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'{{short description|American movie producer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | name = Carol Baum | image = | caption = Carol Baum | birth_name = Carol Friedland | birth_date = | birth_place = [[New York City]], United States | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Movie Producer | nationality = American | citizenship = US | education = | alma_mater = | period = | genre = [[Film]], [[TV]] | subject = | movement = | notableworks = ''[[The Good Girl]]''<br/> ''[[Father of the Bride (1991 film)|Father of the Bride]]''<br/>''[[Fly Away Home]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://business.highbeam.com/2012/article-1G1-83665651/best-show-year-oscar-nominees-represent-broad-spectrum|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217024529/http://business.highbeam.com/2012/article-1G1-83665651/best-show-year-oscar-nominees-represent-broad-spectrum|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 17, 2014|title=Best of Show: This year's Oscar nominees represent a broad spectrum of cinematic talent. (Oscar Watch 02).|work=Hollywood Reporter|date= March 1, 2002|access-date=October 29, 2016}}</ref> | spouse = [[Tom Baum]] (1963-present) | partner = | children = [[Henry Baum]], Will Baum }} '''Carol Baum''' (née '''Friedland''') is an American movie producer best known for her work with [[Sandollar Productions]]. She is a member of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]. As of 2024, she teaches producing at the [[USC School of Cinematic Arts]], and formally taught a similar class at the [[American Film Institute|American Film Institute (AFI)]]. She also serves as a mentor for [[The Peter Stark Producing Program]] at USC. ==Awards== In [[62nd Academy Awards|1989]], the documentary [[Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt]] won an [[Academy Award]] for Best Documentary Feature.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1990|title=The 62nd Academy Awards 1990}}</ref> Also in 1989, ''Tidy Endings'' won a [[CableACE Award]] for Dramatic or Theatrical Special.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000140/1989/1/|title=1989 CableACE Awards|website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref> In 1997, [[Fly Away Home]] won a [[Christopher Award]], a [[Genesis Awards|Genesis Award]] for Best Feature Film, and the Critic's Choice Award for Best Family Film at the [[Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards]]. In addition, [[Caleb Deschanel]] was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1997|title=The 69th Academy Awards 1997}}</ref> In 2015, [[Zapped (2014 film)|Zapped]] won a [[Leo Awards|Leo Award]] for Best Television Movie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leoawards.com/past_winners/pdf/2015.pdf|title=2015 Leo Award Winners}}</ref> ==Personal life== A New Jersey native, Baum is a graduate of Columbia High School in Maplewood, and New York University, where she majored in sociology. Baum worked for Bantam Books and Random House in New York, as well as The Producers Circle, developing the movie adaptations of Ira Levin's [[The Stepford Wives]], Stephen King's [[The Shining (novel)|The Shining]], and Ira Levin's [[The Boys from Brazil (novel)|The Boys from Brazil]]. After moving to Los Angeles, Baum became a studio vice president at Lorimar, where she developed Taylor Hackford's [[An Officer and a Gentleman]], and then vice president at Twentieth Century Fox, where she developed the Mike Nichols movie [[Working Girl]]. She is the wife of writer [[Tom Baum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomteicholz/2016/08/08/wear-and-tear-with-grace-restraint/ |title='Wear and Tear" with Grace & Restraint|first=Tom|last=Teicholz|work=Forbes|date=August 8, 2016|access-date=October 29, 2016}}</ref> She is mother to writer [[Henry Baum]] and has a second son; she also has three grandchildren. She lives in Los Angeles. ==Controversy== On 16 January 2024, Baum gave [https://www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/dead-ringers-1-16-24/ a talk] at [[American Cinematique]] with journalist [[Janet Maslin]] after a screening of her movie [[Dead Ringers]], at which she said of actor [[Sydney Sweeney]], "Explain this girl to me. She's not pretty, she can't act. Why is she so hot?". This conversation was then reported<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13315349/Hollywood-producer-Carol-Baum-Sydney-Sweeney-not-pretty-act.html|title="Sydney Sweeney is not pretty and she can't act' declares top Hollywood producer Carol Baum"|first=Hazel|last=Jones|work=The Daily Mail|date=April 16, 2016|access-date=April 16, 2024}}</ref> in [[The Daily Mail]] and went viral in hundreds of publications including [[Vanity Fair]], [[The New York Post]], [[LA Times]], and [[The Guardian]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/20/sydney-sweeney-carol-baum-not-pretty-and-cant-act-such-insults-by-a-woman-play-into-mens-hands|title="So Sydney Sweeney’s not pretty and can’t act? Such insults by a woman play into men’s hands"|first=Barbara|last=Allen|work=The Guardian|date=April 20, 2024|access-date=April 20, 2024}}</ref> in which journalist [[Barbara Allen]] said, "What depressing nonsense, not to mention dire optics. A 26-year-old woman scorned at a screening honouring a veteran female producer, aged 81. A class of students encouraged to join in (such delightful attitudes to teach people going into the industry)". Sweeney's team issued a statement, saying, <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-04-18/sydney-sweeney-carol-baum-producer-acting-pretty-anyone-but-you|title="Sydney Sweeney’s team fires back at producer who said ‘she’s not pretty’ and ‘can’t act’"|first=Nardine|last=Said|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 18, 2024|access-date=April 18, 2024}}</ref> "How sad that a woman in the position to share her expertise and experience chooses instead to attack another woman. If that’s what she’s learned in her decades in the industry and feels is appropriate to teach to her students, that’s shameful. To unjustly disparage a fellow female producer speaks volumes about Ms. Baum’s character." Baum did not officially apologize, but [[TMZ]] <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/2024/04/17/sydney-sweeney-responds-not-pretty-comment-producer-carol-baum-regret/|title=" SYDNEY SWEENEY CLAPS BACK at 'NOT PRETTY' COMMENT ... Producer Regretful"|work=TMZ|date=April 17, 2024|access-date=April 17, 2024}}</ref> reported that Baum was receiving hate mail for her comments. In the same week, the story had over 16 million hits on [[Google]] with thousands of comments supporting Sweeney and attacking Baum, including a long comment by producer [[Teddy Schwarzman]] on [[X]], who said, "I’ll enlighten Ms. Baum that two-time Emmy nominee Sydney Sweeney is not only one of the most talented actresses I’ve worked with."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/tschwarzman/status/1780598277559509034|title=" Teddy Schwarzman on Xl"|work=X|date=April 17, 2024|access-date=April 17, 2024}}</ref> ==Filmography== ''She was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.'' ===Film=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! Year ! Film ! Credit |- | 1984 || ''[[Reckless (1984 film)|Reckless]]'' || Executive producer |- | 1988 || ''[[Dead Ringers (film)|Dead Ringers]]'' || Executive producer |- |rowspan=2| 1989 || ''[[Jacknife]]'' || |- | ''[[Gross Anatomy (film)|Gross Anatomy]]'' || Executive producer |- |rowspan=2| 1991 || ''[[True Identity]]'' || |- | ''[[Father of the Bride (1991 film)|Father of the Bride]]'' || |- |rowspan=4| 1992 || ''[[Shining Through]]'' || |- | ''[[Straight Talk]]'' || Executive producer |- | ''[[A Stranger Among Us]]'' || Executive producer |- | ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' || Executive producer |- | 1994 || ''[[I.Q. (film)|I.Q.]]'' || |- |rowspan=2| 1995 || ''[[Kicking and Screaming (1995 film)|Kicking and Screaming]]'' || Executive producer |- | ''[[Father of the Bride Part II]]'' || Executive producer |- | 1996 || ''[[Fly Away Home]]'' || |- | 1997 || ''[[The Only Thrill]]'' || Executive producer |- | 1999 || ''[[Snow Falling on Cedars (film)|Snow Falling on Cedars]]'' || Executive producer |- | 2000 || ''[[Waterproof (film)|Waterproof]]'' || Executive producer |- | 2001 || ''[[My First Mister]]'' || |- | 2002 || ''[[The Good Girl]]'' || Executive producer |- | 2003 || ''[[Carolina (2003 film)|Carolina]]'' || |- | 2004 || ''[[Sexual Life]]'' || |- | 2007 || ''[[You Kill Me]]'' || |- | 2008 || ''[[Five Dollars a Day]]'' || |- | 2014 || ''[[Boychoir (film)|Boychoir]]'' || |} ===Television=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! Year ! Title ! Credit ! Notes |- | 1986 || ''[[A Smoky Mountain Christmas]]'' || Supervising producer || Television film |- | 1988 || ''Tidy Endings'' || Executive producer || Television film |- | 1998 || ''Tourist Trap'' || Executive producer || Television film |- | 2014 || ''[[Zapped (2014 film)|Zapped]]'' || Executive producer || Television film |- | 2015 || ''Just in Time for Christmas'' || Executive producer || Television film |- | 2018 || ''A Majestic Christmas'' || Executive producer || Television film |- | 2022 || ''Jolly Good Christmas'' || Executive producer || Television film |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|0062071}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Baum, Carol}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American women film producers]] [[Category:American film producers]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:21st-century American Jews]] [[Category:21st-century American women]]'