Robert W. Cort
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 Robert W. Cort |
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| Born | Robert W. Cort Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| Occupation | Producer |
| Years active | 1976–present |
Robert W. Cort is an American film producer. Since 1985 he has produced forty-eight feature films which have grossed over 2.5 billion dollars in worldwide box office.[1] These include Three Men and a Baby, Cocktail, Jumanji, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise,[2] The Cutting Edge,[3] Against the Ropes,[4] Runaway Bride,[5] and Save the Last Dance.[6][7]
Cort also produced Mr. Holland's Opus[8] and currently serves on the board of directors for The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation[9]
Cort’s HBO film, Something the Lord Made, won three Emmy Awards, including the 2004 Outstanding Film Made for Television.[10] The film also won the American Film Institute Award, the Director’s and Writer’s Guild Awards, the Christopher, NAACP Image Award and the prestigious Peabody Award.[11]
His other television films have also won multiple honors, including the 1990 Emmy for Outstanding Children's Program for A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story.[12][13]
His most recent production, the family drama Im Winter ein Jahr (English Title: A Year Ago in Winter), won the Silver Lola for Best Picture at the 2009 German Academy Awards.[14][15]
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[edit] Career History
Cort entered the motion picture industry in 1976 and one year later was named vice president of advertising, publicity and promotion for Columbia Pictures. In 1980, he became executive vice president of marketing for Fox. In his five years as a marketing chief, Cort planned and supervised the campaigns of such films as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Midnight Express, The China Syndrome, All That Jazz, The Empire Strikes Back and Nine to Five. He then served as executive vice president of production at Twentieth Century Fox, where he oversaw the making of Romancing the Stone, Bachelor Party, and Revenge of the Nerds.[16]
For the next eleven years, Cort was a partner and president of Interscope Communications. From 1996 to 2001, he was the managing partner of The Cort/Madden Company, a production unit with close ties to Paramount Pictures. He currently operates Robert Cort Productions, an independent production company.[17]
Cort was a partner and president of Interscope Communications.[18]
From 1996 to 2001, Cort was the managing partner of The Cort/Madden Company, a production unit with close ties to Paramount Pictures.[19]
In 2003 Random House published Cort’s novel, Action!, which garnered very positive critical reviews and became a bestseller.[20][21][22]
His articles and essays have been published in The New York Times and The New Yorker.[23][24] and he is currently a professor of production on the faculty of the American Film Institute.[25]
Prior to working in the entertainment industry, Cort earned BA and MA degrees in history from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Wharton School,[26][27] was a management consultant for McKinsey & Company, and served a two-year assignment in the Central Intelligence Agency.[28]
He lives in Beverly Hills, California, with his wife, Rosalie Swedlin, a manager of writers and directors.[29]
[edit] Filmography[30]
[edit] Films
- Critical Condition (1987) (Producer, with Touchstone Pictures)
- Outrageous Fortune (1987) (Producer, with Paramount Pictures)
- Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987) (Producer, with 20th Century Fox)
- Three Men and a Baby (1987) (Producer, with Touchstone Pictures)
- Cocktail (1988) (Producer, with Touchstone Pictures)
- The Seventh Sign (1988) (Producer, with TriStar Pictures)
- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) (Executive Producer)
- The First Power (1989) (Executive Producer)
- An Innocent Man (1989) (Producer, with Touchstone Pictures)
- Renegades (1989) (Executive Producer)
- Collision Course (1990) (Producer)
- Arachnophobia (1990) (Co-Executive Producer)
- Three Men and a Little Lady (1990) (Producer, with Touchstone Pictures)
- Eve of Destruction (1990) (Executive Producer)
- Bird on a Wire (1990) (Executive Producer)
- Blind Fury (1990) (Executive Producer)
- Paradise (1991) (Executive Producer, with Touchstone Pictures)
- Class Action (1991) (Producer, with 20th Century Fox)
- Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) (Executive Producer)
- The Cutting Edge (1992) (Producer)
- The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992) (Executive Producer)
- The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992) (Executive Producer)
- A Gnome Named Gnorm (1992) (Producer)
- Out on a Limb (1992) (Executive Producer)
- FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) (Executive Producer)
- The Air Up There (1993) (Producer)
- Jersey Girl (1993) (Executive Producer)
- Terminal Velocity (1994) (Executive Producer)
- Holy Matrimony (1994) (Executive Producer)
- Imaginary Crimes (1994) (Executive Producer)
- Two Much (1995) (Executive Producer)
- Jumanji (1995) (Executive Producer)
- Roommates (1995) (Producer)
- Operation Dumbo Drop (1995) (Executive Producer)
- The Tie That Binds (1995) (Executive Producer)
- Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) (Producer)
- The Associate (1996) (Executive Producer)
- The Arrival (1996) (Executive Producer)
- Boys (1996) (Executive Producer)
- Kazaam (1996) (Executive Producer)
- The Odd Couple II (1998) (Producer)
- The Out-Of-Towners (1999) (Producer)
- Runaway Bride (1999) (Producer)
- Save the Last Dance (2001) (Producer)
- Against the Ropes (2004) (Producer)
- Im Winter ein Jahr (English Title: A Year Ago in Winter) (2008) (Executive Producer)
[edit] Television
[edit] Television Films
- A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story (1990) television film (Executive Producer)
- Part of the Family (1994) television film (Executive Producer)
- Body Language (1995) television film (Executive Producer)
- Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997) television film (Executive Producer)
- Harlan County War (2000) television film (Executive Producer)
- In the Company of Spies (2000) television film (Producer)
- Rats (2002) television film (Executive Producer)
- Something the Lord Made (2004) television film (Executive Producer)
[edit] Television News
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.afi.com/conservatory/about/faculty.aspx
- ^ "Robert Cort". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/person/85969/Robert-Cort/filmography.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (1992-03-27). "Movie Review - The Cutting Edge - Review/Film; Hot Pursuit Of Olympic Success On the Ice - NYTimes.com". Movies.nytimes.com. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0CE6DA163CF934A15750C0A964958260. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (1992-03-27). "Movie Review - The Cutting Edge - Review/Film; Hot Pursuit Of Olympic Success On the Ice - NYTimes.com". Movies.nytimes.com. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0CE6DA163CF934A15750C0A964958260. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
- ^ By A. O. Scott (2004-02-20). "Movie Review - Against the Ropes - FILM REVIEW; Fearlessly Going Where The Punches Are Flying - NYTimes.com". Movies.nytimes.com. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F03E0DA103DF933A15751C0A9629C8B63&pagewanted=print. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (1999-07-30). "Movie Review - Runaway Bride - FILM REVIEW; Pretty Woman Is Back, But Now She's Cautious - NYTimes.com". Movies.nytimes.com. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9902E0DC1431F933A05754C0A96F958260. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
- ^ Mitchell, Elvis (2001-01-12). "Movie Review - Save the Last Dance - FILM REVIEW; A Young Ballerina Discovers Hip-Hop, and Yo! - NYTimes.com". Movies.nytimes.com. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9901E7DC1F3AF931A25752C0A9679C8B63. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (1996-01-19). "FILM REVIEW;A Teacher Who Once Had Dreams". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F04E0DF1E39F93AA25752C0A960958260.
- ^ http://www.mhopus.org/About-Us/Board-of-Directors
- ^ http://www.emmys.com/shows/something-lord-made
- ^ "Test". The New York Times. http://tv.nytimes.com/show/30887/Something-the-Lord-Made/awards.
- ^ http://www.emmys.com/shows/mothers-courage-mary-thomas-story-magi
- ^ http://www.afi.com/conservatory/about/faculty.aspx
- ^ http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/lola-awards-2009-german-film-academy-awards/
- ^ http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?anno=2&hl=en&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=de&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.deutsche-filmakademie.de/fpsuche.html&usg=ALkJrhj6Zcg4VwMwCAnQqgxH4sa8wPWdOg
- ^ http://www.afi.com/conservatory/about/faculty.aspx
- ^ http://www.afi.com/conservatory/about/faculty.aspx
- ^ Eller, Claudia (1995-09-27). "ENTERTAINMENT : Interscope President to Resign; Parting Amicable, Partner Says - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. http://articles.latimes.com/1995-09-27/business/fi-50514_1_interscope-communications. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
- ^ "Company Town Annex - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. 1995-11-08. http://articles.latimes.com/1995-11-08/business/fi-724_1_david-madden. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
- ^ Kennedy, Dana (2003-08-03). "Books in Brief - Fiction and Poetry". NYTimes.com. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/03/books/review/0802br-briefs.html?pagewanted=all. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
- ^ http://www.randomhouse.com/book/32221/action-by-robert-cort#aboutthebook
- ^ http://www.afi.com/conservatory/about/faculty.aspx
- ^ Cort, Robert W. (2006-05-06). "Straight to DVD - New York Times". Nytimes.com. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/06/opinion/06cort.html. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
- ^ Friend, Tad (2009-01-07). "The Pictures: Novelization". The New Yorker. http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/05/26/030526ta_talk_friend. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
- ^ http://www.afi.com/conservatory/about/faculty.aspx
- ^ http://www.sas.upenn.edu/sasalum/newsltr/spring04/cort.html
- ^ http://www.afi.com/conservatory/about/faculty.aspx
- ^ http://www.randomhouse.com/book/32221/action-by-robert-cort#abouttheauthor
- ^ http://www.randomhouse.com/book/32221/action-by-robert-cort#abouttheauthor
- ^ "Robert Cort". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/person/85969/Robert-Cort/filmography.
