Paula Weinstein

Paula Weinstein is a multi-award-winning movie and television producer, whose work has repeatedly earned box office and critical acclaim throughout her esteemed career. In addition, she is considered one of the entertainment community's most effective and impressive fund-raisers and has been extensively lauded for her unique role in combining social activism with successful mass entertainment.

Weinstein produced "In the Heart of the Sea," directed by Ron Howard and starring Chris Hemsworth and Benjamin Walker. She produced the Netflix original comedy series "Grace and Frankie," written and created by Marta Kauffman and Howard J. Morris, directed by Tate Taylor and starring Jane Fonda and Academy Lily Tomlin. She also worked with Lifetime on the miniseries adaptation of Anita Diamant's best-selling novel, The Red Tent.

Weinstein has produced over 30 movies, including mega box office hits "The Perfect Storm," starring George Clooney; five-time Oscar nominated "Blood Diamond," starring Leonardo DiCaprio; "Analyze This," starring Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal, and its sequel, "Analyze That"; as well as a wide range of movies from the comedy "Monster-In-Law," starring Jane Fonda, to the politically charged "The Company Men," starring Tommy Lee Jones and Ben Affleck. Weinstein currently serves as president of Spring Creek Productions, which she co-founded with her husband and producing partner, the late Mark Rosenberg
Weinstein has also created and executive-produced an ambitious slate of Emmy Award winning television movies at HBO that have served to define the power that star casts and political docudrama can bring to real-life political events.

Her first effort was "Citizen Cohn," starring James Woods as Senator Joe McCarthy's controversial lawyer. It garnered four Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe nominations and a CableACE Award. Next for Weinstein was the Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning "Truman," based on David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning book and starring Gary Sinise, who earned a CableACE for his performance; and "Iron Jawed Angels," dramatizing the rise of the Suffragette movement, with an ensemble cast including Hilary Swank and Anjelica Huston. Perhaps Weinstein's most notable achievement in television was the multi-nominated Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning "Recount," which garnered Emmys for Outstanding Directing, Outstanding Made for Television Movie and Outstanding Single-Camera Editing. Directed by Jay Roach and starring Kevin Spacey, Tom Wilkinson and Laura Dern, who earned a Golden Globe for her performance as Katherine Harris, "Recount" is still widely considered the definitive account of the events that determined George W. Bush's presidency.

Weinstein's Emmy Award and Golden Globe-nominated "Too Big To Fail," based on the bestseller about the financial meltdown of 2008, starred William Hurt and James Woods, and earned Paul Giamatti a Screen Actors Guild Award for his portrayal of Ben Bernanke.In 1986, Weinstein cofounded The Hollywood Women's Political Committee (HWPC) which, under her leadership over the next 10 years, raised tens of millions of dollars for various Democratic candidates. She was chosen as the official Hollywood representative for Nelson Mandela's first U. S. visit to Los Angeles and likewise raised several million dollars to support Mandela's work and served on President Obama's National Finance Committee.

Weinstein began her career as an agent at International Creative Management (ICM) and later joined the William Morris Agency, handling a client portfolio that included Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Lily Tomlin and Terrence Malick. She subsequently joined Warner Bros. as a Vice President of Production and later was promoted to Senior Vice President of Worldwide Production at 20th Century Fox, where she helped Fonda develop and produce "Nine to Five" and the multi-Oscar nominated "Julia."

Weinstein next joined The Ladd Company, overseeing such films as Lawrence Kasdan's directorial debut, "Body Heat," before being named President of the Motion Picture Division at United Artists. As one of the first women to hold this position, she immediately tried to create more opportunities for women directors. Her first hit was Academy Award and Golden Globe winner "Yentl," starring and directed by Barbra Streisand, as well as the hit "War Games."

Weinstein began her independent producing career with the South African political thriller "A Dry White Season," which was likewise directed by a female director, Euzahn Palcy, and earned Marlon Brando an Academy Award nomination. "The Fabulous Baker Boys," which Weinstein produced with Rosenberg, was nominated for four Academy Awards and propelled Michelle Pfeiffer into the national spotlight with a Golden Globe award plus Academy and BAFTA nominations. Weinstein also produced Peter Weir's Academy Award nominated "Fearless," as well as "Flesh and Bone," which introduced Gwyneth Paltrow.

As well as being a founding member of the HWPC, Weinstein has served as a board member of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and is on the board of the ACLU. In 1992, she founded the Mark Rosenberg Legal Center in South Central Los Angeles.

Weinstein attended Columbia University and began her career as a film editor in New York City, and later served as Special Events Director in the office of Mayor John Lindsay. She received the prestigious Crystal Award from Women in Film and the Hall of Fame Award from Variety. She also earned the National Urban League Citizen Award and the Bill of Rights Award from the Southern California Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. In addition to serving as president of Spring Creek Productions, Weinstein joined Tribeca Enterprises in 2013 as Executive Vice President. She develops and oversees the company's content production, programming of the Tribeca Film Festival and international partnerships, and manages studio relations.

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