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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-08-22 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Scarsdale, New York, USA

Charles Newirth

Biography:

Charles Newirth (born August 22, 1955) is an American film producer.

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 co-produced Robert Zemeckis' multiple Academy Award-winning blockbuster Forrest Gump (1994). He also co-produced the Barry Levinson films Toys (1992) and the numerous 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 oversaw the physical production 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.

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Known For

Production

2026

Moana as Executive Producer

2025

Captain America: Brave New World as Executive Producer

2019

2018

Ant-Man and the Wasp as Executive Producer

2016

Doctor Strange as Executive Producer

2013

Iron Man 3 as Executive Producer

2011

Hugo as Executive Producer
Zookeeper as Unit Production Manager
Zookeeper as Executive Producer

2007

Perfect Stranger as Executive Producer

2006

Freedomland as Executive Producer

2005

Are We There Yet? as Executive In Charge Of Production

2004

13 Going on 30 as Executive In Charge Of Production
Christmas with the Kranks as Executive Producer

2002

Maid in Manhattan as Executive Producer
Punch-Drunk Love as Executive In Charge Of Production

2001

The One as Producer
Black Hawk Down as Executive In Charge Of Production
America's Sweethearts as Executive Producer

1999

Galaxy Quest as Unit Production Manager
Galaxy Quest as Producer

1998

Patch Adams as Producer
Home Fries as Producer
City of Angels as Executive Producer

1996

Phenomenon as Executive Producer
Ghosts of Mississippi as Executive Producer
Phenomenon as Unit Production Manager

1995

The American President as Executive Producer
The American President as Unit Production Manager

1994

Forrest Gump as Co-Producer
Forrest Gump as Unit Production Manager

1992

Toys as Co-Producer

1991

Bugsy as Production Manager
Bugsy as Co-Producer

1989

The Package as Associate Producer
The Package as Production Manager

1988

The Great Outdoors as Production Manager

1987

RoboCop as Production Manager

1986

Ferris Bueller's Day Off as Location Manager
Pretty in Pink as Location Manager

1984

Fear City as Unit Manager

1982

The Seduction as Location Manager

Directing

2006

Freedomland as Second Unit Director