Letty Aronson

American film producer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

Born
Ellen Letty Konigsberg

(1943-11-30) November 30, 1943 (age 82)
OccupationFilm producer
Yearsactive1994–present
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Letty Aronson
Born
Ellen Letty Konigsberg

(1943-11-30) November 30, 1943 (age 82)
Alma materBrooklyn College, New York University
OccupationFilm producer
Years active1994–present
Known forProducing Academy Award-nominated films
Spouse
Sidney Aronson
(m. 1968; died 2002)
Children3
FamilyWoody Allen (brother)
Ronan Farrow (nephew)
AwardsGolden Globe Award (2009)
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Personal life

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]

Career

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).

Filmography

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2008Golden Globe AwardsBest Picture - Musical or ComedyVicky Cristina BarcelonaWon
2012Academy AwardsBest PictureMidnight in ParisNominated
Alliance of Women Film JournalistsBest PictureNominated
Hollywood Film AwardsProducer of the YearWon
Producers Guild of America AwardsBest Theatrical Motion PictureNominated
2014Blue JasmineNominated
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