Ira Deutchman has been distributing films for 32 years, having worked on over 150 films including some of the most successful independent films of all time. He was one of the founders of Cinecom and later created Fine Line Features—two companies that were created from scratch and in their respective times, helped define the independent film business. Deutchman is also currently CEO of Emerging Pictures and a professor in the Graduate Film Division at Columbia University.

Among the over 60 films he acquired and released at Fine Line were Jane Campion’s “An Angel at My Table," Gus van Sant’s "My Own Private Idaho," Jim Jarmusch’s "Night on Earth," Robert Altman’s "The Player" and "Short Cuts," Roman Polanski’s "Bitter Moon" and "Death and the Maiden," Alan Rudolph’s "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle," Mike Leigh’s "Naked," and the award-winning "Hoop Dreams," until recently the highest grossing non-music documentary in history.

Prior to Fine Line, as President of The Deutchman Company, he provided marketing consulting services for such films as Steven Soderbergh’s "sex, lies, and videotape" for Miramax, Charles Burnett’s "To Sleep With Anger" for The Samuel Goldwyn Company and Whit Stillman’s "Metropolitan" for New Line Cinema.

Previously, Deutchman was one of the founding partners and president of marketing and distribution for Cinecom Entertainment Group, the film distribution company known for such diverse releases as Merchant/Ivory’s "A Room with a View," Jonathan Demme’s "Stop Making Sense," Gregory Nava’s "El Norte" and John Sayles’ "The Brother From Another Planet."

While at United Artists Classics, Films Incorporated and Cinema 5 Ltd., highlights included Lina Wertmuller’s "Seven Beauties" and "Swept Away," Barbara Koppel’s "Harlan County, USA," Jean-Jacques Beineix’s "Diva," and Francois Truffaut’s "The Last Metro." While still in college, he organized and marketed the midwest premiere of John Cassavetes' “A Woman Under the Influence."

His screen credits include Associate Producer of John Sayles’ “Matewan” and his most recent film “Honeydripper;" Executive Producer of Jonathan Demme’s “Swimming to Cambodia,” Gary Sinise’s "Miles From Home," Paul Bartel’s "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills," Matty Rich’s "Straight Out of Brooklyn," Stephen Gyllenhaal’s "Waterland," Maggie Greenwald’s "The Ballad of Little Jo," Alan Rudolph’s "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle," Paul Auster’s "Lulu On the Bridge," Wayne Wang’s “Center of the World,” Daniel Noah’s “Twelve,” Anthony Jaswinski’s “Killing Time,” Loren-Paul Caplin’s “The Lucky Ones,” Amy Wadell’s “Brothel” and Georgia Lee’s “Red Doors;” and co-producer of David Anspaugh’s “The Game of Their Lives.” Deutchman was the producer of Tony Vitale’s "Kiss Me, Guido," Sarah Kernochan’s "All I Wanna Do," Mark Christopher’s "54," Adam Davidson’s "Way Past Cool," Bob Gale’s “Interstate 60,” Tanya Wexler’s “Relative Evil,” Ann Hu’s “Beauty Remains” and Ed Radtke’s “Speed of Life.” He was also consulting producer on the CBS sitcom “Some of My Best Friends.”