Amy Baer

Amy Baer's experience in the entertainment Industry uniquely spans major studios, independent financiers, and producing. Collectively, the films she has supervised and/or produced have grossed nearly $2 billion in worldwide box office. Her first film as a producer was the 2013 hit "Last Vegas" (starring Michael Douglas, Robert DeNiro, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline) which grossed $136MM worldwide. In 2012, Baer raised a 7-figure development fund and launched Gidden Media, a content incubation and production company. Its first film, the romantic drama "Mary Shelley", starring Elle Fanning and directed by Haifaa Al Mansour, had its World Premiere at the 2017 Toronto Film Festival. It was released by IFC in May 2018. GM's next film, the inspirational true story "Brian Banks," had its World Premiere at the 2018 LA Film Festival and won the LAFF Audience Award. Bleeker Street releases"Brian Banks" on August 9, 2019. Before starting her own company, Baer served as President & CEO of CBS Films (2007-2011), launching the division for CBS Corp. Baer spent the previous 17 years at Sony Pictures Entertainment, where she oversaw such hit films as 1997's "My Best Friend's Wedding," Oscar nominated "Adaptation" (2001), S.W.A.T. (2002), "Something's Gotta Give" (2003), and the 2006 holiday hit "The Pursuit of Happyness," which earned Will Smith an Oscar nomination. She also developed the 2011 Oscar-nominated Sony hit "Moneyball," starring Brad Pitt. She began her career at Creative Artists Agency in 1988 as an assistant to the late Jay Moloney. Baer became Board President of Women in Film in June 2018, stepping into the role at a critical juncture in Hollywood, as the entertainment industry faces a broad reckoning over gender disparities and sexual harassment. Founded in 1973, Women In Film advocates for and advances the careers of women working in the screen industries - to achieve parity and transform culture. Baer graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University in 1988 with a B.A. in English literature. She is married to producer Matt Baer ("Unbroken") and has two sons.