John Sloss

John Sloss (born 1956) is an entertainment lawyer, film sales agent, and manager, who has produced or executive produced over 50 films including the Academy Award-winning The Fog of War, Boys Don't Cry and Boyhood. Other credits include Bernie, City of Hope, Friends with Kids, A Scanner Darkly, Far From Heaven, and Before Sunrise.

John Sloss
Born1956 (age 63–64)
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
OccupationEntertainment lawyer, sales agent, film producer, talent manager
Years active1982–present

Through his companies, Sloss Eckhouse LawCo and Cinetic Media, he has facilitated the sale or financing of over 600 films such as Lee Daniels' Precious, Napoleon Dynamite, The Kids Are All Right, Little Miss Sunshine, and Super Size Me.[1] Filmmakers with whom he has worked include Richard Linklater, Kevin Smith, Whit Stillman, Todd Haynes, Brad Anderson and Justin Lin.[2][3]

Sloss has worked with companies such as Cinetic Media, Sloss Eckhouse LawCo LLP, Producers Distribution Agency.

In 2009, Sloss co-founded Filmbuff, a digital distribution company.[4] In 2010, he co-founded Producers Distribution Agency which has released the films Banksy's Exit Through the Gift Shop, Senna, The Way, and Brooklyn Castle.[5][6][7][8] Sloss has also served as an adjunct professor in the Graduate film program at Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

References
  1. Means, Sean P. "Meet Sundance's (Arguably) Most Powerful Person", The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, January 13, 2013.
  2. Wallace, Amy. "Sharing All the 'Slossperity'", Los Angeles Times, Park City, Utah, January 27, 1999.
  3. Siegel, Tatiana and Kit, Borys. "Justin Lin to Direct Sci-Fi Thriller 'Hibernation'", The Hollywood Reporter, November 2, 2012.
  4. Swart, Sharon. "FilmBuff set for movies", Variety, July 9, 2009.
  5. Zeitchik, Steven. "'Exit Through the Gift Shop': The enigma known as Banksy", Los Angeles Times, March 30, 2010.
  6. McClintock, Pamela. "'Senna' Starts Theatrical Run in High Gear", The Hollywood Reporter, August 18, 2011.
  7. Kay, Jeremy. "Estevez's The Way inspires PDA, ARC and AMC", Screen Daily, July 28, 2011.
  8. Benzine, Adam. "Producers Distribution Agency picks up 'Brooklyn Castle'", RealScreen, July 19, 2012.
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