Scott Stuber

Scott Stuber is the founder and CEO of Bluegrass Films, which has been based at Universal Pictures since 2006. Bluegrass Films releases include Identity Thief, which starred Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman, was directed by Seth Gordon and grossed more than $100 million domestically; Ted, the highest-grossing original "R"-rated comedy of all time, which was written and directed by Seth MacFarlane and starred Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis and MacFarlane; and Safe House, which starred Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds and was directed by Daniel Espinosa.

Stuber is produced Michael Cuesta's true-life dramatic thriller Kill the Messenger, starring Jeremy Renner, from a screenplay by Peter Landesman. Stuber, under his Bluegrass Television label, has also ventured onto the small screen with the NBC comedy Whitney, which was created by and starred comedian Whitney Cummings.

Stuber's first production was summer 2006's romantic comedy The Break-Up, which starred Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston. That summer also saw the release of the hit You, Me and Dupree, which starred Owen Wilson and Kate Hudson. These were followed by Peter Berg's critically acclaimed film The Kingdom; the Martin Lawrence comedy Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins; the David Wain hit Role Models, which starred Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott; and Couples Retreat, which starred Vaughn and Jon Favreau.

During Stuber's years at Universal Pictures—five of which he spent running worldwide production with Mary Parent—he was responsible for many of the studio's critically acclaimed and commercially successful films, including King Kong, Jarhead, A Beautiful Mind, Seabiscuit, Cinderella Man, Munich, Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, About a Boy, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, 8 Mile, Spy Game, The Family Man, The Nutty Professor, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, The Mummy franchise, the American Pie franchise, Fast & Furious franchise, Friday Night Lights, Bring It On and many others. More than 20 of the films Stuber supervised have grossed more than $100 million domestically.

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