---
name: "Stuart Cornfeld"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stuart-cornfeld"
fi1m_id: "stuart-cornfeld"
imdb_id: "nm0180366"
tmdb_id: 22302
wikidata_id: "Q3045844"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "15 November 1952"
died: "26 June 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-05T11:53:02.151074+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."
---

# Stuart Cornfeld

## Identity

Stuart Cornfeld

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stuart-cornfeld
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stuart-cornfeld
- **IMDb ID:** nm0180366
- **TMDB ID:** 22302
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3045844
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Cornfeld, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3045844, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0180366/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/22302

Producer. Born 15 November 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 26 June 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 15 November 1952, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 26 June 2020
- **Active:** 1980–2011
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 10: 2 acting, 8 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Ben Stiller](https://film.one/person/ben-stiller.md), [Christine Taylor](https://film.one/person/christine-taylor.md), [Steven Soderbergh](https://film.one/person/steven-soderbergh.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as producer, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 70 (4), 1990s 65 (2), 2000s 67 (2), 2010s 77 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 68 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Drama 4, Science Fiction 3, Mystery 2, Action 1, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $520m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Cornfeld, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3045844, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0180366/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/22302

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Zoolander*](https://film.one/film/zoolander.md) (74)

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## Biography

Stuart Cornfeld was an American film producer. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in psychology and from the AFI Conservatory in 1975. While at AFI he met Anne Bancroft, who hired him to produce her film *Fatso* (1980) and introduced him to her husband Mel Brooks; Cornfeld went on to work as assistant to the producer on *High Anxiety* (1977) and associate producer on *History of the World, Part I* (1981), and as executive producer on *The Elephant Man* (1980).

Cornfeld produced *The Fly* (1986) and *Kafka* (1991). From 1999 he was a partner with Ben Stiller at Red Hour Productions, producing films including *Zoolander* (2001), *Starsky & Hutch* (2004), *DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story* (2004), *Blades of Glory* (2007) and *Tropic Thunder* (2008). He died on 26 June 2020.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (10)

### Performed in (2)

- *Old School* (2003), Fi1m 60, as Taxi Driver — [page](https://film.one/film/old-school.md)
- *Fast Times at Ridgemont High* (1982), Fi1m 70, as Pirate King — [page](https://film.one/film/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high.md)

### Produced (8) — the average rests on these

- *Submarine* (2011), Fi1m 82, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/submarine.md)
- *Megamind* (2010), Fi1m 72, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/megamind.md)
- *Zoolander* (2001), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/zoolander.md)
- *Fallen Angels* (1993), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)
- *Kafka* (1991), Fi1m 58, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/kafka.md)
- *The Fly* (1986), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fly.md)
- *National Lampoon's European Vacation* (1985), Fi1m 40, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/national-lampoons-european-vacation.md)
- *The Elephant Man* (1980), Fi1m 84, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-elephant-man.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

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

- *The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld* (2025), Actor
- *Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics* (2020), Producer
- *The Polka King* (2017), Producer
- *Zoolander 2* (2016), Producer
- *Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer* (2015), Producer
- *Another Period* (2015), series, Executive Producer
- *The Double* (2014), Thanks
- *The Secret Life of Walter Mitty* (2013), as Greeland Air Passenger · Producer
- *Vamps* (2012), Producer
- *The Big Year* (2011), Producer
- *30 Minutes or Less* (2011), Producer
- *Submarine* (2011), Executive Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/submarine.md)
- *Megamind* (2010), Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/megamind.md)
- *Tropic Thunder* (2008), Producer
- *The Ruins* (2008), Producer
- *The TV Set* (2007), as Mixer
- *Blades of Glory* (2007), Producer
- *The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny'* (2007), Producer
- *Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny* (2006), Producer
- *DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story* (2004), Producer
- *Starsky & Hutch* (2004), Producer
- *Duplex* (2003), Producer
- *Old School* (2003), as Taxi Driver — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/old-school.md)
- *Zoolander* (2001), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/zoolander.md)
- *Loser* (2000), as Foreman
- *Mimic* (1997), Co-Executive Producer
- *Red Wind* (1995), Producer
- *Wilder Napalm* (1993), Producer
- *Fallen Angels* (1993), series, Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)
- *Kafka* (1991), Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/kafka.md)
- *Darkman* (1990), as Dockworker #3
- *Hider in the House* (1989), Co-Producer
- *The Fly II* (1989), Executive Producer
- *The Cover Girl and the Cop* (1989), as Bartender
- *The Fly* (1986), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fly.md)
- *National Lampoon's European Vacation* (1985), Co-Producer — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/national-lampoons-european-vacation.md)
- *Girls Just Want to Have Fun* (1985), Executive Producer
- *Fast Times at Ridgemont High* (1982), as Pirate King — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high.md)
- *History of the World: Part I* (1981), Associate Producer
- *The Elephant Man* (1980), Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-elephant-man.md)
- *Fatso* (1980), Producer
- *Getting It Over With* (1978), as Glen · Producer

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