Jane Rosenthal (born September 21, 1956) is an American film producer.New York Magazine: "Jane of All Trades" By Meryl Gordon
retrieved December 22, 2017 She is co-founder, CEO, and executive chair of

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, a media company that encompasses Tribeca Productions, the

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, Tribeca Studios, and non-profit offshoot the Tribeca Film Institute. She and Robert De Niro founded the Tribeca Film Festival in the aftermath of the

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to help revitalize downtown Manhattan. She has been De Niro's producing partner since 1988, producing films including ''

Wag the Dog ''Wag the Dog'' is a 1997 American political satire black comedy film produced and directed by Barry Levinson and starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro. The film centers on a spin doctor and a Hollywood producer who fabricate a war in Al ...

'' (1997), '' Meet the Parents'' (2000), and '' The Good Shepherd'' (2006). In 2020, Rosenthal was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing ''

The Irishman ''The Irishman'' (subtitled onscreen as ''I Heard You Paint Houses'') is a 2019 American epic gangster film directed and produced by Martin Scorsese and written by Steven Zaillian, based on the 2004 nonfiction book ''I Heard You Paint Hou ...

'' (2019).

Biography

In 1989, Rosenthal co-founded the

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film studio in the lower Manhattan neighborhood of

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with actor Robert De Niro. Rosenthal and De Niro co-produced the dramatic television

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'' in 1993 and, in 2002, co-organized the first annual

TriBeCa Film Festival The Tribeca Festival is an annual film festival organized by Tribeca Productions. It takes place each spring in New York City, showcasing a diverse selection of film, episodic, talks, music, games, art, and immersive programming. Tribeca was f ...

. She is co-founder and co-chair of the board of the not-for-profit

Tribeca Film Institute The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) is a year-round non-profit arts organization founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff, based in New York. The Tribeca Film Institute was created in 2003 in the wake of September 11, 2001. TFI t ...

. Rosenthal is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and has been honored by The Museum of the Moving Image, New York University Tisch School of Arts, The Matrix Award, and The National September 11 Memorial & Museum. In 2011, she was presented with the Jane Jacobs Medal for Lifetime Leadership from The Rockefeller Foundation and The Monteblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award for her commitment to arts and culture. Rosenthal serves on the boards of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, The Child Mind Institute, Global Citizen, and interactive media company Eko.

Personal life

In 1995, Rosenthal married

Craig Hatkoff Craig M. Hatkoff (born March 19, 1954) is an American real estate investor from New York City. Along with his now ex-wife Jane Rosenthal, and Robert De Niro, he co-founded the Tribeca Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Institute in 2002. The ...

. They raised their two children in the

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. The couple separated in 2014.

Filmography

Producer

* ''

Thunderheart ''Thunderheart'' is a 1992 American Neo-Western mystery film directed by Michael Apted from a screenplay by John Fusco. The film is a loosely based fictional portrayal of events relating to the Wounded Knee incident in 1973, when followers of ...

'' (1992) * ''

Night and the City ''Night and the City'' is a 1950 film noir directed by Jules Dassin and starring Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney and Googie Withers. It is based on the novel of the same name by Gerald Kersh. Shot on location in London and at Shepperton Studio ...

'' (1992) * '' A Bronx Tale'' (1993) * '' Faithful'' (1996) * '' Marvin's Room'' (1996) * ''

'' (1997) * ''

Analyze This ''Analyze This'' is a 1999 American mafia comedy film directed by Harold Ramis, who co-wrote the screenplay with playwright Kenneth Lonergan, and Peter Tolan. The plot follows a crisis-stricken mafioso (Robert De Niro) who solicits the assi ...

'' (1999) * ''

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'' (1999) * '' Flawless'' (1999) * '' The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle'' (2000) * '' Meet the Parents'' (2000) * ''

Prison Song ''Toxicity'' is the second studio album by Armenian-American heavy metal band System of a Down, released on September 4, 2001, through American Recordings and Columbia Records. Expanding on their 1998 eponymous debut, it incorporated more mel ...

'' (2001) * ''

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'' (2002) * '' About a Boy'' (2002) * ''

Analyze That ''Analyze That'' is a 2002 American mafia comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and produced by Paula Weinstein and Jane Rosenthal. The film is a sequel to the 1999 film '' Analyze This''. The film starred Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal who ...

'' (2002) * ''

House of D ''House of D'' is a 2004 coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by David Duchovny as his directorial debut. The film stars Duchovny, Anton Yelchin, Téa Leoni, Erykah Badu, Frank Langella, Zelda Williams, and Robin Williams. It was screened at th ...

'' (2004) * ''

Stage Beauty ''Stage Beauty'' is a 2004 romantic period drama directed by Richard Eyre. The screenplay by Jeffrey Hatcher is based on his play ''Compleat Female Stage Beauty'', which was inspired by references to 17th-century actor Edward Kynaston made in t ...

'' (2004) * '' Meet the Fockers'' (2004) * ''

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'' (2005) * '' The Good Shepherd'' (2006) * ''

What Just Happened What Just Happened may refer to: * ''What Just Happened'' (2008 film), an American comedy-drama film directed by Barry Levinson and starring Robert De Niro * ''What Just Happened'' (2018 film), a Nigerian comedy film directed by Charles Uwagbai * ...

'' (2008) * ''

Little Fockers ''Little Fockers'' (known as ''Meet the Parents: Little Fockers'' in the United Kingdom and Southeast Asia) is a 2010 American comedy film and the third and final film in the ''Meet the Parents'' film series, serving as a sequel to ''Meet the Par ...

'' (2010) * ''

All We Had ''All We Had'' is a 2016 American drama film directed by Katie Holmes and written by Josh Boone. It is based on the 2014 novel ''All We Had'' by Annie Weatherwax. The film stars Katie Holmes, Stefania LaVie Owen, Luke Wilson, Richard Kind, Mar ...

'' (2016) * ''

'' (2019) * '' The Good House'' (2021)

Executive producer

Special thanks

* ''

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'' (2015) * ''

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'' (2017) * ''Nigerian Prince'' (2018) * ''Lucky Grandma'' (2019)

References

External links

Featuring Jane Rosenthal – Crain's 100 Most Influential Women in NYC Business
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Tribeca Film Festival – Official website
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