Emma Tillinger Koskoff

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Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Born
Emma Tillinger

1972 (age 5152)
OccupationFilm producer
Years active1993–present
Spouse
Nick Koskoff
(m. 2009)
Children2
Parent(s) John Tillinger
Dorothy Lyman

Emma Tillinger Koskoff (born 1972) is an American film producer. She is best known for her collaborations with Martin Scorsese, including acting as a producer on his films The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Silence (2016) and The Irishman (2019).

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She is the recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award and a Hollywood Film Award, as well as nominations for two BAFTA Film Awards and three Academy Awards, among other accolades.

Life and career

Tillinger is the daughter of actors John Tillinger and Dorothy Lyman. Her paternal grandfather was a German Jew. [1] [2] Her younger brother, Sebastian Tillinger, has also been an actor. [3]

Tillinger started her career at Artist Management Group, where she worked for co-founder Rick Yorn. [4] She worked as an assistant for actress Uma Thurman and director Phil Joanou. Afterwards she was assistant to the late Ted Demme, working on Demme's pictures Blow and A Decade Under the Influence . [4]

In January 2003, she joined Martin Scorsese's production company Sikelia Productions. [4] Originally, Tillinger was Scorsese's assistant before she was promoted to Production President in 2006. [4]

Tillinger Koskoff and her fellow producers Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio and Joey McFarland were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture for the 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street . [5] She was featured in The Hollywood Reporter in April 2019, with the article covering much of her work with Scorsese and filming in New York City. [6]

Filmography

Film

Executive producer

Producer

Miscellaneous crew
YearFilmRole
1996 Heaven's Prisoners Assistant: Phil Joanou
The Truth About Cats & Dogs Assistant: Uma Thurman
1997 Batman & Robin
Gattaca
1998 Les Misérables
The Avengers
2001 Blow Assistant: Ted Demme
2004 The Aviator Assistant: Martin Scorsese
As an actress
YearFilmRole
2006 The Departed Woman with Dog
Thanks
YearFilmRole
2008 Lymelife Special thanks
2017 Good Time Gratitude
2021 Midnight in the Switchgrass The director would like to thank

Television

Associate producer

Executive producer

YearTitleNotes
2007 Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows Documentary
2009 POV
2013Glickman
2016 Vinyl
2021 Pretend It's a City Documentary
TBA An Afternoon with SCTV
Miscellaneous crew
YearTitleRoleNotes
1993−94 The Nanny Production staff
2003 The Blues Assistant: Martin Scorsese Documentary
2004Lady by the Sea: The Statue of Liberty
2005 American Masters
Thanks
YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Dinner for Five Very special thanks
2017 American Masters Documentary
Five Came Back The producers wish to thank

Awards

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