# Charles Newirth

Charles Newirth (born August 22, 1955) is an American film producer.
Raised in Scarsdale, New York, Newirth received a BA in Photography and Cinema from Ohio State University. He broke into the film industry as a location manager on such films as Flashdance (1983), Pretty in Pink (1986) and Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). He later moved up to production manager on Throw Momma from the Train (1987) and RoboCop (1987) before getting his first producing credit as an associate producer on The Package (1989).
Newirth served as a co-producer on Robert Zemeckis' multiple Academy Award-winning blockbuster Forrest Gump (1994). He also co-produced the Barry Levinson films Toys (1992), the multiple Oscar-nominated Bugsy (1991) and as an associate producer on Barry Levinson's Avalon (1990). His other executive producing credits include: Hugo (2011); Zookeeper (2011); Brad Silberling's City of Angels (1998) starring Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan; Rob Reiner's true-life drama Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) with Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg and James Woods; The American President (1995), also for director Rob Reiner, starring Michael Douglas and Annette Bening and Jon Turteltaub's Phenomenon (1996) starring John Travolta.
Newirth produced the popular Robin Williams hit Patch Adams (1998), Home Fries (1998) starring Drew Barrymore, and the sleeper hit Galaxy Quest (1999), starring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman, before joining Revolution Studios in 2000.
Newirth was responsible for overseeing the physical production of all of Revolution Studios' motion pictures. Revolution Studios released 47 films, including America's Sweethearts (2001), Black Hawk Down (2001), XXX (2002), Anger Management (2003), Daddy Day Care (2003), Mona Lisa Smile (2003), Hellboy (2004), 13 Going on 30 (2004) and Rocky Balboa (2006). At Revolution Studios, Newirth served as executive producer on The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007), Across the Universe (2007), Freedomland (2006), Christmas with the Kranks (2004), Peter Pan (2003), Maid in Manhattan (2002), The One (2001) and America's Sweethearts (2001). He continued with Revolution Studios until June 2007, when he returned to working as an independent producer.
Newirth most recently executive produced the blockbuster films Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), Doctor Strange (2016) and Iron Man 3 (2013), for Marvel Studios and Disney.

## Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

### Film

| Year | Film | Credit | Notes |
| 1989 | The Package | Associate producer | |
| 1990 | Avalon | Associate producer | |
| 1991 | Bugsy | Co-producer | |
| 1992 | Toys | Co-producer | |
| 1994 | Forrest Gump | Co-producer | |
| 1995 | The American President | Executive producer | |
| 1996 | Phenomenon | Executive producer | |
| 1996 | Ghosts of Mississippi | Executive producer | |
| 1998 | City of Angels | Executive producer | |
| 1998 | Home Fries | Producer | |
| 1998 | Patch Adams | Producer | |
| 1999 | Galaxy Quest | Producer | |
| 2001 | America's Sweethearts | Executive producer | |
| 2001 | The One | Producer | |
| 2002 | Maid in Manhattan | Executive producer | |
| 2003 | Peter Pan | Co-executive producer | |
| 2004 | Christmas with the Kranks | Executive producer | |
| 2006 | Freedomland | Executive producer | |
| 2007 | Perfect Stranger | Executive producer | |
| 2007 | Across the Universe | Executive producer | |
| 2007 | The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep | Executive producer | |
| 2011 | Zookeeper | Executive producer | |
| 2011 | Hugo | Executive producer | Uncredited |
| 2013 | Iron Man 3 | Executive producer | |
| 2016 | Doctor Strange | Executive producer | |
| 2018 | Ant-Man and the Wasp | Executive producer | |
| 2019 | El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Producer | |
| 2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Executive producer | |
| 2025 | Captain America: Brave New World | Executive producer | |

#### Production manager

| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1982 | Parasite | Unit production manager | |
| 1984 | Fear City | Unit manager | |
| 1987 | RoboCop | Production manager | |
| 1987 | Throw Momma from the Train | Production manager | |
| 1988 | The Great Outdoors | Production manager | |
| 1989 | The Package | Production manager | |
| 1990 | Avalon | Unit production manager | |
| 1991 | Bugsy | Production manager | |
| 1992 | Toys | Unit production manager | |
| 1994 | Forrest Gump | Unit production manager | |
| 1995 | The American President | Unit production manager | |
| 1996 | Phenomenon | Unit production manager | |
| 1996 | Ghosts of Mississippi | Unit production manager | |
| 1999 | Galaxy Quest | Unit production manager | |
| 2001 | Black Hawk Down | Executive in charge of production | |
| 2002 | Punch-Drunk Love | Executive in charge of production | |
| 2002 | XXX | Executive in charge of production | |
| 2003 | Anger Management | Executive in charge of production | |
| 2003 | Daddy Day Care | Executive in charge of production | |
| 2003 | The Missing | Executive in charge of production | |
| 2003 | Mona Lisa Smile | Executive in charge of production | |
| 2004 | Hellboy | Executive in charge of production | |
| 2004 | 13 Going on 30 | Executive in charge of production | |
| 2005 | Are We There Yet? | Executive in charge of production | |
| 2005 | Rent | Executive in charge of production | |
| 2006 | Click | Executive in charge of production | Uncredited |
| 2006 | Rocky Balboa | Executive in charge of production | |
| 2011 | Hugo | Unit production manager | |
| 2016 | Doctor Strange | Unit production manager | |
| 2018 | Ant-Man and the Wasp | Unit production manager | |
| 2019 | El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Unit production manager | |

#### Location management

| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1982 | The Seduction | Location manager | |
| 1982 | Cat People | Location manager | Uncredited |
| 1983 | Flashdance | Location manager | Uncredited |
| 1984 | Thief of Hearts | Location manager | |
| 1985 | Perfect | Location manager | |
| 1985 | My Man Adam | Location manager | |
| 1986 | Pretty in Pink | Location manager | |
| 1986 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Location manager | |
| 1987 | Blind Date | Location manager | |

#### Miscellaneous crew

| Year | Film | Role |
| 1980 | Can't Stop the Music | Production assistant |
| 1982 | Cat People | Production assistant |

#### Second unit director or assistant director

| Year | Film | Role |
| 2006 | Freedomland | Second unit director |

#### Thanks

| Year | Film | Role |
| 1991 | Kafka | Special thanks |
| 2002 | Punch-Drunk Love | Special thanks |

### Television
#### Thanks

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2021 | The Movies That Made Us | Special thanks | Documentary |