Ellen Lee Goldsmith-Vein is an American television and film producer.
13 Facts About Ellen Goldsmith-Vein
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Ellen Goldsmith-Vein is the founder and CEO of the Gotham Group, a management company founded in 1993.
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Ellen Goldsmith-Vein Lee Goldsmith was born in Los Angeles in 1963.
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Ellen Goldsmith-Vein attended Hollins University and graduated from UCLA in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology and received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Hollins University in 2014.
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Ellen Goldsmith-Vein founded the Gotham Group, a diversified management and production company serving the entertainment industry, in 1993, after the death of her partner in Atlas Management, Stuart Kaplan.
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Ellen Goldsmith-Vein was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2008 for her work on the television series Creature Comforts, which went on to win an Annie Award.
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Ellen Goldsmith-Vein produced The Maze Runner film series which has grossed $1 billion at the box office worldwide.
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Ellen Goldsmith-Vein produced the films Stargirl and the sequel Hollywood Stargirl for Disney+, based on the best-selling work of author Jerry Spinelli, with America's Got Talent winner Grace VanderWaal making her film debut as the eponymous lead, Stargirl Caraway.
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Ellen Goldsmith-Vein is married to entrepreneur and founder of MarketShare Jon F Vein.
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Ellen Goldsmith-Vein is a prolific political fundraiser and champion of many charities.
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Ellen Goldsmith-Vein is a founding member of Barbara Boxer's PAC for Change and sits on the Advisory Board of Common Sense Media in Los Angeles.
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Ellen Goldsmith-Vein is a member of the Blue Ribbon of the Los Angeles Music Center along with a past member of the Board of Directors for the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
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Ellen Goldsmith-Vein was named Animation Is Film's Person of Distinction in 2023.