Eli Bush
Eli Bush is an American film and theatre producer and former executive at Scott Rudin Productions. He is best known for producing the film Lady Bird, for which he co-won the 2018 Golden Globe Award for Best Picture – Musical or Comedy and was co-nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Life and career
Early years and education
Bush graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University in 2009.Career
During his tenure working for Scott Rudin Productions, he and Rudin worked on a number of critically acclaimed movies, including Uncut Gems, Annihilation, Eighth Grade, Lady Bird, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. On Broadway, he won four Tony Awards for Best Revival of a Play: for Death of a Salesman, A Raisin in the Sun, Skylight, and A View from the Bridge. He also won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2017 for Hello, Dolly! as well as the Tony Award for Best Play in 2016 for producing The Humans. He was nominated for the 2017 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program for co-producing School of Rock.In April 2021 stories in The Hollywood Reporter and Vulture alleged numerous instances of abuse from Rudin towards employees, including physical violence. Following the allegations, Rudin announced that he would be "stepping back" to "work on personal issues I should have long ago." The Vulture story also included criticism of Bush enabling Rudin's abuse, with one former co-worker stating, "His job’s to put the pins back up so Scott can go in and knock them back down." The article further reported that Bush had left Scott Rudin Productions the previous week.
In 2022 Bush executive produced Jerrod Carmichael's stand-up special Rothaniel on HBO. The special was subsequently nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Directing For A Variety Special and Outstanding Writing For A Variety Special.
In October 2022 Bush produced Kate Berlant’s one-woman show at the Connelly Theater. It was directed by Bo Burnham and marked Berlant's return after more than a decade.
Works
''He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.''Film
;Thanks| Year | Film | Role |
| 2019 | Share | Special thanks |
Television
;Miscellaneous crew| Year | Title | Role |
| 2016 | The Night Of | Consultant |
Theater
| Year | Title |
| 2011 | The Book of Mormon |
| 2012 | Death of a Salesman – *Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play |
| 2013 | Betrayal |
| 2014 | A Raisin in the Sun – *Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play |
| 2014 | This Is Our Youth |
| 2014 | A Delicate Balance |
| 2015 | Skylight – *Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play |
| 2015 | Fish in the Dark |
| 2015 | The Flick |
| 2015 | A View from the Bridge – *Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play |
| 2016 | The Humans – *Tony Award for Best Play |
| 2016 | The Crucible |
| 2016 | Blackbird |
| 2016 | Shuffle Along |
| 2016 | The Front Page |
| 2016 | The Wolves |
| 2017 | The Glass Menagerie |
| 2017 | A Doll's House, Part 2 |
| 2017 | Hello, Dolly! – *Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical |
| 2018 | The Iceman Cometh |
| 2018 | Carousel |
| 2018 | Three Tall Women |
| 2018 | The Waverly Gallery |
| 2018 | To Kill a Mockingbird |