Robert W. Cort (born January 13, 1951) is an American film producer. Since 1985, he has produced forty-eight feature films, which have grossed more than $2.5 billion in worldwide box office. These include On the Basis of Sex, Three Men and a Baby, Cocktail, Jumanji, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise, The Cutting Edge, Against the Ropes, Runaway Bride, and Save the Last Dance.

Cort also produced Mr. Holland's Opus, and currently serves on the board of directors for the Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation.

Cort’s HBO film Something the Lord Made won three Emmy Awards, including the 2004 Outstanding Film Made for Television. The film also won the American Film Institute Award, the Director's and Writer's Guild Awards, the Christopher, NAACP Image Award and the prestigious Peabody Award. His other television films have also won multiple honors, including the 1990 Emmy for Outstanding Children's Program for A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story.

His production of the family drama Im Winter ein Jahr (English title: A Year Ago in WinterA Year Ago in Winter) won the Silver Lola for Best Picture at the 2009 German Academy Awards.

Career history Cort entered the motion picture industry in 1976, and one year later was named vice president of advertising, publicity and promotion for Columbia Pictures. In 1980, he became executive vice president of marketing for Fox. In his five years as a marketing chief, Cort planned and supervised the campaigns of such films as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Midnight Express, The China Syndrome, All That Jazz, The Empire Strikes Back and Nine to Five. He then served as executive vice president of production at Twentieth Century Fox, where he oversaw the making of Romancing the Stone, Bachelor Party, and Revenge of the Nerds.

For the next eleven years, Cort was a partner and president of Interscope Communications. From 1996 to 2001, he was the managing partner with David Madden of the Cort/Madden Company, a production unit with close ties to Paramount Pictures. He currently operates Robert Cort Productions, an independent production company.

Cort was a partner and president of Interscope Communications.

From 1996 to 2001, he was the managing partner of the Cort/Madden Company, a production unit with close ties to Paramount Pictures.

In 2003, Random House published Cort's novel, Action!, which garnered positive critical reviews and became a bestseller.

His articles and essays have been published in The New York Times and The New Yorker. He is currently a professor of production on the faculty of the American Film Institute.

Prior to working in the entertainment industry, Cort earned BA and MA degrees in history from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Wharton School, and was a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.

He lives in Beverly Hills, California, with his wife, Rosalie Swedlin, a manager of writers and directors.

Filmography He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film Year Film Credit Notes 1985 Turk 182 Executive producer 1987 Critical Condition Outrageous Fortune Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise Three Men and a Baby 1988 The Seventh Sign Cocktail 1989 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Executive producer Collision Course Renegades Executive producer Blind Fury Executive producer An Innocent Man 1990 The First Power Executive producer Bird on a Wire Executive producer Arachnophobia Co-executive producer A Gnome Named Gnorm Three Men and a Little Lady 1991 Eve of Destruction Executive producer Class Action Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey Executive producer Paradise Executive producer 1992 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Executive producer The Cutting Edge FernGully: The Last Rainforest Executive producer Jersey Girl Executive producer The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag Executive producer Out on a Limb Executive producer 1994 The Air Up There Holy Matrimony Executive producer Terminal Velocity Executive producer Imaginary Crimes Executive producer 1995 Roommates Separate Lives Executive producer Operation Dumbo Drop Executive producer The Tie That Binds Executive producer Two Much Executive producer Jumanji Executive producer Mr. Holland's Opus 1996 The Arrival Executive producer Boys Executive producer Kazaam Executive producer The Associate Executive producer 1998 The Odd Couple II 1999 The Out-of-Towners Runaway Bride 2001 Save the Last Dance 2004 Against the Ropes 2006 Save the Last Dance 2 Executive producer Direct-to-video 2008 A Year Ago in Winter Executive producer 2013 Make Your Move 2015 Terminator Genisys Executive producer 2018 On the Basis of Sex 2020 The Secret: Dare to Dream The Tale of the Allergist's Wife

Thanks

Year Film Role 2013 The Call Special thanks

Television Year Title Credit Notes 1989 A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story Executive producer Television film 1994 A Part of the Family Executive producer Television film 1995 Body Language Executive producer Television film 1997 Snow White: A Tale of Terror Executive producer Television film 1999 In the Company of Spies Television film 2000 Harlan County War Executive producer Television film 2002 The Rats Executive producer Television film Save the Last Dance Television pilot 2004 Something the Lord Made Executive producer Television film 2005 VH1 News Presents: Hollywood Secrets Revealed: Movie Screw Ups

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