Kate Forte

{{short description|American film producer}}

Kate Forte was the president of Harpo Films for 18 years until 2013. Before working for Harpo Films, she was a developer of multiple Hallmark Hall of Fame television films.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2013/tv/news/forte-out-as-president-of-harpo-films-1118066075/ |title=Forte out as president of Harpo Films |last=Levine |first=Stuart |date=February 13, 2013 |website=Variety |access-date=April 9, 2017}}

She won two Producers Guild of America Awards, one in 2000 for producing Tuesdays with Morrie along with Oprah Winfrey{{cite web |url=http://www.producersguild.org/page/PGA_Award_19902010 |title=PGA Award Winners 1990-2010 |website=Producers Guild of America |access-date=April 9, 2017}} and in 2007 for producing The Great Debaters, also along with Winfrey.{{cite web |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/2007-12-13-winfrey_N.htm |title=Oprah Winfrey to receive producers award |last=The Associated Press |date=December 13, 2017 |website=USA Today |access-date=April 9, 2017}} Forte also won an Emmy Award in 2000 for Tuesdays with Morrie in the category "Outstanding Made For Television Movie".{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/kate-forte |title=Kate Forte |website=Emmys Television Academy |access-date=April 9, 2017}}

Forte was let go in 2013 from Harpo films.{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2013/02/harpo-films-prez-kate-forte-out-as-harpo-shifts-attention-from-films-to-scripted-tv-428188/|title=Harpo Films Prez Kate Forte Out As Harpo Shifts Attention From Films To Scripted TV|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=2013-02-12|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-05-26|language=en-US}}