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
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.

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[5]

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

Year Film Credit Notes
1977Outlaw Blues
1978Almost SummerExecutive producer
1980Coast to Coast
1983Risky Business
Deal of the CenturyExecutive producer
1986Soul Man
1988Big Business
Hot to Trot
1989Heart of Dixie
1990Heart Condition
Bad Influence
1994Forrest Gump
Corrina, Corrina
1996The Long Kiss GoodnightExecutive producer
Dear God
1997Wild AmericaExecutive producer
The Postman
1998American History XExecutive producer
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking BarrelsExecutive producer
Nico the UnicornExecutive producerDirect-to-video
1999Wayward SonExecutive producer
2000SnatchExecutive producer
Looking for an EchoExecutive producer
2003Alex & EmmaExecutive producer
2005The Weather Man
2006The Pursuit of Happyness
2008Seven Pounds
2009Knowing
The Taking of Pelham 123
2010The Back-up Plan
2012Hope SpringsExecutive producer
2014Sex Tape
The Equalizer
2015Unfinished Business
Southpaw
2017The Upside
2018The Equalizer 2
2019Troop Zero
2021Pig
Being the Ricardos
A Journal for Jordan
2022The Man from Toronto
2023CassandroExecutive producer
The Equalizer 3
TBAMasters of the Universe

As an actor

Year Film Role Notes
1971Cry Uncle!Man Running from MotelUncredited
1996Dear GodNeighbor with Dog
2010Brother's JusticeSteve
2015EntourageBoard Member

Miscellaneous crew

Year Film Role
1971Cry Uncle!Production assistant
Such Good Friends

Thanks

Year Film Role
1995Man of the YearVery special thanks
2018The DiveSpecial thanks

Television

In Production Role

Year Title Credit Notes
1975The Missing Are DeadlyAssociate producerTelevision film
1979No Other LoveExecutive producerTelevision film
1980Homeward BoundTelevision film
1982Prime SuspectTelevision film
Something So RightExecutive producerTelevision film
1984Calendar Girl MurdersExecutive producerTelevision film
The Burning BedExecutive producerTelevision film
Silence of the HeartExecutive producerTelevision film
1984−85Call to GloryExecutive producer
1986TriplecrossExecutive producerTelevision film
1987In Love and WarExecutive producerTelevision film
1988Evil in Clear RiverCo-producerTelevision film
Dirty Dancing
1989Out on the EdgeExecutive producerTelevision film
1990JudgmentExecutive producerTelevision film
1991CBS Schoolbreak Special
VidiotsExecutive producerTelevision film
1992AfterburnExecutive producerTelevision film
Keep the ChangeExecutive producerTelevision film
Freshman DormExecutive producer
1996The People Next DoorExecutive producerTelevision film
2000Mission ExtremeCo-producer
2016PrototypeExecutive producerTelevision film
2019Perpetual Grace, LTDExecutive producer
Why We HateExecutive producerDocumentary
2021Dr. DeathExecutive producer
2019−23ServantExecutive producer

As an actor

Year Title Role Notes
1995SeinfeldMan in CaféUncredited
2017BillionsHimself

As director

Year Title
1989Dirty Dancing

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Steve Tisch - MIT Sloan Analytics Conference".
  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.
  3. Jacobs, Phil (January 31, 2014). "Searching for the Giants' Steve Tisch". The Jewish Standard. Mr. Tisch is from a family heavy with Jewish philanthropists.
  4. "An Evening with Steve Tisch: Winner of the Oscar and Super Bowl". March 12, 2014.
  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.
  6. "New World, Tisch Set For 'Soul Man'". Variety. April 2, 1986. p. 3.
  7. "'Mr. Magoo' Project Into Focus For Tisch; Plans Others For WB". Variety. July 29, 1987. pp. 4, 18.
  8. 1 2 3 "Steve Tisch". IMDb.
  9. "Steve Tisch". Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  10. "Steven Tisch". Forbes. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  11. Schlosser, Joe (July 19, 1999). "Film Roman on syndie march" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. p. 48. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  12. Pursell, Chris (July 19, 1999). "Film Roman to ride teen wave". Variety. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  13. "No Max deal" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. December 13, 1999. p. 118. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  14. "Jason Blumenthal '90". Syracuse University.
  15. "Alumni Awards - Film and Media Studies".
  16. Malankar, Nikhil (March 27, 2017). "Shark Tank: Net Worth Of All Sharks On The Show Till Date". Tell Me Nothing. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  17. Fennelly, John (January 13, 2022). "Report: Giants' Steve Tisch pushed John Mara to fire Joe Judge". giantswire.usatoday.com. Gannett. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  18. DeArdo, Bryan. "Joe Judge fired: Giants co-owner Steve Tisch led push to move on from second-year coach, per report". cbssports.com. CBS Interactive, Inc. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  19. "Grace Silk, William Tisch". The New York Times. August 14, 2016.
  20. 1 2 "Steven Tisch and Jamie Alexander". The New York Times. October 20, 1996.
  21. Hostetler, Sue. "Jamie Tisch's Aspen Getaway". Aspen Peak. Archived from the original on January 26, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  22. Malle, Chloe (March 30, 2010). "Philanthropist Jamie Tisch in Contract at 720 Park for $22 M." The New York Observer.
  23. "Hilary Tisch, daughter of Giants co-owner, dead at 36". New York Post. August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.

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