Michael Rosenberg (film producer)

Michael Rosenberg is an American film industry executive and producer.[1] is the Co-Chair of Imagine Entertainment,[2][3][4] founded by Oscar-winning producer Brian Grazer and Oscar-winning director Ron Howard.

Career

In 1980, Rosenberg was executive vice president of Fantasy Films.[5] Rosenberg was President of the Saul Zaentz Production Company and Fantasy Films in Berkeley, California for ten years, during which time the company released One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, and The English Patient.[6][how?] Rosenberg joined Imagine Entertainment in 1988 as Vice President of Marketing and Distribution.[7][8][9] He organized the release of many films, including Parenthood, Backdraft,[8] Apollo 13,[10][11] Ransom and The Nutty Professor.

In 1998, Rosenberg was promoted to President[12] of Imagine Entertainment. He continued to oversee the marketing, publicity and distribution of the company's films[13] including Best Picture Oscar winner A Beautiful Mind, as well as 8 Mile, Friday Night Lights, Inside Man, The Da Vinci Code, American Gangster, Frost / Nixon, J. Edgar and Rush and television programs including National Geographic Channel's Geinus Anthology series, Hulu's Wu-Tang: An American Saga, Fox's hit Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning Best Drama Series 24 and Empire,[14] Fox's Emmy award-winning Best Comedy Arrested Development, WB's Felicity, ABC's Sports Night, NBC's Friday Night Lights and Parenthood, as well as HBO's "From the Earth to the Moon", which won the Emmy for Outstanding Mini-Series.

Rosenberg co-produced the 84th Academy Awards show for ABC in 2012. He also served as a producer the critically acclaimed documentaries Pavarotti and Katy Perry: Part of Me, and as an executive producer for the National Geographic series Mars and Breakthrough,[15] the 2017 Grammy and Emmy award-winning documentary The Beatles: Eight Days a Week, Dads, Rebuilding Paradise, Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band, and D. Wade: Life Unexpected.

Currently, Rosenberg served as executive producer on Music by John Williams,[16] celebrating the legendary composer's cinematic influence, and Jim Henson: Idea Man,[17] which explores Henson's legacy beyond The Muppets and Sesame Street. Rosenberg also was a producer on Lucy and Desi,[18] and executive produced Julia and We Feed People.

Rosenberg has been actively involved with multiple philanthropic organizations including The Fulfillment Fund, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USC School of Cinematic Arts, American Film Institute, The Help Group, Best Buddies International, and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2022 Peabody Awards Documentary Lucy and Desi Nominated [19]

References

  1. ^ New York Times Theater Reviews (December 2001). The New York Times Film Reviews 1999-2000. Taylor & Francis. pp. 261–. ISBN 978-0-415-93696-5.
  2. ^ Imagine's Michael Rosenberg Promoted to Co-Chairman With Brian Grazer, Ron Howard (Exclusive) - TheWrap
  3. ^ "Brian Grazer is hustling to keep Imagine Entertainment relevant in ever-changing Hollywood".Boston Herald, Alexandra Cheney Wednesday, July 16, 2014
  4. ^ "Who Will Host and Produce the Oscars? The Contenders Emerge|. The Hollywood Reporter, August 31, 2016 by Scott Feinberg
  5. ^ "Billion-Dollar Miracle". The Washington Post, By Kenneth Turan March 30, 1980
  6. ^ Michael Rosenberg Elevated To Co-Chairman Of Imagine Entertainment - Deadline.com
  7. ^ Sussex Publishers, LLC (June 1992). Spy. Sussex Publishers, LLC. pp. 20–. ISSN 0890-1759.
  8. ^ a b Eller, Claudia (January 14, 1993). "It's just their imagination". Variety.
  9. ^ Disinherited Son Contests Miles Davis' Will - Philly.com
  10. ^ Nasa Sees Stars - Not $$$ - Orlando Sentinel
  11. ^ Karl Grossman (August 1997). The wrong stuff: the space program's nuclear threat to our planet. Common Courage Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-56751-124-6.
  12. ^ "New Wrestling Film Shows Imagine Goes to Mat for Friends". Los Angeles Times, August 27, 1999.
  13. ^ New York. New York Magazine Company. 2003. p. 10.
  14. ^ "Imagine Entertainment Ups Michael Rosenberg to Co-Chairman". The Hollywood Reporter, 11/26/2013 by Borys Kit
  15. ^ "Nat Geo’s ‘Mars’: “If Mankind Has Two Planets… Then Our Odds Of Extinction Will Drop To Nearly Zero” — TCA|. Deadline Hollywood, by Amanda N'Duka July 30, 2016
  16. ^ Debruge, Peter (2024-10-24). "'Music by John Williams' Review: Steven Spielberg and Friends Pay Rapturous Tribute to the Master Composer". Variety. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
  17. ^ "Disney+ Shares Official Trailer For "Jim Henson Idea Man"". Disney Plus Press. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
  18. ^ "Lucy And Desi". Television Academy. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
  19. ^ "83rd Peabody Award Nominees".