---
name: "Paula Mae Schwartz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paula-mae-schwartz"
fi1m_id: "paula-mae-schwartz"
imdb_id: "nm2445382"
tmdb_id: 566958
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-01T21:11:51.144748+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."
---

# Paula Mae Schwartz

## Identity

Paula Mae Schwartz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paula-mae-schwartz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paula-mae-schwartz
- **IMDb ID:** nm2445382
- **TMDB ID:** 566958
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2445382/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/566958

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 2009–2012
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (1), 2010s 76 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 74 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Fantasy 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $120m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2445382/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/566958

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Road*](https://film.one/film/the-road-2009.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Paula Mae Schwartz is a film producer. With her husband Steve Schwartz she co-founded Chockstone Pictures in 2004 and serves as its CEO. Their first major feature was *The Road* (2009), on which she is credited as producer alongside Nick Wechsler.

Schwartz’s earlier career was in journalism and public relations. She holds a BA from Boston University, worked at Newsweek and in advertising, and co-ran Schwartz Communications, a technology PR firm. She is a former president and board chair of the Gloucester Stage Company and has produced stage productions including the 2015–2016 Broadway revival of *Spring Awakening*.

Her other producing credits include *The Tree of Life* (2011, co-executive producer), *Killing Them Softly* (2012), *The Host* (2013), *The Counselor* (2013), *Serena* (2014), *All the Old Knives* (2022) and *Anniversary* (2025).

*Sources: catalog.afi.com, imdb.com, chockstonepictures.com, en.wikipedia.org, bu.edu.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Killing Them Softly* (2012), Fi1m 68, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/killing-them-softly.md)
- *The Tree of Life* (2011), Fi1m 84, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-tree-of-life.md)
- *The Road* (2009), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-road-2009.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Anniversary* (2025), Producer
- *Exxtinction Emergency* (2023), Producer
- *All the Old Knives* (2022), Producer
- *Serena* (2014), Producer
- *The Counselor* (2013), Producer
- *The Host* (2013), Producer
- *Killing Them Softly* (2012), Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/killing-them-softly.md)
- *The Tree of Life* (2011), Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-tree-of-life.md)
- *The Road* (2009), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-road-2009.md)
- *Luckey Quarter* (2004), Co-Producer
- *The Last of the Tribe*, Producer

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