‘Pulp Fiction’ Producer Stacey Sher To Be Honored by Locarno Festival

U.S. producer Stacey Sher, whose credits include ‘Pulp Fiction,” “Django Unchained” and “The Hateful Eight,” directed by Quentin Tarantino, and Steven Soderbergh’s “Erin Brockovich,” “Out of Sight,” and “Contagion,” will be honoured by the Locarno Film Festival with its Raimondo Rezzonico Prize awarded to a producer who epitomizes the indie ethos.

“Few producers can claim that their films not only drastically altered the landscape of American independent filmmaking, but also seemed to define the tenor of an entire decade,” the prominent Swiss fest dedicated to international indie cinema said in a statement. It noted that Sher – with her producing partners Danny DeVito and Michael Shamberg – shepherded “such paradigmatic films of the 1990s as “Pulp Fiction” (1994); “Get Shorty” (1995); “Matilda” (1996); “Gattaca” (1997); and “Out of Sight” (1998). 

“Meanwhile her credits this century are no less impressive,” the statement added, “given that they include an expansion and deepening of her collaborations with Tarantino and Steven Soderbergh, as well as other artistic pairings with Oliver Stone, Cate Blanchett, Bradley Cooper, Liam Neeson, Chris Pine, and so many other names from the upper echelon of the industry.”

Sher’s producing activities are not limited to the film world. She’s also produced successful TV shows such as “Reno 911!” and the Emmy award-winning “Mrs….