Roger Birnbaum
Roger Birnbaum | |
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| Born | November 14, 1950[1] Teaneck, New Jersey,U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Film and television producer, film and television executive |
| Spouse(s) | Pamela West (divorced) Leslie Lopez (m.2013–2019) |
| Partner | Teri Garr(1979–1983) |
| Children | 1 |
Roger Birnbaum(born November 14, 1950) is an American film, television, and executive producer.[2][3]
Early life
[edit]Birnbaum was born to aJewishfamily[4]inTeaneck,New Jersey,[5]the son of Arlene (née Steinlauf) and Norman Birnbaum.[4]His father was aWorld War IIveteran who went into the embroidery business with his father after the war, and used his profits in 1967 to build theStonehenge,a residential building in New Jersey.[4]Birnbaum graduated fromTeaneck High Schoolin 1968[5]and attended theUniversity of Denver.[6]
Career
[edit]Birnbaum started out in the music industry atArista Recordsworking underClive Davis.A&M Records brought him out to Hollywood becoming its West CoastA&Rexecutive, where he switch over to film. While working at film, he was appointed president of Fair Dinkum Productions, which was headed byHenry Winkler,who supervisedYoung Sherlock HolmesandThe Sure Thing.[7]He worked atUnited Artists,Guber-Peters Co. (president in 1989) then20th Century Fox.[8]He was president of production at 20th Century Fox by 1992.[9]
Caravan Pictureswas founded by Birnbaum andJoe Rothas a production company atDisneyin 1992 to fill the Disney Studios' then-yearly 50 to 60 production and distribution slots.[9]Birnbaum previously left Caravan at the prompting of then Disney studio chiefJoe Rothas Disney was cutting its yearly production output and shutting down Caravan. In August 1998, Birnbaum withGary Barber,former vice chairman and COO ofMorgan Creek ProductionsfoundedSpyglass Entertainment.[10]
On December 20, 2010, after theMetro-Goldwyn-Mayerhad emerged from bankruptcy, Birnbaum and Barber became co-Chairs and co-CEOs of the studio.[11][12]On October 3, 2012, Birnbaum announced his intention to exit his role as an MGM executive and return to "hands-on" producing. He will remain with the studio to produce films on "an exclusive basis".[13]
He has since founded three production companies, Pin High Productions,[8]Cave 76 Productions[14]and withEli Roth,Arts District Entertainment.[15]By September 8, 2016, his exclusivity with MGM had ended.[8]
Personal life
[edit]His first wife was Pamela West;[16]they had one daughter Claire Birnbaum Block (born 1987).[17]He married then-restaurant guest relationsmanager Leslie Lopez in 2013.[18][19]Birnbaum and Lopez divorced in 2019. He was previously in a seven-year relationship with actressTeri Garr.[20]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Producer
- The Sure Thing(1985)
- The Three Musketeers(1993)
- Angels in the Outfield(1994)
- A Low Down Dirty Shame(1994)
- Houseguest(1995)
- The Jerky Boys: The Movie(1995)
- Heavyweights(1995)
- Tall Tale(1995)
- While You Were Sleeping(1995)
- The Big Green(1995)
- Powder(1995)
- Celtic Pride(1996)
- First Kid(1996)
- The Rich Man's Wife(1996)
- Metro(1997)
- Grosse Pointe Blank(1997)
- Gone Fishin'(1997)
- G.I. Jane(1997)
- Washington Square(1997)
- RocketMan(1997)
- Six Days, Seven Nights(1998)
- Simon Birch(1998)
- Rush Hour(1998)
- Holy Man(1998)
- Inspector Gadget(1999)
- Shanghai Noon(2000)
- Rush Hour 2(2001)
- The Count of Monte Cristo(2002)
- Dragonfly(2002)
- Abandon(2002)
- Reign of Fire(2002)
- The Recruit(2003)
- Shanghai Knights(2003)
- The Perfect Score(2004)
- Connie and Carla(2004)
- Mr. 3000(2004)
- The Pacifier(2005)
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy(2005)
- The Lookout(2007)
- The Invisible(2007)
- Evan Almighty(2007)
- Rush Hour 3(2007)
- Underdog(2007)
- Balls of Fury(2007)
- 27 Dresses(2008)
- Flash of Genius(2008)
- Four Christmases(2008)
- Leap Year(2010)
- The Tourist(2010)
- The Vow(2012)
- The Magnificent Seven(2016)
- Death Wish(2018)
- The Hustle(2019)
- South of Heaven(2021)
- Thanksgiving(2023)[21]
Executive producer
- Who's That Girl(1987)
- Angie(1994)
- Before and After(1996)
- Maximum Risk(1996)
- The Beautician and the Beast(1997)
- Overnight Delivery(1997) (Direct-to-video)
- Keeping the Faith(2000)
- Unbreakable(2000)
- Out Cold(2001)
- Inspector Gadget 2(2003) (Direct-to-video)
- Bruce Almighty(2003)
- One Love(2003)
- Seabiscuit(2003)
- The Legend of Zorro(2005)
- Memoirs of a Geisha(2005)
- Eight Below(2006)
- Stay Alive(2006)
- Stick It(2006)
- Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins(2008)
- The Ruins(2008)
- The Happening(2008)
- Wanted(2008)
- The Love Guru(2008)
- Ghost Town(2008)
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra(2009)
- Invictus(2009)
- Dinner for Schmucks(2010)
- No Strings Attached(2011)
- Footloose(2011)
- G.I. Joe: Retaliation(2013)
- RoboCop(2014)
- Glass(2019)
- Know Your Enemy(2019)
Special thanks
- Rain Man(1988)
- Dead Presidents(1995)
- Above Suspicion(2019)
- Acting role
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Making Sandwiches | Hollywood Type | Short film |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | |
| 1985 | Happily Ever After | TV movie |
| 1987 | Bay Coven | |
| 1997 | Angels in the Endzone | |
| Flash | ||
| 2000 | Angels in the Infield | |
| 2003 | Miracles | |
| Criminology 101 | TV movie | |
| 2004 | The Ranch | |
| Weekends |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Ryan's Four | |
| When Your Lover Leaves | TV movie | |
| 1985 | Scandal Sheet |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Music for UNICEF Concert | Executive in charge of production | TV special |
| The Bee Gees Special |
References
[edit]- ^"Roger Birnbaum Biography (1950?-)".Filmreference.com.RetrievedDecember 15,2011.
- ^"The Tourist".Box Office Mojo.
- ^"Rush Hour 2".Box Office Mojo.RetrievedAugust 20,2013.
- ^abc"Norman Birnbaum – Obituary".The New York Times.October 2, 2007.
- ^abSpelling, Ian (June 1, 2011)."Let the Lion Roar: Teaneck native Roger Birnbaum shines brightly in Hollywood".(201) magazine; Bergen.com.RetrievedOctober 6,2011.
Much of the producer's touch, the instinct that drives Birnbaum to financially back a script or to help nurture a pitch into a script and then into a feature, and his overall taste as a filmmaker, can be traced back to his formative years in Teaneck. He was raised there and attended Teaneck High School.
- ^"Advisory Board Biographies".ucsb.edu.Carsey-Wolf Center for Film, Television and New Media, University of California, Santa Barbara. Archived fromthe originalon March 5, 2008.RetrievedMarch 6,2008.
- ^"Roger Birnbaum".www.tcm.com.RetrievedDecember 14,2021.
- ^abcGalloway, Stephen (September 8, 2016)."'Magnificent Seven' Producer on Why Westerns Aren't Dead and How Cancer Changed Him ".The Hollywood Reporter.RetrievedJuly 2,2020.
- ^abFrook, John Evan (January 30, 1994)."Roth, Birnbaum flex muscles at Caravan".Variety.RetrievedMarch 19,2015.
- ^Eller, Clauida (August 21, 1998)."Spyglass Offers Disney Lower-Risk Deals".Los Angeles Times.RetrievedApril 10,2019.
- ^Agard, Chancellor (December 20, 2010)."MGM out of bankruptcy".Entertainment Weekly.Archived fromthe originalon September 6, 2014.RetrievedJuly 20,2014.
- ^McNary, Dave (December 20, 2010)."MGM restructuring becomes official".Variety.RetrievedJuly 20,2014.
- ^Nikki Finke (October 3, 2012)."MGM's Roger Birnbaum Steps Down To Return To Producing; Gary Barber Now Revived Studio's Sole Chairman & CEO".Deadline Hollywood.RetrievedAugust 6,2014.
- ^D'Alessandro, Anthony (June 8, 2017)."Annapurna To Release MGM's 'Death Wish' Over Thanksgiving; Sets October Date For 'Professor Marston & The Wonder Women'".Deadline.RetrievedJuly 2,2020.
- ^McNary, Dave (March 26, 2019)."Film News Roundup: Miramax Developing 'I Won't Be Home for Christmas'".Variety.RetrievedJune 6,2021.
- ^"Lorand West Obituary".Los Angeles Times.July 13, 2008.
- ^"Going Steady".issuu.com; C Magazine.January 1, 2013. p. 114.RetrievedJanuary 29,2018.
Claire Birnbaum and Eric Block... husband and wife... Roger Birnbaum (then co-CEO of MGM) gave away his little girl...
- ^"Warner Bros.' Courtney Simmons Weds, 'CSI:NY' Actor A.J. Buckley Engaged: Hitched, Hatched, Hired".The Hollywood Reporter.January 10, 2013.RetrievedJanuary 29,2018.
Producer Roger Birnbaum became engaged to... Leslie Lopez... on Dec. 15
- ^"41st AFI Life Achievement Award Honoring Mel Brooks – Red Carpet".gettyimages.ie.June 6, 2013.RetrievedJanuary 29,2018.
Leslie Lopez Birnbaum... and Roger Birnbaum
- ^Garr, Teri (October 30, 1988)."Is Teri Garr Serious When She Says She Isn't Serious? On Tour, The Actress Drops Her Comedic Guard".Chicago Tribune.Interviewed by Johanna Steinmetz. Archived fromthe originalon March 28, 2014.
Well, I lived with two men, one for seven years, the other for five. I was with Birnbaum (Roger Birnbaum, an independent producer) for seven. That was like a marriage.
- ^Kroll, Justin (March 16, 2023)."Gina Gershon, Rick Hoffman And Tim Dillon Round Out Cast Of Eli Roth'sThanksgivingAt TriStar And Spyglass ".Deadline Hollywood.RetrievedApril 11,2023.
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