Stan Wertlieb

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Stan Wertlieb
Born8 September 1953
Washington, D.C., United States
Occupation(s)Film producer
Principal & partner of the Grindstone Entertainment Group

Stan Wertlieb (born 8 September 1953) is a Miami-based film producer and the head of Grindstone Entertainment Group.

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Background

As a producer, Wertlieb's work is mainly in the action genre. Some of the films he has been involved in include First Kill , Gotti , Last Knights , The Frozen Ground and Escape Plan: The Extractors . [1]

Career

During the 90s, Wertlieb had a short career as an actor. He appeared in Hawkeye (1988) as Tony Caprisio and in Blood Street (1988) as MacDonald. [2] He was also in the 1998 film, Welcome to Hollywood as operation redline producer. [3]

In 2007, the CFO of Grindstone Entertainment was Barry Brooker. Wertlieb's role was to work closely with him in targeting programming for the organization. [4] He was later Head of acquisitions and later, the principal. [5] [6]

Among his earliest work as a producer was the 2003 sci-fi film, Silent Warnings which he co-produced with Jeffrey Beach and Phillip Roth. [7] [8] Along with Barry Brooker, Wertlieb was the executive producer for Andrew Paquin's debut film, Open House. [9] He also co-produced the 2017 film Aftermath which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, Scoot McNairy and Maggie Grace. [10] [11]

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