| Andrew Rona | |
| Birth Place: | New York, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Film producer |
| Known For: | Scream, Scary Movie, Bad Santa |
Andrew Rona (born July 1971) is an American film producer[1] and movie executive. His popular films include Non-Stop, Project X, Equilibrium, Scream and Scary Movie.
Rona was born in New York, where he studied film at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
In 1991, while a student, Rona went to work as an intern for Harvey Weinstein at Miramax Films. From there, Rona went on to become an assistant of the Weinsteins. He was then promoted to the Director of Development and Production for the new genre label "Dimension Films" in 1995.
Rona served as co-president of Dimension Films from 2001-2006, during which the company changed its focus from acquiring and co-financing lower budget pictures to producing, marketing and distributing a wider variety of films. Rona supervised more than 60 productions, ranging from thrillers like the Scream franchise, to comedies like the Scary Movie franchise and Bad Santa, and to action films such as Sin City.
In 2005 Rona appeared on Season 3 of the reality show Project Greenlight on Bravo.[2]
In 2005, Rona joined Universal Pictures as co-president of the new label, Rogue Pictures,[3] [4] which was funded by Universal. Rona oversaw all creative aspects of the label. Under Rona's leadership Rogue Picture produced Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The Strangers,[5] Dave Chappelle's Block Party and Fighting.
In 2008 Rona was invited to become a member of the Executive Branch of the Academy Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.[6]
Rona served as President, Silver Pictures, Joel Silver's production company based at Warner Bros. studios from December, 2008[7] until January 15, 2014. He was responsible for overseeing all creative aspects of the company including production and development of feature films and television.[8] Rona also produced several other productions including Non-Stop, Sherlock Holmes,[9] Project X, and The Gunman. Rona left Silver Pictures in January 2014.[10]
In 2015, Rona started his own production company with Alex Heineman, The Picture Company, with financing from European conglomerate StudioCanal.[11] He produced the first film under The Picture Company shingle, The Commuter, starring Liam Neeson,[12] and Alpha, directed by Albert Hughes at Studio 8.[13]