Charles Newirth

Charles Newirth is an American executive film producer who was born on August 22, 1955. He was raised in New York’s Scarsdale, Neuwirth studied at the Ohio State University and graduated with a BA degree in Photography and Cinema. He began as a location manager, serving for films like Flashdance, Pretty in Pink, and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. As years passed by, he became production manager with RoboCop (1987) to his credit. As an associate producer, he debuted with “The Package”, released in 1989. Set amidst the Cold War, “The Package” did not fail to impress the audience with its smart political thriller storyline.

He teamed up with Barry Levinson to present three films directed by the latter. The first one, Bugsy (1991) revolved around the life of mobster Bugsy Siegel. Bugsy received ten Academy Awards nominations and won two of them namely Best Art Direction-Set Decoration and Best Costume Design. They also worked on Toys (1992) and Avalon (1990). Neuwirth co-produced Forrest Gump Click to look into! >> Read More... , directed by Robert Zemeckis in 1994. With Tom Hanks playing the titular role, it depicts the story of a slow-witted but kind protagonist who achieves glory with persistent efforts and never-say-die efforts.

This feel-good movie won various awards including six Academy Awards including the Best Picture at the 1995 ceremony. Later in the 2000s, he became associated with Revolution Studios where he oversaw the physical production of the projects under the company. During his tenure at Revolution Studios, 47 films were released. This list includes XXX (2002), Anger Management (2003), Peter Pan (2003), Hellboy (2004), Rocky Balboa (2006), Freedomland (2006) and much more. In 2007, he parted ways the group and resumed his position of independent producer. Since then, he has been involved in flicks such as Perfect Stranger, Across the Universe, The Water Horse, Zookeeper, Hugo, Iron Man Click to look into! >> Read More... 3, Doctor Strange Click to look into! >> Read More... , and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018).

Among these films, Hugo, Iron Man 3, and Doctor Strange proved to be highly profitable projects. Hugo is a 2011 motion picture directed by Martin Scorcese which won five Oscars, especially in the technical categories. One of his blockbuster projects, Iron Man 3 released in the summer of 2013 broke many records at the Box-Office, marking his profitable maiden partnership with Marvel Comics. In 2016, he acted as an executive producer for Doctor Strange, a movie based on a Marvel character dealing with sorcery and alternate realities. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Stephen Strange who becomes the supreme sorcerer, the film got rave reviews for visual effects. Doctor Strange was in the fray for Best Visual Effects at the 2017 Academy Awards ceremony.