Ged Dickersin

Ged Dickersin has been working on feature films in New York for over 35 years. Starting as a PA on Eight Men Out, he continued to work as a location scout, location manager, production supervisor, production manager, line producer, producer, and executive producer on over 65 feature film productions, including The 24 Hour Woman, It Had To Be You, Double Whammy, Prison Song, Ghost Dog, People I Know, Stateside, Anything Else, Melinda Melinda, Everyday People and Get Rich or Die Tryin. He has had the opportunity to work with some of the great independent New York directors including Jim Jarmusch, John Sayles, Nancy Savoca, Jim McKay, Tom DiCillo, Woody Allen, Mike Nichols, Jim Sheridan, Abel Ferrara, Barry Levinson, and Rebecca Miller. Ged has also worked on several of the New York television shows including New York Undercover, The Job, Law & Order SVU, Third Watch, and Chapelle's Show. He was the line producer on Samsung's award-winning Digital Experience commercial, and has production managed several other commercials. Trained at NYU's Graduate Film School, Dickersin produced and directed 5 short films, including Live Bait, which was a Paramount Pictures Grant winner in 1991. Since graduating with an MFA from NYU, Dickersin has produced 4 feature films including, A Reason to Believe (1995), starring Alison Smith, The Energy Specialist (2000), starring Joshua Dov, Amy Acker, Timm Sharp, and Travis Guba, The Quality of Light (2002), starring Blythe Danner and Frederic Forrest, and Nightmare (2005), starring Jason Scott Campbell and Nicole Roderick. Nightmare was awarded "Best Picture", "Best Director" and "Best Actress" at the Chicago Horror Film Festival (2005) as well as "Best Actress"and "Best Actor" at the New York Horror Film Festival (2005). In 2005 Ged was the line producer on three features including the HDNet Film, The Architect (2006), starring Anthony Lapaglia, Viola Davis, Sebastian Stan, Hayden Panettiere, and Isabella Rossellini, The Shoemaker (2006), starring Bob Dishy and Laila Robins, and finally Ira and Abby (2006), starring Jennifer Westfeldt, Chris Messina, Judith Light, Robert Klein, Frances Conroy, Fred Willard and Jason Alexander. In 2006, Ged was the line producer on Iridium Entertainment's "The Education of Charlie Banks", starring Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Ritter, Eva Amuri, and Chris Marquette. Charlie Banks won the Made in NY Award at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2007, and was subsequently released by Anchor Bay. In 2007 Ged was the co-producer on Amy Redford's The Guitar (2007) starring Saffron Burrows, Isaach DeBankole, and Paz de la Huerta. The Guitar premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, 2008, and opened at the Sunshine Theater in New York in 2008. In the summer of 2007, Ged Co-Produced Richard Ledes' "The Caller", starring Frank Langella and Elliott Gould. The Caller won the Made in NY award at The Tribeca Film Festival in 2008, and was released later that year. In the Spring of 2008, Ged was the production supervisor on Fox Searchlight's Notorious, starring Jamal Woolard and Angela Bassett. The bio-pic, depicting the life of rapper Biggie Smalls, was critically acclaimed and widely released in the US and around the world. In the summer of 2008, Ged line produced Raymond DeFelitta's City Island, starring Andy Garcia, Julianna Marguiles, and Steven Strait. City Island was the winner of the Audience Award at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2009 and went on to be the top grossing theatrical release in Anchor Bay's history at the box office. Ged joined the Directors Guild of America in 2008, as a Unit Production Manager. In 2009, Ged line produced Maurice Linnane's Irish comedy A Kiss For Jed Wood, starring Jayne Wisener, Mark O'Halloran and Lee Arenberg. The film was a co-production, in part financed by the Ireland Film Board. Later that year Ged produced Victoria Mahoney's feature Yelling to the Sky, starring Zoe Kravitz, Jason Clarke, and Gabourey Sadibe. Yelling to the Sky is premiering in competition at The Berlin Film Festival 2011. In 2010, Ged Produced the film Foreclosure, written and directed by Richard Ledes, who he had previously worked with on The Caller. Foreclosure stars Michael Imperioli, Wendell Pierce and Spencer List. He also Co-Produced The Boarding House, starring Nick Stahl and directed by Bruce Van Dusen. In 2011, Ged partnered up with Richard Ledes for their third feature, and produced Fred Won't Move Out, starring Elliott Gould and Fred Melamed. Fred premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival in June, 2012. Also, in 2011 Ged produced Brad Coley's East of Acadia, starring Rachel Miner, William Sadler, and Chris Sarandon. In 2012, Ged worked on the theatrical release of Fred Won't Move Out, booking the film in over 20 theaters across the US and Canada for a 5 month run. In 2013, Ged line produced Abel Ferrara's Welcome to New York, starring Gerard Depardieu as the infamous Dominique Strauss Kahn. He also co-produced Kelly and Cal, starring Juliette Lewis and Jonny Weston. Ged was executive producer on Barry Levinson's film The Humbling, starring Al Pacino, Greta Gerwig, and Diane Wiest. Since 2015 Ged has continued to line produce 2-3 indy features per year, including award-winning films like Tallulah, and O.G. and I Think We're Alone Now, and The Kindergarten Teacher, and SKIN. In 2019, Ged was the co-producer on CODA, Sian Heder's feature, which swept Sundance in 2021, winning the US Grand Jury Award, Audience Award, Directing Award, and Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast, selling for a record-breaking $25m. CODA went on to win three Academy Awards in 2022 for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Screenplay adaptation. In 2020, Ged Co-produced TRUST, written and directed by Brian DeCubellis, and in 2021 Co-produced NANNY, which won the Grand Jury prize at Sundance in 2022. In 2022, Ged also co-produced She Came to Me, written & directed by Rebecca Miller, starring Peter Dinklage, Marisa Tomei, Anne Hathaway, Harlow Jane, Joanna Kulig, Evan Elison, and Brian D'Arcy James. Ged has an extensive history of budgeting and scheduling feature films for the past 20 years, and has successfully applied for the NYC and NY State Tax Rebate over 25 times. Ged has a comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge of the distinguishing advantages of tax incentives for film production in the 50 States of America. He has served as an accounting auditor on films that have run into problems in accounting. Ged has lectured on the topic of Film Production at over 40 Universities and Colleges across the United States, and encourages young filmmakers with an open-door policy for offering consultation and advise on how to break-in, navigate and succeed in the film business.

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