Tom Rosenberg

Tom B. Rosenberg (born 1947/1948) is an American film producer, co-founder of Beacon Pictures; and founder and chairman of Lakeshore Entertainment.^[2] He is a recipient of the 2004 Academy Award for Best Picture for the film Million Dollar Baby.^[3]

Rosenberg grew up on the North Side of Chicago.^[1] His father was an alderman of the 44th ward and later served as a Cook County judge.^[1] His mother worked in a dress shop and died when Rosenberg was 15.^[1] He had one sister who was 15 years his senior.^[1] He graduated from Lake View High School and then graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.^[1] 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.^[1] 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.^[1] After five years and newly divorced, he moved back to Chicago founded Capital Associates in 1977 with a partner.^[1] They built their first development in Decatur, Illinois.^[1] 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.^[1] In 1984, he ran the Midwestern campaign for presidential candidate Walter Mondale.^[1] 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.^[1] He left Beacon in 1994 to form Lakeshore Entertainment.^[4]

In 2004, he sold his real estate assets.^[1]

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Thanks

• Tom Rosenberg at IMDb