PRODUCER | DOCUMENTARY MAKER
STANLEY
F.
BUCHTHAL
"THE BEST FILMS ARE THE ONES YOU DIDN'T PLAN TO MAKE"
Four decades of independent cinema — from Warhol's late canvases to documentaries that named the unnamed. This is the record.
Biography.
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Stanley F. Buchthal, now based in London and New York, is a Film and Television Producer and an Entrepeneur in media, entertainment and fashion. Through his two companies: Dakota Group Ltd & LM Media GMbH he has produced or executive produced many feature films, documentaries and television series, as well as numerous theatre productions. He has won numerous awards for his film documentary work.
Stanley was producer on the 1988 John Waters classic Hairspray, which in 2022 was included in the annual selection of twenty five influential motion pictures to be inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. His films have been screened worldwide in every major film festival including Berlin, Cannes, Sundance & Toronto, and shown on every major broadcaster throughout the world, including Amazon; Arte; BBC; Disney; HBO and Netflix. Stanley is a member of the Board of Directors for the LUMA Foundation and has formerly served on the board of the Mustique Company and Play Magnus Group.
- IMDb mini biography by: R. Cooper
Films.
Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.
2005-2010
Executive Producer
American Masters
Director Tamra Davis pays homage to her friend in this definitive documentary but also delves into Basquiat as an iconoclast.
2008
Executive Producer
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Herb and Dorothy Vogel redefine what it means to be an art collector.
2008
Executive Producer
Herb & Dorothy
Lou Reed's 2006 live concert performance of his 1973 concept album "Berlin", filmed over five nights at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, New York.
2007
Executive Producer
Lou Reed's Berlin
A documentary on the relationship between curator Sam Wagstaff, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, and musician/poet Patti Smith.
2007
Executive Producer
Black White + Gray
Film is set on the front lines of the dramatic campaign to end the "War on Drugs" and repeal the Rockefeller Drug Laws.
2006
Executive Producer
Lockdown, USA
A group of transgender and gay Filipinos people emigrate to Israel to take care of elderly religious Jewish men. On their one day off per week, they perform as drag performers in a group called the Paper Dolls.
2006
Producer
Paper Dolls
In this first of its kind "dramatic-documentary-musical", Lewis Lapham takes two young Ivy-League graduates on a tour of the corridors of power. The novice careerists must decide: should they seek to rule the world, or to save it?
2005
Executive Producer
The American Ruling Class
With the help of a hot, slightly older new acquaintence (Noseworthy), the closeted son (Newton) of a conservative U.S. Senator (Lerner) puts a shocking spin on his dad's re-election campaign.
2004
Producer
Poster Boy
Political documentary about the 2000 United States presidential election. It examines the then-current state of American democracy, the issues handled by the typical political process, and the issues which remain unresolved.
2000
Producer
Last Party 2000
A widow finds choosing a new husband might not be her choice at all, as the actions of her various prospects confine her freedom.
