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- ↑ "Searchlight Pictures Exec Transition: Steve Gilula & Nancy Utley Retiring; David Greenbaum & Matthew Greenfield Promoted to Presidents". 20 April 2021.
- ↑ "Searchlight Launches New TV Division That Will Produce Original Shows And Adaptations Of Movies". 12 April 2018.
- ↑ "Matthew Greenfield".
- ↑ "Can the Scrappy Fox Searchlight Execs Who Green-Lit The Shape of Water Survive Inside Disney?". 14 December 2017.
- ↑ "Independent Spirit Awards - John Cassavetes Award".
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