| Stan Wertlieb | |
| Birth Date: | 8 September 1953 |
| Birth Place: | Washington, D.C., United States |
| Occupation: | 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.
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 .[1]
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]