A shareholder in the Firm’s Entertainment department, Stan Coleman represents writers, directors, actors and producers in motion pictures, television and on the legitimate stage.
Many of his clients have been nominated for or have won Oscars, Emmys, Tonys and Pulitzer Prizes, among numerous other awards.
Stan was a pioneer in the development of the home video industry, and in the convergence between Hollywood and the Silicon Valley. In addition to his practice representing artists, Stan also represents leading publishers and distributors in print, home video, and electronic entertainment.
Outside the office, Stan was one of the founders of the annual UCLA Entertainment Symposium, and has spoken or lectured at UCLA, the University of Southern California, Cornell University, the National Association of Broadcasters Convention, the American Bar Association, and the American Film Institute, among others. He has also been featured on television and in numerous periodicals, including the Hollywood Reporter where he was chosen as one of the entertainment industry’s “Power Lawyers.”
He received his Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from Cornell University in 1966, and his Juris Doctor degree with honors from the Columbia University School of Law in 1969 where he was a Barney Jaffin Scholar and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations
Member
State Bar of California
Member
UCLA Entertainment Symposium
Founder
Awards
Named “Power Lawyer” by the Hollywood Reporter
Named “Legal Impact Award” Winner by Daily Variety
J.D., cum laude, Columbia University School of Law, 1969
B.A., cum laude, Cornell University, 1966
Glengarry Glen Ross, David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, will be revived for the spring 2025 Broadway season. Tony and Olivier Award winner Patrick Marber will direct. Kieran Culkin will play salesman Richard Roma, with Bob Odenkirk as elder statesman Shelly Levene and comedian Bill Burr as Dave Moss. Further casting, theater, and dates are…
Tracy Letts and Moses Ingram have joined the ensemble cast of Kathryn Bigelow’s upcoming untitled thriller for Netflix, which also stars Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Jared Harris, Greta Lee, and Gabriel Basso. The film, Bigelow’s first since the 2017 thriller Detroit, is set at the White House during a national…
Weintraub client Diane Lane was announced as a 2024 Emmy nominee for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for her role as Nancy “Slim” Keith in “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans” for FX and produced by FX Productions and 20th Television. Lane has been nominated…
In Netflix’s “A Man In Full,” Jeff Daniels and Diane Lane star as Charlie Croker, a crumbling real estate mogul, and his ex-wife Martha. Lucy Liu, Tom Pelphrey, Sarah Jones, William Jackson Harper, Aml Ameen, Jon Michael Hill, and Chanté Adams round out the star-studded cast. Based on Tom Wolfe’s…
Several Weintraub clients had high-profile premieres at the recent SXSW Film Festival in Austin (March 8-16, 2024). Director Doug Liman unveiled his remake of “Road House” starring Jake Gyllenhaal at this year’s festival. Produced by Amazon MGM Studios, the film also stars Jessica Williams, Billy Magnussen, Lukas Gage, and Conor…
Weintraub Client Zosia Mamet was recently cast alongside Michael Angarano and Tommy Martinez in Peacock’s upcoming comedy series “Laid” as series regulars, joining series lead Stephanie Hsu. Based on an Australian series, “Laid” is written and executive produced by Nahnatchak Khan and Sally Bradford McKenna. Weintraub shareholders Stan Coleman and Shaun Gordon represent Zosia Mamet. Read…
Weintraub client Cheech Marin reunites with iconic comedic partner Tommy Chong for “Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie.” The film, premiered at SXSW, showcases their decades-long, up-and-down relationship in the documentary/road-trip comedy. Weintraub shareholders Stan Coleman and Matt Sugarman represent Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong. Read the review by The Hollywood Reporter.
Weintraub client Zosia Mamet is set to star alongside Ann Dowd in the upcoming horror thriller “The Undertaker’s Children” from producer and seller The Exchange. Inspired by true events, the film tells the story of a girl and her younger brother who are sent to live with their distant relative,…
Weintraub client David Mamet co-wrote and will direct Assassination for Arclight Films, which tells the story of John F. Kennedy’s murder from the mob’s perspective. Weintraub client Rebecca Pidgeon (Heist) will star in the thriller alongside Al Pacino (The Godfather), Viggo Mortensen (Green Book), John Travolta (Pulp Fiction), Shia LaBeouf (Honey…
Weintraub client Diane Lane is set to star in the upcoming thriller film Anniversary alongside Kyle Chandler (The Wolf Of Wall Street), Madeline Brewer (The Handmaid’s Tale), Zoey Deutch (Zombieland Double Tap), Phoebe Dynevor (Bridgerton), Mckenna Grace (Ghostbusters), and Daryl McCormack (Good Luck To You, Leo Grande.) The film will be…
In its official announcement earlier this week, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation confirmed that Weintraub client Walt Dohrn (Trolls, Trolls World Tour) has returned as director in the third installment of the animated musical franchise Trolls. Weintraub client Zosia Mamet is also named among the A-list cast. The threequel, named…
Veteran filmmaker and Weintraub client Charles Shyer (Father of the Bride, Alfie) directed and co-wrote the new Netflix film “The Noel Diary,” which premiered on the streaming service on Thanksgiving Day. The holiday rom-com became the number one movie on Netflix by Monday. Based on a novel by the same…
Weintraub client Zosia Mamet, known for her role as Annie Mouradian in the HBO Max original series The Flight Attendant, leads opposite Saturday Night Live’s Aristotle Athari in a sci-fi romantic comedy Molli & Max in the Future.
Weintraub client Diane Lane is set to join the cast of Ryan Murphy’s Feud on FX, along with Tom Hollander, Naomi Watts, and Calista Flockhart.
Weintraub client Zosia Mamet (The Flight Attendant, Girls) has signed on for a role in the upcoming Sony Pictures film Madame Web, an adaptation of the Marvel comics by writer Denny O’Neil and artist John Romita Jr.
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Actor and comedian Cheech Marin donated 500 pieces from his singular art collection to create a new museum in Riverside, CA. The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture opened on June 18, 2022, and is the first major museum dedicated to Chicano art and culture in the United States.
The Broadway productions of “American Buffalo” and “The Minutes” written by Weintraub clients David Mamet and Tracy Letts have been nominated for Tony Awards. David Mamet’s “American Buffalo” was nominated for best revival. The show’s director, Neil Pepe, was nominated for best director, and one of the show’s leads, Sam…
Weintraub clients David Mamet and Tracy Letts both have plays opening on Broadway in the next few weeks. David Mamet’s iconic American Buffalo opens March 22 at Circle in the Square Theatre, starring Laurence Fishburne, Sam Rockwell, and Darren Criss. The Minutes, a new play by Tracy Letts, opens April…
On October 27 & 28 2021, Sotheby’s presented The Ricky Jay Collection, a miraculous and exacting tour through the history of the unusual and how it has captivated and inspired for centuries. A video preview of the auction can be viewed here. From Sotheby’s: Magician, actor, scholar, author: the range…
Actress, writer, and producer Zosia Mamet has signed a two-book deal with Viking Penguin. My First Popsicle, an anthology exploring food experiences and featuring celebrity contributors, is scheduled for publication in Fall, 2022. The second book will feature a collection of personal essays and is slated for 2023. Currently appearing…
Thomas Schlamme is set to produce the limited series “Levittown” based on David Kushner’s bestselling book Levittown: Two Families, One Tycoon, and the Fight for Civil Rights in America’s Legendary Suburb. The book was optioned by independent studio wiip, which partnered with The Gotham Group to develop the limited series.…
FX Network is adapting the newly released nonfiction book written by cybersecurity reporter Nicole Perlroth. The series is being developed by Tommy Schlamme from The West Wing. The book is about the history of cyberwarfare and how the United States became vulnerable to attack. The drama series is being executive…
Cheech Marin will be part of an upcoming Lionsgate action-comedy, Shotgun Wedding, also starring Lenny Kravitz, Jennifer Lopez, and Josh Duhamel. Jason Moore is directing the film and it is slated to start production this month. D’arcy Carden, Selena Tan, Desmin Borges, and Alex Mallari have also signed on for…
Weintraub Tobin client, Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox of Smosh fame were featured in a Variety article announcing the premier of, “Smosh: The Movie.” Shareholder Scott Hervey represented Ian and Anthony and executive producer Barry Blumberg in their deals. The movie is now set to have its world premiere on…
For a third year in a row, Weintraub Tobin is working to raise funds for cardiovascular diseases and stroke by partaking in the American Heart Association Heart Walk on Saturday, September 21 at William Land Park. Our attorneys and staff work hard during the summer months to gear up for…
Weintraub Tobin client Diane Lane has a number of upcoming projects worth noting. Diane will star as Hillary Clinton in a four event series/miniseries called “Hillary.” Oscar nominee Courtney Hunt will script the project that would “recount Clinton’s life as a wife, mother, politician and cabinet member from 1998 to…
Weintraub Tobin is proud to announce that our client David Mamet, who wrote and directed HBO’s “Phil Spector,” recently received two Emmy nominations, including Best Writing and Best Direction. This is the first Emmy nomination for the playwright. Phil Spector, which starred Al Pacino, received a total of 11 Emmy…
Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation is proud to announce that our client Tracy Letts has won a 2013 Tony Award for his role in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” Letts took home the award Sunday for best performance by an actor in a play for his portrayal of…
Weintraub clients John and Drew Dowdle will co-write the upcoming microbudget thriller: “As Above, So Below” for Legendary Pictures. According to Variety, the film will be set in the catacombs beneath Paris where two archeologists look for hidden treasure. Sources say the film would be set in the $5-$10 million…
Weintraub Shareholder Stan Coleman has been named to Variety Magazine’s 2013 Legal Impact Report. The Legal Impact Report is an annual feature within Variety, spotlighting the critical role played by the legal community in the entertainment business and featuring 40 top lawyers (only 23 transactional) working in film, television, theater…
SACRAMENTO / SAN FRANCISCO / LOS ANGELES, July 6, 2012 – Weintraub Genshlea Chediak Tobin & Tobin Law Corporation and Weissmann Wolff Bergman Coleman Grodin LLP have jointly announced the merger of their respective business and entertainment law firms. The combined firm, named Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation,…
