PRODUCER | DOCUMENTARY MAKER
STANLEY
F.
BUCHTHAL
Four decades of independent cinema — from Warhol's late canvases to documentaries that named the unnamed. This is the record.
"THE BEST FILMS ARE THE ONES YOU DIDN'T PLAN TO MAKE"
Biography.
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.
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Films.
Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.
2005-2010
Executive Producer
American Masters
Executive Producer
Director Tamra Davis pays homage to her friend in this definitive documentary but also delves into Basquiat as an iconoclast. His dense, bebop-influenced neoexpressionist work emerged while minimalist, conceptual art was the fad; as a successful black artist, he was constantly confronted by racism and misconceptions. Sundance Film Festival
2008
Executive Producer
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Executive Producer
Herb and Dorothy Vogel redefine what it means to be an art collector.
2008
Executive Producer
Herb & Dorothy
Executive Producer
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
Executive Producer
A documentary on the relationship between curator Sam Wagstaff, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, and musician/poet Patti Smith.
2007
Executive Producer
Black White + Gray
Executive Producer
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
Executive Producer
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
Executive Producer
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
Executive Producer
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
Executive Producer
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. It also questions whether there is any actual difference between the two major parties, the Democrats and the Republicans.
2000
Producer
Last Party 2000
Executive Producer
A widow finds choosing a new husband might not be her choice at all, as the actions of her various prospects confine her freedom.
