• BA in English, Holy Cross
• MBA, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University

Paul Hardart is a partner in the New York-based production company Adirondack Pictures.  Adirondack has produced/financed the following films:  Mary and Max;Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens; Beyond the Gates; Before the Rains; The Night of the White Pants, and the PBS series Uncorked!  In 2008, he wrote Santosh Sivan’s Tahaan, which won the UNICEF Best Picture award.

Prior to forming Adirondack Pictures, he created and ran Universal Focus, the specialty film division of Universal Pictures from 1999-2002. During his tenure, he oversaw the release of such films as Being John Malkovich (nominated for 3 Academy Awards), Pitch Black, Nurse Betty (Golden Globe Winner) and Billy Elliot (nominated for 3 Academy Awards,  BAFTA award for Best Picture).  He also created Universal Pictures’ library management program, overseeing the restoration and re-issue of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window and Orson Welles’ Touch of Evil.

Prior to his position at Universal Focus, he oversaw strategic planning for Universal Pictures, helping to develop the Studio’s five year and strategic plans. Prior to Universal, he worked at Warner Brothers and Turner Broadcasting. He began his career at ABC Sports, CNBC and as a producer at CNBC and as a reporter for The Newark Star-Ledger.

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