---
name: "Edward R. Pressman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/edward-r-pressman"
fi1m_id: "edward-r-pressman"
imdb_id: "nm0696299"
tmdb_id: 32035
wikidata_id: "Q357726"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "11 April 1943"
died: "17 January 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-24T04:00:34.878163+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Edward R. Pressman

## Identity

Edward R. Pressman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/edward-r-pressman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** edward-r-pressman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0696299
- **TMDB ID:** 32035
- **Wikidata ID:** Q357726
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_R._Pressman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q357726, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0696299/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32035

Producer. Born 11 April 1943 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 17 January 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 11 April 1943, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 17 January 2023
- **Active:** 1973–2024
- **Also known as:** Edward Rambach Pressman, Edward Pressman, Ed Pressman
- **Frequently works with:** [Oliver Stone](https://film.one/person/oliver-stone.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as producer, over 9 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 86 (2), 1980s 80 (4), 1990s 78 (2), 2000s 80 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 73 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Crime 4, Action 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $250m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_R._Pressman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q357726, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0696299/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32035

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*American Psycho*](https://film.one/film/american-psycho.md) (80)
- **The Criterion Channel:** [*Bad Lieutenant*](https://film.one/film/bad-lieutenant.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Edward R. Pressman (1943–2023) was an American film producer. Born Edward Rambach Pressman in New York City, he founded the Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation and worked as a producer or executive producer on nearly 100 films across five decades.

His credits include *Reversal of Fortune* (1990) and *Bad Lieutenant* (1992). Other films are *Wall Street* (1987), *The Crow* (1994), *American Psycho* (2000), *Conan the Barbarian* (1982, executive producer) and *Das Boot* (1981, executive producer). He collaborated with directors including Brian De Palma, Terrence Malick, Oliver Stone and Kathryn Bigelow.

Pressman died in Los Angeles. He was married to actress Annie McEnroe.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *American Psycho* (2000), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/american-psycho.md)
- *Bad Lieutenant* (1992), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/bad-lieutenant.md)
- *Reversal of Fortune* (1990), Fi1m 75, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/reversal-of-fortune.md)
- *Wall Street* (1987), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/wall-street.md)
- *Das Boot* (1985), Fi1m 84, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/das-boot-1985.md)
- *Conan the Barbarian* (1982), Fi1m 74, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/conan-the-barbarian.md)
- *Das Boot* (1981), Fi1m 89, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/das-boot.md)
- *Phantom of the Paradise* (1974), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/phantom-of-the-paradise.md)
- *Badlands* (1973), Fi1m 91, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/badlands.md)

## Complete filmography (85)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *About a Hero* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Catching Dust* (2024), Producer
- *The Crow* (2024), Producer
- *Evolver* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Dalíland* (2022), Producer, In Memory Of
- *She Will* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Dear Mr. Brody* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Phantom of Winnipeg* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Paterno* (2018), Executive Producer
- *The Man Who Knew Infinity* (2016), Producer
- *Red Wing* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps* (2010), Producer
- *Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans* (2009), Producer
- *Mutant Chronicles* (2008), Producer
- *Sisters* (2006), Producer
- *Amazing Grace* (2006), Producer
- *The King* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Thank You for Smoking* (2005), Executive Producer
- *The Crow: Wicked Prayer* (2005), Producer
- *Undertow* (2004), Producer
- *The Beautiful Country* (2004), Producer
- *Love Object* (2004), Executive Producer
- *The Hebrew Hammer* (2003), Executive Producer
- *The Cooler* (2003), Executive Producer
- *Rick* (2003), Executive Producer
- *Owning Mahowny* (2003), Executive Producer
- *The Guys* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Wendigo* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Harvard Man* (2001), Executive Producer
- *American Psycho* (2000), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/american-psycho.md)
- *The Crow: Salvation* (2000), Producer
- *After the Truth* (1999), Co-Producer
- *Black and White* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Endurance* (1999), Producer
- *New Rose Hotel* (1999), Producer
- *Legionnaire* (1998), Producer
- *Two Girls and a Guy* (1998), Producer
- *The Winter Guest* (1997), Producer
- *The Blackout* (1997), Producer
- *The Crow: City of Angels* (1996), Producer
- *The Island of Dr. Moreau* (1996), Producer
- *City Hall* (1996), Producer
- *Judge Dredd* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Street Fighter* (1994), as Lonely Cook · Producer
- *The Crow* (1994), Producer
- *Hoffa* (1992), Producer
- *Bad Lieutenant* (1992), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/bad-lieutenant.md)
- *Storyville* (1992), Producer
- *Iron Maze* (1991), Executive Producer
- *Year of the Gun* (1991), Producer
- *Homicide* (1991), Producer
- *Reversal of Fortune* (1990), Producer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/reversal-of-fortune.md)
- *To Sleep with Anger* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Waiting for the Light* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Blue Steel* (1990), Producer
- *Paris by Night* (1989), Executive Producer
- *Talk Radio* (1988), Producer
- *Wall Street* (1987), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/wall-street.md)
- *Walker* (1987), Executive Producer
- *Cherry 2000* (1987), Producer
- *Masters of the Universe* (1987), Executive Producer
- *Good Morning, Babylon* (1987), Executive Producer
- *True Stories* (1986), Executive Producer
- *Half Moon Street* (1986), Executive Producer
- *Plenty* (1985), Producer
- *Crimewave* (1985), as Ernest Trend · Executive Producer
- *Das Boot* (1985), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/das-boot-1985.md)
- *Conan the Destroyer* (1984), Producer
- *Flicks* (1983), Executive Producer
- *The Pirates of Penzance* (1983), Executive Producer
- *Conan the Barbarian* (1982), Executive Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/conan-the-barbarian.md)
- *Das Boot* (1981), Executive Producer — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/das-boot.md)
- *The Hand* (1981), Producer
- *Heart Beat* (1980), Producer
- *Old Boyfriends* (1979), Producer
- *Paradise Alley* (1978), Executive Producer
- *Phantom of the Paradise* (1974), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/phantom-of-the-paradise.md)
- *Badlands* (1973), Executive Producer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/badlands.md)
- *Sisters* (1973), Producer
- *Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues* (1972), Producer
- *The Revolutionary* (1970), Producer
- *Out of It* (1969), Producer
- *Girl* (1967), Co-Producer
- *The Street*, Producer
- *The Monkey Wrench Gang*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Edward R. Pressman](https://film.one/media/person/77750/gallery-4c2d5b3947e6.png) Edward R. Pressman — Sammyjack87, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Ed_Pressman_-_1980.tif/lossless-page1-330px-Ed_Pressman_-_1980.tif.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Edward R. Pressman](https://film.one/media/person/77750/gallery-e4750d3bba13.jpg) Edward R. Pressman — Image via TMDB

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