Tom B. Rosenberg (born 1947/1948) is an American film producer, co-founder of Beacon Pictures; and founder and chairman of Lakeshore Entertainment. He is a recipient of the 2004 Academy Award for Best Picture for the film Million Dollar Baby.
Biography Rosenberg grew up on the North Side of Chicago. His father was an alderman of the 44th ward and later served as a Cook County 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 University of Wisconsin at Madison. 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 Willow Springs, Missouri 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 Decatur, Illinois. Rosenberg went on to build 54 buildings in Illinois, oversaw the largest school construction program in Chicago, and was active in fundraising for mayors Jane Byrne and Richard M. Daley. In 1984, he ran the Midwestern campaign for presidential candidate Walter Mondale. In 1989, he started a film company, Beacon Pictures, with his friend Armyan Bernstein; and their first film was released in 1991, The Commitments, directed by Alan Parker. He left Beacon in 1994 to form Lakeshore Entertainment.
In 2004, he sold his real estate assets.
Filmography He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
Film Year Film Credit Notes 1991 The Commitments Executive producer 1992 A Midnight Clear Executive producer 1993 Sugar Hill Executive producer 1994 Princess Caraboo Executive producer The Road to Wellville Executive producer 1996 Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy Executive producer Box of Moonlight Executive producer 1997 Going All the Way Executive producer 'Til There Was You Prince Valiant Executive producer The Real Blonde 1998 Polish Wedding Homegrown Executive producer Phoenix Executive producer 1999 200 Cigarettes Executive producer Arlington Road Executive producer Runaway Bride The Hurricane Executive producer 2000 Passion of Mind The Next Best Thing Autumn in New York The Gift 2002 The Mothman Prophecies 2003 The Human Stain Underworld Singing Behind Screens 2004 Wicker Park Madhouse Executive producer Suspect Zero Executive producer Million Dollar Baby 2005 Undiscovered The Cave The Exorcism of Emily Rose Æon Flux Executive producer 2006 Underworld: Evolution She's the Man Executive producer Crank The Covenant The Last Kiss The Dead Girl 2007 Blood & Chocolate Feast of Love 2008 Henry Poole Is Here Untraceable Elegy Pathology The Midnight Meat Train 2009 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Crank: High Voltage The Ugly Truth Gamer Fame 2011 The Lincoln Lawyer Underworld: Endless War Direct-to-video 2012 Underworld: Awakening One for the Money Gone Stand Up Guys 2014 I, Frankenstein Walk of Shame 2015 The Age of Adaline The Vatican Tapes 2016 The Boy American Pastoral Underworld: Blood Wars 2018 Adrift Executive producer A.X.L. Peppermint 2020 Brahms: The Boy II
Television Year Title Credit 2018 Heathers Executive producer
Thanks
Year Title Role Notes 1990 The Earth Day Special Special thanks Television special
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