Robert W. Cort

Robert W. Cort is an American film producer. Since 1985 he has produced forty-eight feature films which have grossed more than $2.5 billion in worldwide box office.[1] These include: On the Basis of Sex, 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,[3] Runaway Bride,[4] and Save the Last Dance.[5][6]

Robert W. Cort
Robert W. Cort
Born (1951-01-13) January 13, 1951
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
OccupationProducer
Years active1976–present
Spouse(s)Rosalie Swedlin

Cort also produced Mr. Holland's Opus[7] and currently serves on the board of directors for The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation[8]

Cort’s HBO film, Something the Lord Made, won three Emmy Awards, including the 2004 Outstanding Film Made for Television.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11][12]

His production of 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.[13][14]

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.[15]

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.[16]

Cort was a partner and president of Interscope Communications.[17]

From 1996 to 2001, Cort was the managing partner of The Cort/Madden Company, a production unit with close ties to Paramount Pictures.[18]

In 2003 Random House published Cort's novel, Action!, which garnered positive critical reviews and became a bestseller.[19][20][21]

His articles and essays have been published in The New York Times and The New Yorker.[22][23] and he is currently a professor of production on the faculty of the American Film Institute.[24]

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,[25][26] and was a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.[27]

He lives in Beverly Hills, California, with his wife, Rosalie Swedlin, a manager of writers and directors.[28]

Filmography

All films, he was producer unless otherwise noted.[29]

Film
Year Film Credit Notes
1985Turk 182Executive producer
1987Critical Condition
Outrageous Fortune
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
Three Men and a Baby
1988The Seventh Sign
Cocktail
1989Bill & Ted's Excellent AdventureExecutive producer
Collision Course
RenegadesExecutive producer
Blind FuryExecutive producer
An Innocent Man
1990The First PowerExecutive producer
Bird on a WireExecutive producer
ArachnophobiaCo-executive producer
A Gnome Named Gnorm
Three Men and a Little Lady
1991Eve of DestructionExecutive producer
Class Action
Bill & Ted's Bogus JourneyExecutive producer
ParadiseExecutive producer
1992The Hand That Rocks the CradleExecutive producer
The Cutting Edge
FernGully: The Last RainforestExecutive producer
Jersey GirlExecutive producer
The Gun in Betty Lou's HandbagExecutive producer
Out on a LimbExecutive producer
1994The Air Up There
Holy MatrimonyExecutive producer
Terminal VelocityExecutive producer
Imaginary CrimesExecutive producer
1995Roommates
Separate LivesExecutive producer
Operation Dumbo DropExecutive producer
The Tie That BindsExecutive producer
Two MuchExecutive producer
JumanjiExecutive producer
Mr. Holland's Opus
1996The ArrivalExecutive producer
BoysExecutive producer
KazaamExecutive producer
The AssociateExecutive producer
1998The Odd Couple II
1999The Out-of-Towners
Runaway Bride
2001Save the Last Dance
2004Against the Ropes
2006Save the Last Dance 2Executive producerDirect-to-video
2008A Year Ago in WinterExecutive producer
2013Make Your Move
2015Terminator GenisysExecutive producer
2018On the Basis of Sex
2020The Secret: Dare to Dream
TBA
The Tale of the Allergist's Wife
Thanks
Year Film Notes
2013The CallSpecial thanks

Television
Year Title Credit Notes
1989A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas StoryExecutive producerTelevision film
1994A Part of the FamilyExecutive producerTelevision film
1995Body LanguageExecutive producerTelevision film
1997Snow White: A Tale of TerrorExecutive producerTelevision film
1999In the Company of SpiesTelevision film
2000Harlan County WarExecutive producerTelevision film
2002The RatsExecutive producerTelevision film
Save the Last DanceTelevision pilot
2004Something the Lord MadeExecutive producerTelevision film
2005VH1 News Presents: Hollywood Secrets Revealed: Movie Screw Ups

References
  1. http://www.afi.com/conservatory/about/faculty.aspx
  2. "Robert Cort". The New York Times.
  3. Holden, Stephen (March 27, 1992). "Movie Review - The Cutting Edge - Review/Film; Hot Pursuit of Olympic Success on the Ice - NYTimes.com". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
  4. A. O. Scott (February 20, 2004). "Movie Review - Against the Ropes - FILM REVIEW; Fearlessly Going Where The Punches Are Flying - NYTimes.com". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
  5. Maslin, Janet (July 30, 1999). "Movie Review - Runaway Bride - FILM REVIEW; Pretty Woman Is Back, But Now She's Cautious - NYTimes.com". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
  6. Mitchell, Elvis (January 12, 2001). "Movie Review - Save the Last Dance - FILM REVIEW; A Young Ballerina Discovers Hip-Hop, and Yo! - NYTimes.com". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
  7. Maslin, Janet (January 19, 1996). "FILM REVIEW;A Teacher Who Once Had Dreams". The New York Times.
  8. http://www.mhopus.org/About-Us/Board-of-Directors
  9. http://www.emmys.com/shows/something-lord-made
  10. "Test". The New York Times.
  11. http://www.emmys.com/shows/mothers-courage-mary-thomas-story-magi
  12. http://www.afi.com/conservatory/about/faculty.aspx
  13. http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/lola-awards-2009-german-film-academy-awards/
  14. 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
  15. http://www.afi.com/conservatory/about/faculty.aspx
  16. http://www.afi.com/conservatory/about/faculty.aspx
  17. Eller, Claudia (September 27, 1995). "ENTERTAINMENT : Interscope President to Resign; Parting Amicable, Partner Says – Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
  18. "Company Town Annex – Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. November 8, 1995. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
  19. Kennedy, Dana (August 3, 2003). "Books in Brief – Fiction and Poetry". NYTimes.com. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
  20. http://www.randomhouse.com/book/32221/action-by-robert-cort#aboutthebook
  21. http://www.afi.com/conservatory/about/faculty.aspx
  22. Cort, Robert W. (May 6, 2006). "Straight to DVD – New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
  23. Friend, Tad (January 7, 2009). "The Pictures: Novelization". The New Yorker. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
  24. http://www.afi.com/conservatory/about/faculty.aspx
  25. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/sasalum/newsltr/spring04/cort.html
  26. http://www.afi.com/conservatory/about/faculty.aspx
  27. http://www.randomhouse.com/book/32221/action-by-robert-cort#abouttheauthor
  28. http://www.randomhouse.com/book/32221/action-by-robert-cort#abouttheauthor
  29. "Robert Cort". The New York Times.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.