# Tom Rosenberg

Tom B. Rosenberg (1947/1948) is an American film producer, co-founder of Beacon Pictures; and founder and chairman of Lakeshore Entertainment. He is a recipient of the 2004 Academy Award for Best Picture for the film Million Dollar Baby.

## Biography

Rosenberg grew up on the North Side of Chicago. His father was an alderman of the 44th ward and later served as a Cook County judge. His mother worked in a dress shop and died when Rosenberg was 15. He had one sister who was 15 years his senior. He graduated from Lake View High School and then graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He then went on to teach at public schools in Chicago and then move to California where he went to the University of California at Berkeley Law School. He then moved to Willow Springs, Missouri where he worked as a lawyer, sold real estate, and helped to build subsidized housing for the elderly. After five years and newly divorced, he moved back to Chicago founded Capital Associates in 1977 with a partner. They built their first development in Decatur, Illinois. Rosenberg went on to build 54 buildings in Illinois, oversaw the largest school construction program in Chicago, and was active in fundraising for mayors Jane Byrne and Richard M. Daley. In 1984, he ran the Midwestern campaign for presidential candidate Walter Mondale. In 1989, he started a film company, Beacon Pictures, with his friend Armyan Bernstein; and their first film was released in 1991, The Commitments, directed by Alan Parker.
In 2004, he sold his real estate assets.

## Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

### Film

| Year | Film | Credit | Notes |
| 1991 | The Commitments | Executive producer | |
| 1992 | A Midnight Clear | Executive producer | |
| 1993 | Sugar Hill | Executive producer | |
| 1994 | Princess Caraboo | Executive producer | |
| 1994 | The Road to Wellville | Executive producer | |
| 1996 | Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy | Executive producer | |
| 1996 | Box of Moonlight | Executive producer | |
| 1997 | Going All the Way | Executive producer | |
| 1997 | 'Til There Was You | | |
| 1997 | Prince Valiant | Executive producer | |
| 1997 | The Real Blonde | | |
| 1998 | Polish Wedding | | |
| 1998 | Homegrown | Executive producer | |
| 1998 | Phoenix | Executive producer | |
| 1999 | 200 Cigarettes | Executive producer | |
| 1999 | Arlington Road | Executive producer | |
| 1999 | Runaway Bride | | |
| 1999 | The Hurricane | Executive producer | |
| 2000 | Passion of Mind | | |
| 2000 | The Next Best Thing | | |
| 2000 | Autumn in New York | | |
| 2000 | The Gift | | |
| 2002 | The Mothman Prophecies | | |
| 2003 | The Human Stain | | |
| 2003 | Underworld | | |
| 2003 | Singing Behind Screens | | |
| 2004 | Wicker Park | | |
| 2004 | Madhouse | Executive producer | |
| 2004 | Suspect Zero | Executive producer | |
| 2004 | Million Dollar Baby | | |
| 2005 | Undiscovered | | |
| 2005 | The Cave | | |
| 2005 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose | | |
| 2005 | Æon Flux | Executive producer | |
| 2006 | Underworld: Evolution | | |
| 2006 | She's the Man | Executive producer | |
| 2006 | Crank | | |
| 2006 | The Covenant | | |
| 2006 | The Last Kiss | | |
| 2006 | The Dead Girl | | |
| 2007 | Blood & Chocolate | | |
| 2007 | Feast of Love | | |
| 2008 | Henry Poole Is Here | | |
| 2008 | Untraceable | | |
| 2008 | Elegy | | |
| 2008 | Pathology | | |
| 2008 | The Midnight Meat Train | | |
| 2009 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | | |
| 2009 | Crank: High Voltage | | |
| 2009 | The Ugly Truth | | |
| 2009 | Gamer | | |
| 2009 | Fame | | |
| 2011 | The Lincoln Lawyer | | |
| 2011 | Underworld: Endless War | | Direct-to-video |
| 2012 | Underworld: Awakening | | |
| 2012 | One for the Money | | |
| 2012 | Gone | | |
| 2012 | Stand Up Guys | | |
| 2014 | I, Frankenstein | | |
| 2014 | Walk of Shame | | |
| 2015 | The Age of Adaline | | |
| 2015 | The Vatican Tapes | | |
| 2016 | The Boy | | |
| 2016 | American Pastoral | | |
| 2016 | Underworld: Blood Wars | | |
| 2018 | Adrift | Executive producer | |
| 2018 | A.X.L. | | |
| 2018 | Peppermint | | |
| 2020 | Brahms: The Boy II | | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Credit |
| 2018 | Heathers | Executive producer |

#### Thanks

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special | Special thanks | Television special |