Newirth, Charles (Charles J. Newirth)

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NEWIRTH, Charles
(Charles J. Newirth)


PERSONAL


Born in New York, NY. Education: Ohio State University, degree in film; graduate study at New York University.

Addresses: Office Revolution Studios, 2900 West Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90404.


Career: Producer and executive. Revolution Studios, Santa Monica, CA, principal; also worked as a production assistant, location manager, and unit production manager in the 1980s.


Awards, Honors: Golden Laurel Award, motion picture producer of the year (with others), Producers Guild of America, and Directors Guild of America Award, outstanding directorial achievement in a motion picture (with others), both 1995, for Forrest Gump.


CREDITS


Film Producer:

(With Mark Johnson and Barry Levinson) Bugsy, TriStar, 1991.

(With Johnson and Levinson) Toys, Twentieth CenturyFox, 1992.

(With others) Forrest Gump, Paramount, 1994.

Patch Adams, MCA/Universal, 1998.

Home Fries, Warner Bros., 1998.

Galaxy Quest, DreamWorks, 1999.

The One, Columbia, 2001.


Film Executive Producer:

The American President, Columbia, 1995.

Phenomenon, Buena Vista, 1996.

Ghosts of Mississippi (also known as Ghosts from the Past ), Columbia, 1996.

City of Angels (also known as Stadt der Engel ), Warner Bros., 1998.

America's Sweethearts, Columbia, 2001.

Maid in Manhattan (also known as Made in New York ), Columbia, 2002.


Film Associate Producer; As Charles J. Newirth:

The Package, Orion, 1989.

Avalon, 1990.

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