Steve Tisch

Steven Tisch
	Tisch in 2018
New York Giants
Position:	Chairman / Executive Vice President
Personal information
Born:	February 14, 1949 (age 72); Lakewood Township, New Jersey
Career information
College:	Tufts University
Career history
As an executive:
	New York Giants (2005–present); Chairman / Executive Vice President;
Career highlights and awards
	2× Super Bowl champion (XLII, XLVI);

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 Bob 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. However, he also produced several critically acclaimed films including Forrest Gump, American History X, and Snatch.^[6] 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,^[7] a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, and a Super Bowl Ring.^[7]

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.^[8] 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.^[6] Other projects include Seven Pounds starring Will Smith, Knowing, starring Nicolas Cage and The Taking of Pelham 123 starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta.^[6]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.^[9]

Tisch was named chairman and Executive Vice President of the New York Giants American football team in 2005.^[1] Tisch 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 were invited by President 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.^[10]

Personal life[]

Tisch has been married twice. He had two children with his first wife, Patsy A. Tisch;^[11] the marriage ended in divorce.^[12] In 1996, Tisch married Jamie Leigh Anne Alexander.^[12] They had three children, Elizabeth, Holden and Zachary,^[13] before divorcing.^[14]

On August 10, 2020, he announced that his daughter, Hilary, died by suicide following a history of depression. She was 36.^[15]

His brother Jonathan serves as the Giants' treasurer.

Filmography[]

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film[]

Year	Film	Credit	Notes
1977	Outlaw Blues
1978	Almost Summer	Executive producer
1980	Coast to Coast
1983	Risky Business
1983	Deal of the Century	Executive producer
1986	Soul Man
1988	Big Business
1988	Hot to Trot
1989	Heart of Dixie
1990	Heart Condition
1990	Bad Influence
1994	Forrest Gump
1994	Corrina, Corrina
1996	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Executive producer
1996	Dear God
1997	Wild America	Executive producer
1997	The Postman
1998	American History X	Executive producer
	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	Executive producer
	Nico the Unicorn		Direct-to-video
1999	Wayward Son	Executive producer
2000	Snatch	Executive producer
2000	Looking for an Echo	Executive producer
2003	Alex & Emma	Executive producer
2005	The Weather Man
2006	The Pursuit of Happyness
2008	Seven Pounds
2009	Knowing
2009	The Taking of Pelham 123
2010	The Back-up Plan
2012	Hope Springs	Executive producer
2014	Sex Tape
2014	The Equalizer
2015	Unfinished Business
2015	Southpaw
2017	The Upside
2018	The Equalizer 2
2019	Troop Zero
2021	Pig
2021	A Journal for Jordan
2022	The Man from Toronto
TBA	Being the Ricardos
TBA	Masters of the Universe

As an actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1971	Cry Uncle!	Man Running from Motel	Uncredited
1996	Dear God	Neighbor with Dog
2010	Brother's Justice	Steve
2015	Entourage	Board Member

Miscellaneous crew

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

Thanks

Year	Film	Role
1995	Man of the Year	Very special thanks
2018	The Dive	Special thanks

Television[]

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
1975	The Missing Are Deadly	Associate producer	Television film
1979	No Other Love	Executive producer	Television film
1980	Homeward Bound		Television film
1982	Prime Suspect		Television film
1982	Something So Right	Executive producer	Television film
1984	Calendar Girl Murders	Executive producer	Television film
	The Burning Bed	Executive producer	Television film
	Silence of the Heart	Executive producer	Television film
1984−85	Call to Glory	Executive producer
1986	Triplecross	Executive producer	Television film
1987	In Love and War	Executive producer	Television film
1988	Evil in Clear River	Co-producer	Television film
1988	Dirty Dancing
1989	Out on the Edge	Executive producer	Television film
1990	Judgment	Executive producer	Television film
1991	CBS Schoolbreak Special
1991	Vidiots	Executive producer	Television film
1992	Afterburn	Executive producer	Television film
	Keep the Change	Executive producer	Television film
	Freshman Dorm	Executive producer
1996	The People Next Door	Executive producer	Television film
2000	Mission Extreme	Co-producer
2016	Prototype	Executive producer	Television film
2019	Perpetual Grace, LTD	Executive producer
	Why We Hate	Executive producer	Documentary
	Servant	Executive producer

As an actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Seinfeld	Man in Café	Uncredited
2017	Billions	Himself

As director

Year	Title
1989	Dirty Dancing

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Steve Tisch - MIT Sloan Analytics Conference".
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Loomis, Nicky (July 6, 2010). "Steve Tisch, Producer, Born Feb. 14, 1949 in Lakewood, NJ". The 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.
^ Jacobs, Phil (January 31, 2014). "Searching for the Giants' Steve Tisch". The Jewish Standard. Mr. Tisch is from a family heavy with Jewish philanthropists.
^ "An Evening with Steve Tisch: Winner of the Oscar and Super Bowl". March 12, 2014.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b 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.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Steve Tisch".
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Steve Tisch". Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
^ Services, Web. "Jason Blumenthal '90 - Syracuse University".
^ "Alumni Awards - Film and Media Studies".
^ Malankar, Nikhil (March 27, 2017). "Shark Tank: Net Worth Of All Sharks On The Show Till Date". Tell Me Nothing. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
^ "Grace Silk, William Tisch". The New York Times. August 14, 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Steven Tisch and Jamie Alexander". The New York Times. October 20, 1996.
^ Hostetler, Sue. "Jamie Tisch's Aspen Getaway". Aspen Peak. Archived from the original on January 26, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
^ Malle, Chloe (March 30, 2010). "Philanthropist Jamie Tisch in Contract at 720 Park for $22 M." The New York Observer.
^ "Hilary Tisch, daughter of Giants co-owner, dead at 36". New York Post. August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.

External links[]

New York Giants bio

Media related to Steve Tisch at Wikimedia Commons

Steve Tisch at IMDb

[sloansportsconference.com-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Steve Tisch - MIT Sloan Analytics Conference".

[LA;TUFTS-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Loomis, Nicky (July 6, 2010). "Steve Tisch, Producer, Born Feb. 14, 1949 in Lakewood, NJ". The 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.

[NYFA;RISKY-4] "An Evening with Steve Tisch: Winner of the Oscar and Super Bowl". March 12, 2014.

[whitehouse-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b 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.

[imdb.com-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Steve Tisch".

[tisch.nyu.edu-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Steve Tisch". Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2017.

[8] Services, Web. "Jason Blumenthal '90 - Syracuse University".

[9] "Alumni Awards - Film and Media Studies".

[10] Malankar, Nikhil (March 27, 2017). "Shark Tank: Net Worth Of All Sharks On The Show Till Date". Tell Me Nothing. Retrieved August 9, 2017.

[11] "Grace Silk, William Tisch". The New York Times. August 14, 2016.

[NYTWeddingAlexander-12] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Steven Tisch and Jamie Alexander". The New York Times. October 20, 1996.

[13] Hostetler, Sue. "Jamie Tisch's Aspen Getaway". Aspen Peak. Archived from the original on January 26, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2013.

[14] Malle, Chloe (March 30, 2010). "Philanthropist Jamie Tisch in Contract at 720 Park for $22 M." The New York Observer.

[15] "Hilary Tisch, daughter of Giants co-owner, dead at 36". New York Post. August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.

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