Beginning as a lawyer, Robert Chartoff worked his way from personal manager to agent to producer, finally becoming one of the most respected names in the film industry. His collaboration with Irwin Winkler (Chartoff-Winkler Productions) yielded both commercial blockbusters (all the "Rocky" films beginning with the Academy Award-winning Best Picture of 1976) and intelligent, critical successes like Sydney Pollack's Depression-era Shoot Horses, Don't They" (1969), Martin Scorsese's biopic of boxer Jake La Motta, "Raging Bull" (1980) and Philip Kaufman's Oscar-nominated study of the US space program "The Right Stuff" (1983). The partnership dissolved in 1985 and Chartoff subsequently formed his own company, but has only produced two rather lackluster pictures ("Beer" 1986 and "Straight Talk" 1992) without Winkler.
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August 26, 1933 in New York City, New York, USA
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Job Titles:
Producer, Agent, Lawyer, Personal manager
Family
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Daughter: Jenifer Chartoff.
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Daughter: Julie Chartoff.
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Father: William Chartoff.
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Mother: Bessie Chartoff.
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Son: Charley Chartoff.
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Son: William Chartoff. worked on Raging Bull and Rocky V
Education
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Union College, Schenectady, New York, BA, 1955
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Columbia University Law School, New York, New York, LLB, 1958
Milestones
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1967 First Chartoff-Winkler productions, Double Trouble and Point Blank
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1969 Chartoff and Winkler shared producing duties with Sydney Pollack on They Shoot Horse, Don t They?
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1971 First collaboration with actor Robert De Niro, The Gang That Couldn t Shoot Straight
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1976 Shared Best Picture Oscar with co-producer Winkler for Rocky
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1977 First collaboration with director Martin Scorsese, New York, New York , starring De Niro
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1980 Shared Academy Award nomination (with Winkler) for Best Picture on Scorsese s Raging Bull , starring De Niro
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1981 Last collaboration with De Niro, True Confessions
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1983 Produced the Oscar-nominated The Right Stuff , directed by Philip Kaufman
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1985 First film produced without Winkler, Beer
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1990 Last collaboration with Winkler, Rocky V
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1992 Last feature credit (to date), Straight Talk
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1996 Interviewed on Bravo documentary, Jackie Mason: An Equal Opportunity Offender
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Formed partnership with Irwin Winkler in the 1960s
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Formed, Chartoff Prods., Inc.