Andrew Rona

Andrew Rona
Born	July 1971 New York
Nationality	American
Occupation	Film producer
Known for	"Scream", "Scary Movie", "Bad Santa"

Andrew Rona (July 1971) is an American film producer^[1] and movie executive. He was President of Silver Pictures (2008-2014); Rogue Pictures, A division of Universal Pictures (2006-2008) and Dimension Films (1991-2006). Some of the over 100 films he produced are Non-Stop, Project X, Equilibrium, Scream and Scary Movie.

Early life and education

Rona was born in New York. He studied film at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Miramax Films

In 1991, while a student, Rona went to work as an intern for Harvey Weinstein at Miramax Films. Rona went on to become an assistant for the Weinsteins. He was then promoted in 1995 to Director of Development and Production for the new genre label the Weinstein's had launched to compete with Newline Cinema called Dimension Films.

Dimension Films

Rona served as Co-President of Dimension Films from 2001-2006, during which time the company changed its focus from acquiring and co-financing lower budget pictures to producing, marketing and distributing a wider variety of films. Rona supervised more than 60 productions, ranging from thrillers like the Scream franchise, to comedies like the Scary Movie franchise and Bad Santa, and to action films such as Sin City.

Project Green-Light

In 2005 Rona appeared on Season 3 of the reality show Project Green-Light on Bravo.^[2]

Rogue Pictures

In 2006, Rona joined Universal Pictures as co-president of the new label, Rogue Pictures,^[3][4] which was funded by Universal. Rona oversaw all creative aspects of the label. Under Rona's leadership Rogue Picture produced Shaun Of The Dead, Hot Fuzz, The Strangers,^[5] Dave Chappelle's Block Party, and Fighting. Rona also brought in and oversaw the Academy Award nominated animated film Coraline, which was based on the book by Neil Gaiman.

Academy Member

In 2008 Rona was invited to become a member of the Executive Branch of the Academy Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.^[6]

Silver Pictures

Rona served as President, Silver Pictures, Joel Silver's production company based at Warner Bros. studios from December, 2008^[7] until January 15, 2014. He was responsible for overseeing all creative aspects of the company including production and development of feature films and television.^[8] Rona also produced several of the shingles productions including Non-Stop, Book Of Eli, Sherlock Holmes,^[9] and Project X. Rona also produced The Gunman. Rona left Silver Pictures in January, 2014.^[10]

References

1. "Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman of The Picture Company will produce with Voltage's Nicolas Chartier and Craig J. Flores ". The Hollywood Reporter.
2. "Making It, and Taking It on the Chin From a Studio Bigwig". nytimes.com. New York Times. Retrieved March 15, 2005.
3. Mohr, Ian. "Exec goes on Rogue mission". Variety.com. Retrieved September 6, 2005.
4. "Just try to predict this 'Doomsday'". Los Angeles Times, March 13, 2008 by Gina Piccalo.
5. "'Project X' producers to make found-footage thriller: Silver Pictures stages micro-budget 'Home Invasion'". Chicago Tribune.
6. Goodridge, Mike. "Academy welcomes 105 new members including Cotillard, Haneke". Screendaily.com. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
7. Kay, Jeremy. "Andrew Rona confirmed as Silver Pictures president". screendaily.com.
8. Dave, McNary. "Silver names Andrew Rona prexy". http://variety.com. Variety. Retrieved December 9, 2008. External link in |website= (help)
9. "Guy Ritchie sets aside ‘Lobo’ to make ‘Sherlock Holmes’ sequel" Hero Complex, Jan. 27, 2010
10. "Execs Andrew Rona, Alex Heineman Exiting Silver Pictures". Deadline Hollywood.