Tom Rothman
American film executive (born 1954)
Thomas Edgar Rothman (born November 21, 1954) is an American film executive who was chairman and CEO of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group. He is known for his work on major films such as Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Jumanji, and Spider-Verse.2
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Born Nov 21, 1954.1
About
He previously worked as CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment and founded Fox Searchlight Pictures (now known as Searchlight Pictures).
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Companies
- Searchlight PicturesFounder12
- TriStar ProductionsFounder13
Early life and education
- Date not recordedColumbia Law School3
- Date not recordedPark School of Baltimore3
- Date not recordedBrown University3
Rothman was born to a Jewish family in Baltimore, Maryland. Rothman attended The Park School of Baltimore and graduated in 1972.
He graduated from Brown University with a degree in English and American Literature and from Columbia Law School in 1980. He worked as a law clerk and attorney before entering the film industry.
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Career
Occupation: lawyer, businessperson, film studio executive.6
- Date not recordedFounded TriStar Productions4
- Date not recordedFounded Searchlight Pictures5
Rothman began his film career in 1986 co-producing Jim Jarmusch's Down by Law.
In 1987, he joined Columbia Pictures as an executive vice president. In 1989, he became president of Worldwide Production for the Samuel Goldwyn Company, where he worked with filmmakers including Ang Lee, Anthony Minghella and Kenneth Branagh.
Rothman worked at Fox Filmed Entertainment for 18 years. In 1994, he founded Fox Searchlight Pictures. He was chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment from 2000 to 2012.
In 2013, After Rothman left Fox, he joined Sony Pictures as chairman for TriStar Pictures and would form TriStar Productions as a joint venture with existing Sony Pictures executives. In 2015, he became chairman for Sony Pictures' Motion Picture Group, replacing Amy Pascal following the 2014 Sony Pictures hack where Rothman would continue to oversee the properties he greenlit for Columbia and TriStar.
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Personal life
Rothman is married to actress Jessica Harper and has two daughters. He is the younger brother of actor John Rothman.
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Awards
- 2005The Life Career Award10
Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataTom Rothman on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaTom Rothman on Wikipedia
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- 9WikidataTom Rothman: spouse, on Wikidata
- 10WikidataTom Rothman: award, on Wikidata
- 11WikidataTom Rothman: IMDb, on Wikidata
- 12WikidataSearchlight Pictures, Founder
- 13WikidataTriStar Productions, Founder
- 14Wikimedia CommonsTom Rothman photo by National Council on the Arts, Public domain