Nina R. Sadowsky - Details

Biography

NINA R. SADOWSKY has been President of Meg Ryan's Prufrock Pictures since joining the company in November of 1995. During Sadowsky's tenure, Prufrock Pictures has entered into a first look feature deal with Castle Rock Entertainment and an overall long-form television deal with Polygram/Universal Television.

The Prufrock produced supernatural thriller, "Lost Souls" for New Line Cinema was released in October 2000. Directed by the two-time Academy Award winning cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, "Lost Souls" stars Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin, John Hurt and Philip Baker Hall. Currently in post-production is "Desert Saints," an independent film starring Kiefer Sutherland, Melora Walters and Jamey Sheridan, to which Initial Entertainment Group has acquired world wide distribution rights.
Under Sadowsky's direction, Prufrock has set up numerous other feature projects including "The Women," a remake of the 1939 classic, which has been scripted by Diane English and which Prufrock developed with Julia Roberts' Shoelace productions for New Line Cinema; "All Fall Down" also for New Line, which re-teams Prufrock with "Lost Souls" writer Pierce Gardner; the Bob Dolman scripted "Beauty Pageant Project," in conjunction with Artists Production Group, also for New Line; the political thriller "The Protected," written by Stacy Title and Jonathan Penner for Working Title; a Charles Randolph scripted dramatic comedy starring Meg Ryan and Diane Keaton set in the world of network news for Castle Rock; a comedy based on the extraordinary life of undercover cop Harry Bridgwood for Castle rock; the Dana Stevens script "Sylvia" for Castle Rock; and the romantic comedy "When I Close My Eyes" for Fine Line, which was written by "The Wedding Planner" team of Pamela Falk and Michael Ellis.

In the television arena, Ryan and Sadowsky joined forces with Diane Keaton and Blue Relief, Inc. to produce "Northern Lights" for The Disney Channel and Alliance. This family comedy/drama, starring Ms. Keaton, premiered in the summer of 1997 on The Disney Channel. Prufrock also teamed with writer Heather Thomas to create the animated ½ hour comedy pilot "Quints" for UPN.

Exclusive of her duties at Prufrock, Sadowsky is producing, along with Chris Moore and Sydney Pollack's Mirage Enterprises, a political thriller based on the life of Carol Howe, which Alexander Seros is scripting for Sony. As a writer, Sadowsky scripted "The Way They Shake" which will be financed by Kinowelt, USA and co-wrote "The Theory of Relativity," which has been optioned by Propaganda Films for producers Mimi Gitlin and Matthew Davidge.
Prior to joining Prufrock, Sadowsky was an independent producer of such films as "Jumpin' at the Boneyard" for Lawrence Kasdan and Twentieth Century Fox, which was featured in the Sundance, Montreal and Toronto film festivals. An entertainment attorney, Sadowsky previously served as a business affairs executive at Kaufman Astoria Studios and the Shubert Organization, both located in New York. While living in New York, she also served on the Boards of Directors for the innovative legitimate theatre companies Home for the Contemporary Art and David Mamet and William H. Macy's Atlantic Theatre Company.