Karen Rosenfelt
Biography
Karen Rosenfelt is an Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated American film and television producer best known for producing the Twilight and Percy Jackson film franchises, as well as the 2008 film The Devil Wears Prada.
Throughout her career, she has produced or served as a studio executive for films including Book Thief, Me Before You, the Max franchise, and the Alvin and the Chipmunks franchise. She is the daughter of Frank Edward Rosenfelt, who was the CEO of MGM in the 1970s–80s and United Artists after the acquisition by MGM.
She is the cousin of ex-Tri-Star Pictures president of marketing turned book author David Rosenfelt. Her films in total have grossed over $6.48 billion at the worldwide box office, making her one of the highest-grossing film producers working today.
In September 2022 Rosenfelt and John Goldwyn formed a new production company Goldwyn/Rosenfelt Productions which signed a first-look television deal with Warner Bros Television.
Following her departure from the studio, Rosenfelt became an independent producer, producing under the Sunswept Entertainment banner, a production company that she founded.
In November 2005 she signed an exclusive production deal with Fox 2000 Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox. She is one of twenty women in Hollywood who has a first-look deal with a major Hollywood studio.
Under this banner, throughout the years Rosenfelt has produced films under various studios. She produced the Twilight, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Max, and Percy Jackson franchises as well as The Devil Wears Prada, Me Before You, Marley & Me, Yogi Bear, The Big Year, The Book Thief, Wonder Park, and the New Mutants, among others.
In 2006 The Devil Wears Prada, was nominated for a Golden Globe in Best Picture- Musical or Comedy. Her films have grossed a total of over $6.48 billion at the box office making her one of the world's highest-grossing producers working today.
On the TV side, she's produced The First Wives Club, Dare Me, Dopesick, and The Summer I Turned Pretty. In 2022 Dopesick was nominated for an Emmy in Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series along with 13 other nominations.
