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| Title | Chairman / Executive Vice President |
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| Born | (1949-02-14)February 14, 1949 (age 76) Lakewood Township, New Jersey, U.S. |
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| College | Tufts University |
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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 theNew York Giants,[1] theNFL team co-owned by his family, as well as a film and television producer. He is the son of former Giants co-ownerPreston Robert Tisch.
Tisch was born inLakewood Township, New Jersey, the son ofJoan (née Hyman) andPreston Robert Tisch, a film and television executive who also served as theUnited States Postmaster General.[2] He has two siblings,Jonathan Tisch andLaurie Tisch. His family is Jewish.[3] He attendedTufts University, during which he began his filmmaking career.[2]
During his youth, Tisch created a number of small films with backing byColumbia Pictures.[1] In 1976, he left Columbia and created his first feature film,Outlaw Blues.[1] He followed this up in 1983 withRisky Business, which gaveTom Cruise his first lead role.[4]
In 1984, Tisch produced amade-for-TV movie entitledThe Burning Bed, which caused controversy but also received elevenEmmy nominations[1] forFarrah 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 withNew World Pictures, withSoul 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 theMr. Magoo character (the project was eventually made byDisney in 1997 as alive-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 includingForrest Gump,American History X, andSnatch.[8] Tisch received a Best Motion Picture Academy Award and aGolden Globe forForrest 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, anAcademy Award,[9] aPrimetime Emmy Award nomination, and aSuper Bowl Ring.[10] In 1999, he developed and produced an aborted television pilotMission Extreme, forFilm Roman and Max Degree TV, but it was cancelled due to lack of international backers.[11][12][13]
He is currently a partner inEscape 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 releasedThe Weather Man, starringNicolas Cage, in the fall of 2005, andThe Pursuit of Happyness, starring Will Smith, was released by Columbia Pictures in December 2006.[8] Other projects includeSeven Pounds starring Will Smith,Knowing, starring Nicolas Cage andThe Taking of Pelham 123 starringDenzel Washington andJohn Travolta.[8] The company's television projects includePerpetual Grace, LTD forEpix andServant starringNell Tiger Free forApple 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 theVince Lombardi Trophy twice, when the Giants wonSuper Bowl XLII and again when they wonSuper Bowl XLVI. On April 30, 2008, Tisch, along with the rest of the Giants team and administration, received an invitation fromPresident George W. Bush to theWhite House to honor the Giants' Super Bowl victory.[5]
Tisch also made an appearance on the reality showShark Tank in season 5.[16]
Following the 2021 season, when the Giants finished 4-13, Tisch "pushed"John Mara to fire head coachJoe Judge, after Mara was reportedly willing to give Judge a third season.[17][18]
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 marriedJamie 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 brotherJonathan is the Giants' treasurer.
He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Cry Uncle! | Man Running from Motel | Uncredited |
| 1996 | Dear God | Neighbor with Dog | |
| 2010 | Brother's Justice | Steve | |
| 2015 | Entourage | Board Member |
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Cry Uncle! | Production assistant |
| Such Good Friends |
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Man of the Year | Very special thanks |
| 2018 | The Dive | Special thanks |
| Year | Title | Credit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | The Missing Are Deadly | Associate producer | Television film |
| 1979 | No Other Love | Executive producer | Television film |
| 1980 | Homeward Bound | Television film | |
| 1982 | Prime Suspect | Television film | |
| Something So Right | Executive producer | Television film | |
| 1984 | Calendar Girl Murders | Executive producer | Television film |
| The Burning Bed | Executive producer | Television film | |
| Silence of the Heart | Executive producer | Television film | |
| 1984−85 | Call to Glory | Executive producer | |
| 1986 | Triplecross | Executive producer | Television film |
| 1987 | In Love and War | Executive producer | Television film |
| 1988 | Evil in Clear River | Co-producer | Television film |
| Dirty Dancing | |||
| 1989 | Out on the Edge | Executive producer | Television film |
| 1990 | Judgment | Executive producer | Television film |
| 1991 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | ||
| Vidiots | Executive producer | Television film | |
| 1992 | Afterburn | Executive producer | Television film |
| Keep the Change | Executive producer | Television film | |
| Freshman Dorm | Executive producer | ||
| 1996 | The People Next Door | Executive producer | Television film |
| 2000 | Mission Extreme | Co-producer | |
| 2016 | Prototype | Executive producer | Television film |
| 2019 | Perpetual Grace, LTD | Executive producer | |
| Why We Hate | Executive producer | Documentary | |
| 2021 | Dr. Death | Executive producer | |
| 2019−23 | Servant | Executive producer |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1995 | Seinfeld | Man in Café | Uncredited |
| 2017 | Billions | Himself |
| Year | Title |
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| 1989 | Dirty Dancing |
Born in Lakewood, N.J., Tisch graduated from Tufts University and began his entertainment career as Peter Guber's assistant at Columbia Pictures.
Mr. Tisch is from a family heavy with Jewish philanthropists.
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