Paul Schiff is an American film-producer. His films include Mona Lisa Smile, Young Guns and its sequel Young Guns II, Epic Movie, and My Cousin Vinny.Along with Kelly Rodrigues, Paul Schiff co-founded Blowtorch Entertainment with the goal of creating films and media targeting young-adults and college age audience. Blowtorch had planned to make or acquire eighteen feature-length films for five million dollars a piece and release them as cult movies for a college audience. They were funded by "Ignition Partners, Hollywood individuals, and at least one (unnamed) hedge fund." However, by mid-2009, the hedge funds which invested in the venture went out of business and its future "is in doubt".His brother is actor Richard Schiff. Paul is a graduate of Wesleyan University.
Graduated from Wesleyan University in 1981. His college roommate there was 'Bradley Whitford'. Whitford starred with Schiff's brother on The West Wing (1999).