Brad Pitt in "The Tree of Life." Photo: Merie Wallace and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
Steve ’70 and Paula Mae Schwartz were co-executive producers of last year’s The Tree of Life from director Terrence Malick and starring Brad Pitt, which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, and was announced yesterday as a nominee for a Best Picture Academy Award.
Additional big news for the Schwartzes and their production company Chockstone Pictures came last week when it was announced that Chockstone and Nick Wechsler Productions purchased the rights to acclaimed author Cormac McCarthy’s first-ever spec script, The Counselor.
In 2009, Steve, Paula Mae, and colleague Nick Wechsler produced the film adaptation of McCarthy’s novel The Road, which won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Other recent projects from the Schwartzes and Chockstone include the upcoming Cogan’s Trade, also starring Pitt.
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It is always great to see Bowdoin Alum in the world of production – especially on the main stage. I would love hear about Steve and Paula’s journey to producing such great films. I graduated in 2008 and have been working tirelessly to solidify myself as a producer. I am currently working at an advertising agency, but would love to hear any thoughts on the pros/cons between feature film producing and agency commercial producing.
Each experience, for me, has been educational and rewarding thus far, but I am always open to learning from Alumni. I actually just worked on an independent project that I am acting, writing, and producing in that features actor George Carroll (aka Slaine) who recently wrapped Coogan’s Trade.
I would love to hear any feedback or commentary from Steve or Paula on their road to success.
Thanks,
Patrick ‘08
Improvabilities Member ’04-‘08