Eli Bush
Eli Bush is an American film and theatre producer and former executive at Scott Rudin Productions.[1] He is best known for producing the film Lady Bird, for which he co-won the 2018 Golden Globe Award for Best Picture - Musical or Comedy and was co-nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.[2]
Eli Bush | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Occupation | Producer |
| Years active | 2007-present |
| Awards | Golden Globe Award (2018) |
Biography
Bush graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University in 2009.[3]
During his tenure working for Scott Rudin Productions, he and Rudin worked on a number of critically acclaimed movies, including Uncut Gems (2019), Annihilation (2018), Eighth Grade (2018), Lady Bird (2017), and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011).[4] On Broadway, he won four Tony Awards for Best Revival of a Play: for Death of a Salesman (2012), A Raisin in the Sun (2014), Skylight (2015), and A View from the Bridge (2016).[5] He also won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2017 for Hello, Dolly! as well as the Tony Award for Best Play in 2016 for producing The Humans.[5] He was nominated for the 2017 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program for co-producing School of Rock.[6]
An April 2021 story in The Hollywood Reporter alleged numerous instances of abuse from Rudin towards employees, including physical violence. Following the allegations, Rudin announced that he would be "stepping back" to "work on personal issues I should have long ago."[7]
In an April 2021 Vulture exposé about Rudin's abusive behavior, a former colleague referred to Bush as "sort of Rudin’s Smithers," a reference to the sycophantic right-hand man to Mr. Burns from The Simpsons. Another compared him to the former Vice President of the United States saying "He's like the Mike Pence of the whole operation. He’s shared an office with Scott all day every day for over 10 years.” The same story reported that Bush had "left" Scott Rudin Productions the previous week.[8] Vulture scrutinized Bush's behavior in relation to the Rudin scandal.
Filmography
He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
Film
| Year | Film | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Co-producer |
| Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Co-producer | |
| 2012 | Moonrise Kingdom | Co-producer |
| Frances Ha | Co-producer | |
| 2013 | Captain Phillips | Executive producer |
| 2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Co-producer |
| Rosewater | Executive producer | |
| While We're Young | ||
| Top Five | ||
| Inherent Vice | Co-producer | |
| Ex Machina | Executive producer | |
| 2015 | Mistress America | Co-producer |
| Aloha | Executive producer | |
| Steve Jobs | Executive producer | |
| 2016 | Fences | Executive producer |
| 2017 | The Meyerowitz Stories | |
| Lady Bird | ||
| 2018 | Eighth Grade | |
| Annihilation | ||
| Isle of Dogs | Co-producer | |
| The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter | ||
| Game Over, Man! | ||
| 22 July | ||
| Mid90s | ||
| The Girl in the Spider's Web | ||
| 2019 | Uncut Gems | |
| First Cow | Executive producer | |
| 2021 | The Woman in the Window | |
- Thanks
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Share | Special thanks |
Television
| Year | Title | Credit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Corrections | Executive producer | Television pilot |
| 2013 | Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive | Executive producer | Television special |
| Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis | Executive producer | Documentary | |
| 2012−14 | The Newsroom | Co-producer | |
| 2017 | Five Came Back | Executive producer | |
| 2016–18 | School of Rock | Executive producer | |
| 2018 | Compliance | Executive producer | Television film |
| 2019 | My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres | Executive producer | Television film |
| Diagnosis | Executive producer | Documentary | |
| Gone Hollywood | Executive producer | Television pilot | |
| 2020 | Devs | Executive producer | |
| Dispatches from Elsewhere | Executive producer | ||
| Barkskins | Executive producer | ||
| 2019−21 | What We Do in the Shadows | Executive producer | |
| 2022 | Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel | Executive producer | Television special |
| TBA | Five Days at Memorial | ||
| Purity | Executive producer |
- Miscellaneous crew
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Night Of | Consultant |
Theater
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2011 | The Book of Mormon |
| 2012 | Death of a Salesman – *Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play |
| 2013 | Betrayal |
| 2014 | A Raisin in the Sun – *Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play |
| This Is Our Youth | |
| A Delicate Balance | |
| 2015 | Skylight – *Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play |
| Fish in the Dark | |
| The Flick | |
| A View from the Bridge – *Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play | |
| 2016 | The Humans – *Tony Award for Best Play |
| The Crucible | |
| Blackbird | |
| Shuffle Along | |
| The Front Page | |
| The Wolves | |
| 2017 | The Glass Menagerie |
| A Doll's House, Part 2 | |
| Hello, Dolly! – *Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical | |
| 2018 | The Iceman Cometh |
| Carousel | |
| Three Tall Women | |
| The Waverly Gallery | |
| To Kill a Mockingbird |
References
- "Scott Rudin, As Told by His Assistants". Vulture. 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- "Oscars 2018: The list of nominees in full". BBC News. January 23, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
- "Newsmakers". Columbia College Today. Spring 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-06-21. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- "Eli Bush – Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
- "Eli Bush Tony Awards Info". www.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
- "Eli Bush". Television Academy. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
- ""Everyone Just Knows He's an Absolute Monster": Scott Rudin's Ex-Staffers Speak Out on Abusive Behavior". The Hollywood Reporter. 2021-04-07. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- "Scott Rudin, As Told by His Assistants". Vulture. 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2021-04-23.