Letty Aronson

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English Template:Infobox person Ellen Letty Aronson (née Konigsberg;<ref name="HOFFMAN">Template:Cite web</ref> born November 30, 1943) is an American film producer. She is the younger sister of writer and director Woody Allen.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Personal life

Aronson was born Ellen Letty Konigsberg in 1943 in New York City,<ref name="AllenKapsis2006">Template:Cite book</ref> to Nettie (née Cherry) and Martin Königsberg,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and was raised in Midwood, Brooklyn, New York.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> They had three children together, Christopher, Erika, and Alexa.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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

As a producer

Year Title Notes
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

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2008 Golden Globe Awards Best Picture - Musical or Comedy Vicky Cristina Barcelona Template:Won
2012 Academy Awards Best Picture Midnight in Paris Template:Nom
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Picture Template:Nom
Hollywood Film Awards Producer of the Year Template:Won
Producers Guild of America Awards Best Theatrical Motion Picture Template:Nom
2014 Blue Jasmine Template:Nom

References

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Further reading

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