Steve Tisch

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Steven Tisch
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Tisch in 2018
New York Giants
Position:Chairman / Executive Vice President
Personal information
Born: (1949-02-14) February 14, 1949 (age 75)
Lakewood Township, New Jersey, U.S.
Career information
College: Tufts University
Career history
As an executive:
Career highlights and awards

Steven Elliot Tisch (born February 14, 1949) is an American film producer and businessman. He is the chairman, co-owner and executive vice president of the New York Giants, [1] the NFL team co-owned by his family, as well as a film and television producer. He is the son of former Giants co-owner Preston Robert Tisch.

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Early life

Tisch was born in Lakewood Township, New Jersey, the son of Joan (née Hyman) and Preston Robert Tisch, a film and television executive who also served as the United States Postmaster General. [2] He has two siblings, Jonathan Tisch and Laurie Tisch. His family is Jewish. [3] He attended Tufts University, during which he began his filmmaking career. [2]

Career

1970s–2000

During his youth, Tisch created a number of small films with backing by Columbia Pictures. [1] In 1976, he left Columbia and created his first feature film, Outlaw Blues . [1] He followed this up in 1983 with Risky Business , which gave Tom Cruise his first lead role. [4]

Tisch (far right) visiting the White House on April 30, 2008 Giants admin at the white house.JPG
Tisch (far right) visiting the White House on April 30, 2008

In 1984, Tisch produced a made-for-TV movie entitled The Burning Bed , which caused controversy but also received eleven Emmy nominations [1] for Farrah Fawcett's depiction of a battered wife. Tisch launched his own production company in 1986, called the Steve Tisch Company, which has since specialized in small screen films. The company originally had a two-picture agreement with New World Pictures, with Soul Man being the first film of a proposed two-picture deal. [6] In 1987, the company set up multiple projects at Warner Bros., which included the feature rights to the Mr. Magoo character (the project was eventually made by Disney in 1997 as a live-action film), as well as three original projects that the company, by way of Steve Tisch Productions had a contract at the studio. [7] However, he also produced several critically acclaimed films including Forrest Gump , American History X , and Snatch . [8] Tisch received a Best Motion Picture Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Forrest Gump, which was nominated for 13 Academy Awards and won six, and remains one of the highest domestic box office grossing films in history. He is also the only person ever with a Golden Globe, an Academy Award, [9] a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, and a Super Bowl Ring. [10] In 1999, he developed and produced an aborted television pilot Mission Extreme, for Film Roman and Max Degree TV, but it was cancelled due to lack of international backers. [11] [12] [13]

2001–present

He is currently a partner in Escape Artists, an independently financed film production company based at Sony Pictures Entertainment that is the result of a merger between his Steve Tisch Company and fellow partners Todd Black and Jason Blumenthal's production company, Black & Blu. [14] Escape Artists released The Weather Man , starring Nicolas Cage, in the fall of 2005, and The Pursuit of Happyness , starring Will Smith, was released by Columbia Pictures in December 2006. [8] Other projects include Seven Pounds starring Will Smith, Knowing , starring Nicolas Cage and The Taking of Pelham 123 starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta. [8] The company's TV projects include Perpetual Grace, LTD. for Epix and Servant starring Nell Tiger Free for Apple TV+.

In 2007, Tisch received the P.T. Barnum Award from Tufts University for his exceptional work in the field of media and entertainment. [15]

Tisch became chairman and Executive Vice President of the New York Giants American football team in 2005. [1] He accepted the Vince Lombardi Trophy twice, when the Giants won Super Bowl XLII and again when they won Super Bowl XLVI. On April 30, 2008, Tisch, along with the rest of the Giants team and administration, received an invitation from President George W. Bush to the White House to honor the Giants' Super Bowl victory. [5]

Tisch also made an appearance on the reality show Shark Tank in season 5. [16]

Following the 2021 season, when the Giants finished 4-13, Tisch "pushed" John Mara to fire head coach Joe Judge, after John Mara was reportedly willing to give Judge a third year. [17] [18]

Personal life

Tisch has been married twice. He had two children with his first wife, Patsy A. Tisch; [19] the marriage ended in divorce. [20] In 1996, Tisch married Jamie Leigh Anne Alexander. [20] They had three children, Elizabeth, Holden and Zachary, [21] before divorcing. [22]

On August 10, 2020, he announced that his daughter, Hilary, died by suicide following a history of depression. She was 36. [23]

His brother Jonathan serves as the Giants' treasurer.

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

In Production Role

YearFilmCreditNotes
1977 Outlaw Blues
1978 Almost Summer Executive producer
1980 Coast to Coast
1983 Risky Business
Deal of the Century Executive producer
1986 Soul Man
1988 Big Business
Hot to Trot
1989 Heart of Dixie
1990 Heart Condition
Bad Influence
1994 Forrest Gump
Corrina, Corrina
1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight Executive producer
Dear God
1997 Wild America Executive producer
The Postman
1998 American History X Executive producer
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Executive producer
Nico the Unicorn Executive producerDirect-to-video
1999 Wayward Son Executive producer
2000 Snatch Executive producer
Looking for an Echo Executive producer
2003 Alex & Emma Executive producer
2005 The Weather Man
2006 The Pursuit of Happyness
2008 Seven Pounds
2009 Knowing
The Taking of Pelham 123
2010 The Back-up Plan
2012 Hope Springs Executive producer
2014 Sex Tape
The Equalizer
2015 Unfinished Business
Southpaw
2017 The Upside
2018 The Equalizer 2
2019 Troop Zero
2021 Pig
Being the Ricardos
A Journal for Jordan
2022 The Man from Toronto
2023 Cassandro Executive producer
The Equalizer 3
TBA Masters of the Universe

As an actor

YearFilmRoleNotes
1971 Cry Uncle! Man Running from MotelUncredited
1996 Dear God Neighbor with Dog
2010 Brother's Justice Steve
2015 Entourage Board Member

Miscellaneous crew

YearFilmRole
1971 Cry Uncle! Production assistant
Such Good Friends

Thanks

YearFilmRole
1995 Man of the Year Very special thanks
2018 The Dive Special thanks

Television

In Production Role

YearTitleCreditNotes
1975The Missing Are DeadlyAssociate producerTelevision film
1979No Other LoveExecutive producerTelevision film
1980Homeward BoundTelevision film
1982Prime SuspectTelevision film
Something So RightExecutive producerTelevision film
1984 Calendar Girl Murders Executive producerTelevision film
The Burning Bed Executive producerTelevision film
Silence of the Heart Executive producerTelevision film
1984−85 Call to Glory Executive producer
1986TriplecrossExecutive producerTelevision film
1987 In Love and War Executive producerTelevision film
1988Evil in Clear RiverCo-producerTelevision film
Dirty Dancing
1989Out on the EdgeExecutive producerTelevision film
1990 Judgment Executive producerTelevision film
1991 CBS Schoolbreak Special
VidiotsExecutive producerTelevision film
1992 Afterburn Executive producerTelevision film
Keep the Change Executive producerTelevision film
Freshman Dorm Executive producer
1996 The People Next Door Executive producerTelevision film
2000Mission ExtremeCo-producer
2016PrototypeExecutive producerTelevision film
2019 Perpetual Grace, LTD Executive producer
Why We Hate Executive producerDocumentary
2021 Dr. Death Executive producer
2019−23 Servant Executive producer

As an actor

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Seinfeld Man in CaféUncredited
2017 Billions Himself

As director

YearTitle
1989 Dirty Dancing

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References

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  2. 1 2 Loomis, Nicky (July 6, 2010). "Steve Tisch, Producer, Born Feb. 14, 1949 in Lakewood, NJ". Los Angeles Times . Born in Lakewood, N.J., Tisch graduated from Tufts University and began his entertainment career as Peter Guber's assistant at Columbia Pictures.
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  5. 1 2 Office of the Press Secretary (April 30, 2008). "President Bush Welcomes Super Bowl XLII Champion New York Giants to White House". The White House. Retrieved April 30, 2008.
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