Michael Rosenberg (film producer)
Michael Rosenberg is an American film industry executive and producer. is the Co-Chair of Imagine Entertainment, founded by Oscar-winning producer Brian Grazer and Oscar-winning director Ron Howard. Career. In 1980, Rosenberg was executive vice president of Fantasy Films. Rosenberg was President of the Saul Zaentz Production Company and Fantasy Films in Berkeley, California for ten years, during which time the company released "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "Amadeus", and "The English Patient". Rosenberg joined Imagine Entertainment in 1988 as Vice President of Marketing and Distribution. He organized the release of many  films, including "Parenthood", "Backdraft", "Apollo 13", "Ransom" and "The Nutty Professor". In 1998, Rosenberg was promoted to President of Imagine Entertainment. He continued to oversee the marketing, publicity and distribution of the company's films including Best Picture Oscar winner "A Beautiful Mind", as well as "8 Mile", "Friday Night Lights", "Inside Man", "The Da Vinci Code", "American Gangster", "Frost / Nixon", "J. Edgar" and "Rush" and television programs including National Geographic Channel's "Geinus" Anthology series, Hulu's "", Fox's hit Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning Best Drama Series "24" and "Empire", Fox's Emmy award-winning Best Comedy  Arrested Development, WB's "Felicity", ABC's "Sports Night", NBC's "Friday Night Lights" and "Parenthood" as well as HBO's "From the Earth to the Moon", which won the Emmy for Outstanding Mini-Series. Rosenberg co-produced the 84th Academy Awards show for ABC in 2012. He also served as a producer the critically acclaimed documentaries "Pavarotti" and "", and as an executive producer for the National Geographic series "Mars" and "Breakthrough", the 2017 Grammy and Emmy award-winning documentary "", "Dads", "Rebuilding Paradise", "", and "D. Wade: Life Unexpected". Currently, Rosenberg is producing the upcoming documentary "Lucy and Desi", and executive  producing "Julia", a documentary on renown chef Julia Child, as well as a documentary on chef José André and his World Central Kitchen. Rosenberg has been actively involved with multiple philanthropic organizations including The Fulfillment Fund, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USC School of Cinematic Arts, American Film Institute, The Help Group, Best Buddies International, and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.