Toby Emmerich
{{Short description|American film producer}}
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Toby Emmerich (born February 8, 1963), is an American producer,{{Cite web|title=Toby Emmerich on Warners Bros.' 'Crazy Rich' Year: "We All Feel Like We've Turned a Corner Now" {{!}} Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/toby-emmerich-warners-bros-crazy-rich-year-1176027|access-date=2020-10-06|website=www.hollywoodreporter.com|date=18 January 2019 }} film executive, and screenwriter. He formerly served as the chairman of the Warner Bros. Pictures Group.
Early life and education
Emmerich was born to Constance (née Marantz) and André Emmerich (1924–2007), a Frankfurt-born gallery owner and art dealer. His parents lived in New York City at the time of his birth. He is Jewish.{{Cite web|url=https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/299189/noah-emmerich-enters-the-hot-zone/|title=Noah Emmerich Enters 'The Hot Zone'|last=Miller|first=Gerri|date=2019-05-28|website=Jewish Journal|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-06-22}} He is the brother of Noah Emmerich, an actor, and Adam Emmerich, a mergers and acquisitions lawyer at the firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York. He attended The Calhoun School in New York City and then graduated from Wesleyan University.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}
Career
Emmerich has been producer or executive producer of over 50 films. He also wrote the screenplays to the films Frequency and The Last Mimzy, among other screenplays. He was also the executive music producer of the films Menace II Society and Above The Rim and is given thanks in the credits of Wayne Kramer's 2006 thriller film Running Scared.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404390/fullcredits|title=Running Scared|date=24 February 2006|publisher=|via=IMDb}}{{cite web|url=http://www.timewarner.com/corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,1723745,00.html|title=Press Releases - Time Warner Inc.|publisher=}}
After serving as president of production at New Line Cinema, Emmerich became president and chief operating officer of New Line on March 18, 2008. In 2017, he became President and Chief Content Officer of the Warner Bros. Pictures Group, and later in 2018 its chairman.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/warner-bros-shakeup-toby-emmerich-sue-kroll-1202658430/|title=Warner Bros. Shake-Up: Toby Emmerich Named Film Chairman, Sue Kroll Out|last=Lang|first=Brent|website=Variety|date=9 January 2018|access-date=24 September 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.warnerbros.com/studio/executives/toby-emmerich|title=Toby Emmerich|last=|first=|date=|publisher=Warner Bros.|access-date=24 September 2018}} As chairman, he "has oversight of the Studio’s global theatrical production, marketing and distribution operations and also oversees the marketing and distribution activities of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment". In October 2019, he extended his contract as chairman of Warner Bros. Pictures Group and elevated top lieutenant Carolyn Blackwood to the newly created position of chief operating officer.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/toby-emmerich-extends-contract-as-warner-bros-chairman-carolyn-blackwood-named-coo-1203388989/|title=Toby Emmerich Extends Contract as Warner Bros. Chairman, Carolyn Blackwood Named COO|last=Lang|first=Brent|date=2019-10-30|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2020-02-21}}
On June 1, 2022, Emmerich announced his resignation from his position with Warner Bros, with Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy set to replace him after their contracts with Amazon-owned Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer expire.{{Cite web|last=Donnelly|first=Matt|date=2022-06-01|title=Toby Emmerich Steps Down as Warner Bros. Picture Group Chairman, Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy Taking Over Studio|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/warner-bros-toby-emmerich-steps-down-mike-deluca-1235281708/|access-date=2022-06-01|website=Variety|language=en}} Emmerich remained at his post for a "transitional period" before starting his own production company, signing a five-year funding and distribution deal with Warner Bros.{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2022-06-01 |title=David Zaslav "Thrilled" Toby Emmerich Remaining Part Of Warner Bros Discovery Family, Outlines New Structure; De Luca & Abdy Made Official |url=https://deadline.com/2022/06/david-zaslav-thrilled-toby-emmerich-remaining-part-of-warner-discovery-family-outlines-new-studio-structure-1235036864/ |access-date=2022-06-03 |website=Deadline |language=en }} De Luca and Abdy took over in July 2022.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/alan-horn-on-rejoining-warner-bros-i-see-myself-as-a-consigliere-1235188546/|title=Alan Horn on Rejoining Warner Bros.: "I See Myself as a Consigliere"|author=Kim Masters|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 28, 2022|access-date=July 29, 2022}}
Filmography
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|256497}}
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{{Producers Guild of America Milestone Award}}
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Category:Wesleyan University alumni
Category:American people of French-Jewish descent
Category:American people of German-Jewish descent
Category:American people of Hungarian-Jewish descent
Category:American people of Romanian-Jewish descent
Category:Businesspeople from New York City
Category:American chief operating officers