Daniel Ostroff

In a little more than a decade, Daniel Ostroff has earned eight motion picture and TV production credits from Ron Howard's "The Missing" to Sundance award-winning documentary "Dogtown and Z-Boys." On this first group, he was involved before one word of script was written until delivery of the final cut. "Natasha" based on the best-selling book by writer-director David Bezmozgis will be released in 2017. Ostroff's "Of Two Minds" for Lifetime Television, is an observation of a young woman dealing with a sibling's schizophrenia. "Sex and the City" alumna Kristin Davis was joined by Emmy winner Tammy Blanchard and Academy Award-winner Louise Fletcher ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest). The drama won "Best TV Movie or Mini-Series" award by the Entertainment Industry Council in 2012. "The Missing" (2003) directed by Ron Howard, was preceded by the director's "A Beautiful Mind," winner of Best Picture and Best Director Academy Awards. In "The Missing" Howard sought a new direction. Berlin International Film Festival nominated "The Missing" for a Golden Bear, the highest prize. Ostroff's producing career was set off by "Dogtown and Z-Boys," a 2001 documentary directed by Stacy Peralta about the 1970s Zephyr "Z-Boys" skateboarders, narrated by Sean Penn, which picked up two awards at Sundance Film Festival. As producer, Ostroff played a pivotal role by securing corporate financing at the movie's inception. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics, "Dogtown and Z-Boys" went on to gain trophies at Independent Spirit Awards, AFI Fest and its soundtrack was nominated for a Grammy. In television, he produced "I Was a Teenage Faust" starring Robert Townsend, which garnered nominations from the Writers Guild of America and the Directors Guild of America for Best Script and Best Directing, respectively. Stuart Margolin and Morgan Fairchild co-starred in this 2002 Showtime Presentation. For Fox Television Studios and CBS-TV, Ostroff co-produced "Twelve Mile Road," (2003) based on Robert Boswell's "Mystery Ride" bestseller, which starred Tom Selleck and Anna Gunn ("Breaking Bad"). Co-producer Ostroff received a 2001 "Best TV Special" Emmy nomination for "Snow in August," from Pete Hamill's best-selling novel. Actor Stephen Rea and writer-director Richard Friedenberg also picked Emmy nominations. As an agent for writers, directors and producers, Ostroff was involved in packaging Academy Award-winning features "Dances With Wolves," "The Right Stuff," "Road to Perdition" and "A River Runs Through It." Other box-office hits he was associated with include "Runaway Bride' starring Julia Roberts, "Space Cowboys" directed by Clint Eastwood, and "The Big Easy" with Dennis Quaid. His current producing slate includes film and TV projects with Telefilm/Canada and Film Victoria/Australia, and The Walt Disney Company, Sony Pictures and Lionsgate TV in the United States.