Greenhut, Robert 1942(?)-

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Greenhut, Robert 1942(?)-

PERSONAL

Some sources cite born March 18, 1942; born in New York, NY; children: Jennifer. Education: Studied music at the University of Miami.

Addresses:

Agent—The Gersh Agency, 130 West 42nd St., New York, NY 10036.

Career:

Producer, director, production manager, and production supervisor. Robert Greenhut Productions, New York City, founder and producer; Foundry Film Partners, founder (with Jon Ein).

Member:

Directors Guild of America.

Awards, Honors:

Directors Guild of America Award (with others), outstanding directorial achievement in motion pictures, 1978, for Annie Hall; Film Award (with Woody Allen), best film, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1986, for The Purple Rose of Cairo; Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, best film, 1986, Academy Award nomination, best picture, 1987, and Film Award nomination, best film, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1987, all with others, for Hannah and Her Sisters; Film Award nomination (with Allen), best film, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1988, for Radio Days; Eastman Kodak Award, 1989, for lifetime achievement; Crystal Apple Award, mayor's office of New York City, 1989; Film Award nomination (with Allen), best film, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1991, for Crimes and Misdemeanors; Independent Spirit Award nomination, best feature, Independent Feature Project/West, 1995, for Bullets over Broadway; Golden Satellite Award nomination (with others), best motion picture—comedy or musical, International Press Academy, 1997, for Everyone Says I Love You; High Hopes Award (with others), Munich Film Festival, 1998, for With Friends Like These …

CREDITS

Film Work:

Production assistant, The Tiger Makes Out (also known as Der Tiger schlaegt zurueck and Um tigre de alcova), Columbia, 1967.

Production manager: New York, Husbands (also known as Aviomiehet, Ehemaenner, Maridos, and Mariti), Columbia, 1970.

Production manager, Where's Poppa? (also known as Donde esta papa?, Poikamiehen painajaiset, Senza un filo di classe, Var ar poppa? sa kaeringen, and Wo is' Papa?), United Artists, 1970.

Unit production manager, The Owl and the Pussycat, Columbia, 1970.

First assistant director, Panic in Needle Park, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1971.

Production manager, assistant director, and producer, Born to Win (also known as Addict and Born to Lose), United Artists, 1971.

Assistant director, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Paramount, 1972.

Production supervisor, Tom Sawyer (musical; also known as A Musical Adaptation of Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer"), United Artists, 1973.

Associate producer, Huckleberry Finn (musical; also known as Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn": A Musical Adaptation), United Artists, 1974.

Associate producer, Lenny, United Artists, 1974.

Associate producer, Dog Day Afternoon (also known as Ahar Ha-Tzohoraem Shel Poranoot, En satans eftermiddag, En skaev eftermiddag, Hikinen iltapaeivae, Hundstage, Kanikulai delutan, Laembe paerastlouna, Pieskie popoludnie, Quel pomeriggio di un giorno da cani, Tarde de perro, Tarde de perros, Um dia de cao, and Un apres-midi de chien), Warner Bros., 1975.

Associate producer, The Front (also known as Aldrig i livet, Der Strohmann, El testaferro, Il prestanome, La tapadera, Le prete-nom, Musta lista, O testa de ferro, Straamanden, and Testa-de-ferro por acaso), Columbia, 1976.

Executive producer and production manager, Annie Hall (also known as Anhedonia, It Had to Be Jew, A Roller Coaster Named Desire, Annie og jeg, Der Stadtneurotiker, Dos extranos amantes, Ha-Roman Sheli im Annie, Io & Annie, Mig og Annie, Nevrikos erastis, Noivo neurotico, noiva nervosa, and O nevrikos erastis), United Artists, 1977.

Executive producer, Interiors (also known as Innenleben, Interieurs, Interiores, Intimidade, Sisaekuvia, and Vivodasok), United Artists, 1978.

Associate producer and production manager, Hair (musical; also known as Hair—Birakin guenes iceri girsin, Hario, Pelo, and Vlasy), United Artists, 1979.

Executive producer, Manhattan, United Artists, 1979.

Producer, Stardust Memories, United Artists, 1980.

Producer and first assistant director, Arthur, Warner Bros., 1981.

Producer, A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (also known as Comedia sexual en una noche de verano, Comedie erotique d'une nuit d'ete, Eine Sommernachts-Sexkomoedie, En midsommarnatts sexkomedi, En midsommernats sexkomedi, Kesaeyoen seksikomedia, La comedia sexual de una noche de verano, Szentivaneji szexkomedia, Uma comedia sexual numa noite de verao, and Una commedia sexy in una notte di mezza estate), Orion, 1982.

Executive producer, The King of Comedy (also known as El rei de la comedia, El rey de la comedia, Konungur grinsins, Koomikkojen kuningas, Krol komedii, La valse des pantins, Melech Ha-Comedia, O rei da comedia, and Re per una notte), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983.

Producer, Zelig, Warner Bros., 1983.

Producer, Broadway Danny Rose, Orion, 1984.

Producer, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Orion, 1985.

Producer, Hannah and Her Sisters, Orion, 1986.

(With Mike Nichols) Producer, Heartburn, Paramount, 1986.

Producer, Radio Days (also known as A era do radio, A radio aranykora, Dias da radio, Dias de radio, and Dies de radio), Orion, 1987.

Producer, September, Orion, 1987.

Executive producer (with Laurence Mark) and unit production manager, Working Girl (also known as Armas de mujer, Die Waffen der Frauen, Dolgozo lany, O femeie face cariera, Podnikava divka, Pracujaca dziewczyna, Quand les femmes s'en melent, Secretaria ejecutiva, Uma mulher de sucesso, Uma secretaria de futuro, Una donna in carriera, Working girl—med huvudet paa skaft!, Working girl—Quand les femmes s'en melent, and Working girl—tieni huipulle), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988.

Producer, Another Woman, Orion, 1988.

Producer (with James L. Brooks) and unit production manager, Big (also known as Big—isoksi yhdessae, Duzy, Petit bonhomme, Quero ser grande, Quisiera ser grande, and Vreau sa fiu mare), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988.

Producer, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Orion, 1989.

Producer, "Oedipus Wrecks," New York Stories, Buena Vista, 1989.

Executive producer, Postcards from the Edge (also known as Bons baisers d'Hollywood, Cartoline dall'inferno, Glooyot M'Ha-Haim, Gruesse ausHollywood, Hilsen fra Hollywood, Lembrancas de Hollywood, Pocztowki znad krawedzi, Pohlednice z Hollywoodu, Postales desde el filo, Recuerdos de Hollywood, Terveisiae unelmien reunalta, and Vykort fraan droemfabriken), Columbia, 1990.

Producer, Alice, Paramount, 1990.

Producer, Quick Change (also known as Con la poli en los talones, Ein Verrueckt genialer Coup, Hold-up a New York, Hurtige penge, Keikka putkessa, Kesef Kal, Latwy szmal, Monnaie courante, Nao tenho troco, No tengo cambio, Pare to harti kai treha, Scappiamo col malloppo, Snabba pengar, Um assalto genial, and Viszem a bankot), Warner Bros., 1990.

Executive producer, Regarding Henry, Paramount, 1991.

Producer, Husbands and Wives, TriStar, 1992.

Producer, A League of Their Own (also known as Pretty League, Eine Klasse fuer sich, Ella dan el golpe, Ich wlasna liga, Liga de mulheres, Omaa luokkaansa, Ragazze vincenti, Tjejligan, Uma equipe muito especial, Un equipo muy especial, and Une equipe hors du commun), Columbia, 1992.

Producer, Shadows and Fog (also known as Arnyekok es koed, Cienie i mgla, Neblina e sombras, Ombre e nebbia, Ombres et brouillard, Ombres i boira, Schatten und Nebel, Skuggor och dimma, Skygger og taage, Sombras e nevoeiro, Sombras y niebla, Sombras y nieblas, and Varjoja ja sumua), Orion, 1992.

Producer, Manhattan Murder Mystery, TriStar, 1993.

Executive producer, Wolf (also known as A farkas, Lobo, Loup, Volk, Wolf—Das Tier im Manne, Wolf—la belva e fuori, and Ze'ev), Columbia, 1994.

Producer, Bullets over Broadway, Miramax, 1994.

Producer, Renaissance Man (also known as Army Intelligence and By the Book), Buena Vista, 1994.

Producer, Mighty Aphrodite, Miramax, 1995.

Executive producer and soundtrack executive producer, The Preacher's Wife, Buena Vista, 1996.

Producer, Everyone Says I Love You (musical; also known as Woody Allen Fall Project 1995, Alla saeger I love you, Alle sagen—I love you, Alle siger I love you, Herkes seni seviyorum der, Kolam Omrim Ani Ohev Otach, Oloi lene s'agapo, Toda a gente diz quie te amo, Todos dicen I Love You, Todos dicen que te amo, Todos dicen te quiero, Todos dizem eu te amo, Tout le monde dit—I love you, Tutti dicono I love you, and Varazsige: I Love You), Miramax, 1996.

Producer, With Friends Like These …, Winner Communications/Mom's Roof, Inc., 1998.

Executive producer, Jump, Arrow Releasing, 1999.

Executive producer, Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box (documentary; also known as The Magic Box), IMAX Corporation, 1999.

Producer and unit production manager, The White River Kid (also known as White River), New City Releasing, 1999.

Co-executive producer, Company Man, Paramount, 2000.

Consultant, Black Knight (also known as Chevalier noir, El caballero negro, Enas ippotis mavra halia, Le chevalier black, Locuras en la edad media, Loucuras na idade media, and Ritter Jamal—Eine schwarze Komoedie), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001.

Production executive and preproduction consultant, Seabiscuit, Universal, 2003.

Producer, Stateside (also known as Sinners), Samuel Goldwyn Films, 2004.

Consulting producer, The Marconi Bros., Blueprint Film Group/Old World Films, 2006.

Producer, Final Me Guilty (also known as Find Me Guilty: The Jackie Dee Story, Beni suclu bulun, Declaradme culpable, Final me guilty—uskomaton oikeudenkaeynti, Jugez-moi coupable, and Prova a incastrarmi), Yari Film Group Releasing, 2006.

Unit production manager: additional photography, The Departed (also known as Infernal Affairs, A tegla, Agents troubles, Departed—Unter Feinden, Dvostruka igra, Ha-Shtoolim, Infiltracja, Infiltrados, Kahe tule vahel, Koestebek, Les infiltres, Los infiltrados, O pliroforiodotis, Os infiltrados, The Departed—Entre inimigos, and The Departed—Il bene e il male), Warner Bros., 2006.

Special teams coach, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (live action and animated; also known as Garfield 2, Garfield—Pacha royal, Gustaf 2, and Karvinen 2), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2006.

Executive producer and unit production manager, August Rush, Warner Bros., 2007.

Some sources cite Greenhut as the director and producer of The Wedding Contract, Premiere Marketing & Distribution.