Tom B. Rosenberg (1947/1948) is an American film producer, co-founder of Beacon Pictures; and founder and chairman of

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. He is a recipient of the 2004

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for the film ''

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''.

Biography

Rosenberg grew up on the North Side of

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. His father was an alderman of the 44th ward and later served as a

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judge. His mother worked in a dress shop and died when Rosenberg was 15. He had one sister who was 15 years his senior. He graduated from Lake View High School and then graduated from the

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. He then went on to teach at public schools in Chicago and then move to California where he went to the University of California at Berkeley Law School. He then moved to

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where he worked as a lawyer, sold real estate, and helped to build subsidized housing for the elderly. After five years and newly divorced, he moved back to Chicago founded Capital Associates in 1977 with a partner. They built their first development in

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. Rosenberg went on to build 54 buildings in Illinois, oversaw the largest school construction program in Chicago, and was active in fundraising for mayors

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and

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. In 1984, he ran the Midwestern campaign for presidential candidate

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. In 1989, he started a film company, Beacon Pictures, with his friend

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; and their first film was released in 1991, '' The Commitments'', directed by

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. In 2004, he sold his real estate assets.

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Television

;Thanks

References

External links

* Film producers from Illinois Living people Businesspeople from Chicago Producers who won the Best Picture Academy Award University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni Year of birth missing (living people) American real estate businesspeople American people of Jewish descent American independent film production company founders {{US-film-producer-stub