Awards Iris (2001)
2002 ACCA Awards Circuit Community Awards Best Motion Picture The Hours (2002)
1999 BAFTA Film Award BAFTA Awards Best Film The Truman Show (1998)
1999 Best Foreign Film Award Australian Film Institute The Truman Show (1998)
1999 OFTA Film Award Online Film & Television Association Best Picture The Truman Show (1998)
1999 OFTA Film Award Online Film & Television Association Best Drama Picture The Truman Show (1998)
1999 PGA Award PGA Awards Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures The Truman Show (1998)
1998 Golden Satellite Award Satellite Awards Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical In & Out (1997)
1984 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Children’s Entertainment Special He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin’ (1983)
1983 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Drama Special Little Gloria… Happy at Last (1982)

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