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Ellen Letty Aronson (née Konigsberg;[1] born November 30, 1943) is an American film producer. She is the younger sister of writer and director Woody Allen.[2]
Letty Aronson | |
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Born | Ellen Letty Konigsberg November 30, 1943 New York City, U.S. |
Alma mater | Brooklyn College, New York University |
Occupation | Film producer[citation needed] |
Years active | 1994–present |
Known for | producing Academy Award-nominated films |
Spouse |
Sidney Aronson
(m. 1968; died 2002) |
Children | 3 |
Family | Woody Allen (brother) Ronan Farrow (nephew) |
Awards | Golden Globe Award (2009) |
Aronson was born Ellen Letty Konigsberg in 1943 in New York City,[3] to Nettie (née Cherry) and Martin Königsberg,[4] and was raised in Midwood, Brooklyn, New York.[5] Her older brother is writer and director Woody Allen. Aronson comes from a Jewish family; her grandparents were from Lithuania and Austria. She was educated at Brooklyn College and New York University. Aronson was married to Sidney Aronson, an elementary school principal in Brooklyn who died in 2002.[6] They had three children together, Christopher, Erika, and Alexa.[7]
She has produced many of her brother Woody Allen's films including Bullets over Broadway (1994), Mighty Aphrodite (1995), Deconstructing Harry (1997), Celebrity (1998), The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001), Anything Else (2003), Melinda and Melinda (2004), Match Point (2005), Scoop (2006), Cassandra's Dream (2007), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Whatever Works (2009), You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010), Midnight in Paris (2011), To Rome with Love (2012), and Blue Jasmine (2013).
Year | Title | Notes |
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1994 | Bullets over Broadway | |
Don't Drink the Water | Television movie | |
1995 | Mighty Aphrodite | |
1996 | Everyone Says I Love You | |
1997 | Deconstructing Harry | |
The Spanish Prisoner | Co-executive producer | |
1998 | Into My Heart | Executive producer |
Celebrity | ||
1999 | Sweet and Lowdown | |
Story of a Bad Boy | Co-executive producer | |
Women Talking Dirty | | ||
Just Looking | | ||
2000 | Small Time Crooks | |
2001 | The Curse of the Jade Scorpion | |
2002 | Hollywood Ending | |
2003 | Anything Else | |
2004 | Melinda and Melinda | |
2005 | Match Point | |
2006 | Scoop | |
2007 | Cassandra's Dream | |
2008 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | |
2009 | Whatever Works | |
2010 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | |
2011 | Midnight in Paris | |
2012 | To Rome with Love | |
2013 | Blue Jasmine | |
2014 | Magic in the Moonlight | |
2015 | Irrational Man | |
2016 | Café Society | |
2017 | Wonder Wheel | |
2019 | A Rainy Day in New York | |
2020 | Rifkin's Festival | |
2023 | Coup de chance |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2008 | Golden Globe Awards | Best Picture - Musical or Comedy | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | Won |
2012 | Academy Awards | Best Picture | Midnight in Paris | Nominated |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Picture | Nominated | ||
Hollywood Film Awards | Producer of the Year | Won | ||
Producers Guild of America Awards | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Nominated | ||
2014 | Blue Jasmine | Nominated | ||
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