Steve Tisch

Steve Tisch
Tisch at the New York Giants Super Bowl rally at Giants Stadium.
Date of birth	February 14, 1949 (1949-02-14) (age 60)
Place of birth	Lakewood, New Jersey
Position(s)	Owner Administrator
College	Tufts University
Championships       won	2007 Super Bowl XLII
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
2005-Current	New York Giants

Steven "Steve" Tisch (born February 14, 1949) is an American businessman. He is the chairman, executive vice president, and co-owner of the New York Giants, as well as a film and television producer. He is the son of former Giants co-owner Bob Tisch.

Biography

Tisch was born in Lakewood, New Jersey. He attended Tufts University, during which he began his filmmaking career. During his youth, Tisch created a number of small movies with backing by Columbia Pictures. In 1976, he left Columbia and created his first feature film, Outlaw Blues. He followed this up in 1983 with Risky Business, which saw Tom Cruise's first lead role.

In 1984, Tisch produced a made-for-TV movie entitled The Burning Bed, which caused controversy but also received eleven Emmy nominations for Farrah Fawcett's depiction of a battered wife. Tisch launched his own production company in 1986, which has since specialized in small screen films. However, he also produced several critically acclaimed films including Forrest Gump, American History X, and Snatch. Tisch received a Best Motion Picture Academy Award and a Golden Globe for "Forrest Gump", which was nominated for 13 Academy Awards and won nine, and remains one of the 20 highest domestic box office grossing films in history.

Tisch (far right) visiting the White House on April 30, 2008.^[1]

He is currently a partner in Escape Artists, an independently financed film production company based at Sony Pictures Entertainment. 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 December of 2006. Other projects include "Seven Pounds" starring Will Smith, "Knowing", starring Nicolas Cage and "The Taking of Pelham 123" starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta.

Tisch inherited his share of the New York Giants franchise and was named Chairman and Executive Vice President in 2005. Tisch accepted the Vince Lombardi Trophy when the Giants won the Super Bowl in 2008. 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.^[1]

Tisch is the only person to have ever won both an Oscar and a Super Bowl ring.

Resources

http://www.giants.com/team/front_office_member.asp?front_office_id=87

External links

• Steve Tisch at the Internet Movie Database