Caroline Baron

Caroline Baron is an American film producer and philanthropist.^[1] She is best known for producing Mozart in the Jungle (2014), Capote (2005) and Monsoon Wedding (2001). Baron received an Academy Award nomination for producing Capote and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Baron founded FilmAid International in 1999, an organization dedicated to helping refugees and other communities around the world through the use of film.

Baron is an adjunct professor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in the undergraduate film program.

Film career

Baron began her career as a production manager for the film The Toxic Avenger (1984).^[2] She was an associate producer on the television series The Wonder Years from 1988 to 1989.

Her producing work includes The Santa Clause (1994), Monsoon Wedding (2001), Capote (2005), Being Flynn (2012), Admission (2013), A Master Builder (2013), and the Amazon Studios original series Mozart in the Jungle.

Baron founded her production company named A-Line Pictures in 2005 with her husband, screenwriter and director Anthony Weintraub. A-Line was the co-production company for Capote.

Yummico

Baron currently supervises production for the children's media company Yummico. She founded the company with creators Anthony Weintraub, Bob Mowen, and Traci Paige Johnson who is best known for creating the television series Blue's Clues.^[3][4]

FilmAid

After hearing about the 1999 Kosovo War, Baron founded FilmAid International. The organization started by assisting refugees in Macedonia through the use of educational films and entertainment.

"I learned very quickly that we could use the screens for more than entertainment," Baron stated in a Vanity Fair article. "We could also communicate life-saving education. We were drawing huge crowds, and everyone wanted to see what was being projected."^[5]

In 1999 Film Aid partnered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and other global aid organizations to assist refugees in countries around the world including Guinea, Kenya, Afghanistan, Thailand, and Haiti.

Personal life

Baron lives in New York City with her husband Anthony Weintraub, and her two kids Asher and Emmanuel. Anthony Weintraub is a writer and director best known for writing the animated film adaptation of Tekkonkinkreet (2006). Baron's son Asher is the creator of the Menurkey, a menorah shaped like a turkey for Thanksgivukkah.^[6]

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

1. ^ Biskind, Peter (July 2004). "Vanity Fair Nominates Caroline Baron". Vanity Fair. Condé Nast. Retrieved Nov 11, 2014.
2. ^ Garibay, Lisa (May 6, 2006). "Filmmaker Interviewer: Caroline Baron". Archived from the original on 2014-11-12. Retrieved Nov 11, 2014.
3. ^ Mulvey, Jeanette (April 8, 2013). "Do What You Love: Caorline Baron". Business News Daily. Archived from the original on December 13, 2014. Retrieved Nov 11, 2014.
4. ^ Wolfe, Jennifer (Feb 25, 2013). "'Blue's Clues' Co-creator Launches Yummico". Animation World network. Retrieved Nov 11, 2014.
5. ^ Makarechi, Kia (Nov 4, 2014). "More than Movies: FilmAid Seeks to Stimulate Minds and Save Lives". Vanity Fair. Condé Nast. Retrieved Nov 11, 2014.
6. ^ Passy, Charles (Oct 3, 2013). "When Holidays Collide, You Get The 'Menurkey'". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved Nov 11, 2014.

External links

• Caroline Baron at IMDb
• A Line Pictures
• Yummico
• FilmAid