Robert Fox (producer)

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Robert Fox
Born	Robert Michael John Fox (1953-03-25) 25 March 1953 England
Occupation	Film producer Theatre producer
Years active	1982–present
Spouse(s)	Celestia Fox (1975–1990) (divorced) Natasha Richardson (1990–1992) (divorced) Fiona Golfar (1996–present)

Robert Michael John Fox (born 25 March 1953) is an English theatre and film producer, whose work includes the 2002 film, The Hours.^[1]

Life and career

He was born the third son of theatrical agent Robin Fox and actress Angela Worthington. He is the younger brother of actors Edward Fox and James Fox. The actress Emilia Fox is his niece and the actors Laurence Fox and Freddie Fox are his nephews. His maternal grandfather was playwright Frederick Lonsdale.^[2]

Fox is married to Fiona Golfar, with whom he has two children. He was previously married to Celestia Fox, with whom he had three children, and to the late actress Natasha Richardson (1990–1992) .^[3]

Fox has been a theatrical producer in the West End and on Broadway for over two decades. His productions include: Another Country, Burn This starring John Malkovich; the world premiere of Arthur Miller's The Ride Down Mt. Morgan; Edward Albee's Three Tall Women; many plays by David Hare: Skylight with Michael Gambon and Lia Williams, Amy's View with Judi Dench, and The Breath of Life with Maggie Smith and Judi Dench. Other Fox productions include the recent Olivier Award-winning Hedda Gabler, Closer by Patrick Marber, The Lady in the Van by Alan Bennett starring Maggie Smith and directed by Nicholas Hytner; a revival of Pinter's The Caretaker with Michael Gambon, Gypsy on Broadway; the Tony Award-winning production of The Boy from Oz starring Hugh Jackman which also recently finished a record-breaking tour of arenas in Australia; and The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh starring Billy Crudup and Jeff Goldblum. Fox is currently co-producing two new plays: on Broadway, The Vertical Hour by David Hare starring Julianne Moore and Bill Nighy,^[4] and in the West End, Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan with Frank Langella and Michael Sheen at the Gielgud Theatre.

Fox executive-produced the film of Closer (Columbia Tristar) directed by Mike Nichols and starring Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Clive Owen and Natalie Portman. Before that he produced The Hours with Scott Rudin, directed by Stephen Daldry, starring Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore; and Iris (Miramax/Mirage) directed by Richard Eyre starring Judi Dench, Kate Winslet and Jim Broadbent, both of which garnered Oscars in 2003. Other credits include Executive Producer on Another Country; a television film of Suddenly, Last Summer with Maggie Smith; and A Month by the Lake for Miramax starring Vanessa Redgrave, Edward Fox and Uma Thurman. He recently co-produced Notes on a Scandal for Fox Searchlight starring Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench.

References

↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0289221/
↑ "A Fox among the chickens", The Times, Brian Logan, 5 March 2007
↑ thePeerage.com- FOX family genealogical survey
↑ "Robert Fox Theatre Credits". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 10 June 2012.

External links

Robert Fox at the Internet Movie Database

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1951–1960	A Place in the Sun – George Stevens (1951) The Greatest Show on Earth – Cecil B. DeMille (1952) On the Waterfront – Sam Spiegel (1954) East of Eden – Elia Kazan (1955) Around the World in 80 Days – Michael Todd (1956) The Bridge on the River Kwai – Sam Spiegel (1957) The Defiant Ones – Stanley Kramer (1958) Ben-Hur – Sam Zimbalist (1959) Spartacus – Edward Lewis (1960)

1961–1980	The Guns of Navarone – Carl Foreman (1961) Lawrence of Arabia – Sam Spiegel (1962) The Cardinal – Otto Preminger (1963) Becket – Hal B. Wallis (1964) Doctor Zhivago – Carlo Ponti (1965) A Man for All Seasons – Fred Zinnemann (1966) In the Heat of the Night – Walter Mirisch (1967) The Lion in Winter – Martin Poll (1968) Anne of the Thousand Days – Hal B. Wallis (1969) Love Story – Howard G. Minsky (1970) The French Connection – Philip D'Antoni (1971) The Godfather – Albert S. Ruddy (1972) The Exorcist – William Peter Blatty (1973) Chinatown – Robert Evans (1974) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest – Michael Douglas (1975) Rocky – Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler (1976) The Turning Point – Arthur Laurents (1977) Midnight Express – Alan Marshall (1978) Kramer vs. Kramer – Stanley R. Jaffe (1979) Ordinary People – Ronald L. Schwary (1980)

1981–2000	On Golden Pond (1981) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Terms of Endearment (1983) Amadeus (1984) Out of Africa (1985) Platoon (1986) The Last Emperor (1987) Rain Man (1988) Born on the Fourth of July (1989) Dances with Wolves (1990) Bugsy (1991) Scent of a Woman (1992) Schindler's List (1993) Forrest Gump (1994) Sense and Sensibility (1995) The English Patient (1996) Titanic (1997) Saving Private Ryan (1998) American Beauty (1999) Gladiator (2000)

2001–present	A Beautiful Mind (2001) The Hours (2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) The Aviator (2004) Brokeback Mountain (2005) Babel (2006) Atonement (2007) Slumdog Millionaire (2008) Avatar (2009) The Social Network (2010) The Descendants (2011) Argo (2012) 12 Years a Slave (2013)

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Name	Fox, Robert
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Date of birth	25 March 1953
Place of birth	England
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