Jane Rosenthal

TV and feature production executive Jane Rosenthal turned mini-mogul in 1988 when she co-founded TriBeCa Films with actor-cum-auteur Robert De Niro. Housed in De Niro's Tribeca Film Center in NYC, this production company has turned out a steady stream of distinctive films, beginning with its initial release, Martin Scorsese's "Cape Fear" (1991), and followed quickly by Barry Primus' directorial debut, "Mistress", Michael Apted's "Thunderheart" and Irwin Winkler's "Night and the City" (all 1992), the latter two produced by Rosenthal. Since then, producing partners De Niro and Rosenthal have put forward De Niro's directorial debut "A Bronx Tale" (1993), Paul Mazursky's "Faithful", Jerry Zaks' feature directorial debut "Marvin's Room" (both 1996) and Barry Levinson's "Wag the Dog" (1997). TriBeCa Films branched into TV production with the dramatic anthology series "Tribeca" (Fox, 1993) and also begat the NBC miniseries "Witness to the Mob" (1998), the Sammy Gravano story, starring Nicholas Turturro in the leading role. Rosenthal served as an executive producer for both projects.

• Born:
  in Denver, Colorado, USA
• Job Titles:
  Producer, Executive, Assistant to director (stage), Assistant to producer, Researcher for CBS Sports

Significant Others

• Companion: . married

Education

• New York University, New York, New York, film
• Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Milestones

• 1977 Served as assistant to the producer of the Actors Studio workshop production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
• 1978 Served as assistant to directors Tommy Tune and Peter Masterson on the Broadway production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
• 1988 Co-founded TriBeCa Films with Robert De Niro as part of his Tribeca Film Center
• 1992 Feature producing debut, Michael Apted s Thunderheart
• 1993 Served as producer on De Niro s directorial debut, A Bronx Tale
• 1993 TV debut as executive producer, Tribeca , a Fox-TV drama anthology
• 1997 With De Niro, co-produced the political satire Wag the Dog , starring De Niro and Dustin Hofmann
• 1998 Shared executive producer duties with De Niro and Brad Epstein on NBC miniseries Witness to the Mob , the Sammy Gravano story, starring Nicholas Turturro in lead role
• Began entertainment career as a researcher for CBS Sports on The NFL Today while studying at NYU
• Introduced to Robert De Niro by Martin Scorsese
• Raised in Providence, RI
• Served as vice president in charge of motion pictures and TV at Walt Disney
• Served as vice president of movies and miniseries for Warner Bros TV
• Worked as vice president of feature production at Universal
• Worked for five years as director of motion pictures for TV at CBS