Biografia
Robin Jonas is President of City Hill Arts, a production company committed to making uplifting, unifying and socially conscious content, with several projects in the pipeline. A 30-year veteran of the business, Robin has worked as a senior executive at several studios including Miramax Films, Walt Disney Pictures and Paramount Pictures. Robin was President of Kevin Costner's multi-million dollar Tig Productions overseeing development, production, film finance and marketing, as well as leading development and production for television series and online/multi-platform content. Jonas partnered with Costner and set up Treehouse Films in 2008.
Robin has an executive track record in publicity, marketing, development and production working on over 300 films such as SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, THE ENGLISH PATIENT, PULP FICTION, CIDER HOUSE RULES, THE KING'S SPEECH, AMÉLIE, OPEN RANGE, GOOD WILL HUNTING, MRS. BROWN, GANGS OF NEW YORK, MALENA, and THE ARTIST. She has produced several projects including MR. BROOKS, starring Costner, William Hurt and Demi Moore; Disney's SWING VOTE, starring Costner, Dennis Hopper, Nathan Lane, and Stanley Tucci; and GRAVES with Nick Nolte and Sela Ward, a Lionsgate Production. Robin will join Costner as Producer on the multi-platform THE EXPLORER'S GUILD and will produce THE STORY OF LUCY GAULT with Director Aisling Walsh. She has retained the sole rights to an Untitled Cold War epic set in The Republic Of Georgia, based on an uncovered true story. An avid reader, Robin has amassed the rights to many books and stories she believes will responsibly challenge and entertain audiences.
A hardworking film and television producer, Robin is also a strategic advisor and consultant in such diverse areas as politics, communications, multi-media platforms, branding and content, development and production. Robin has brought her contacts and messaging skills to various campaigns over the years -honing her abilities while at Miramax Films, beginning with Academy campaign season and right on through various U.S. Presidential cycles.
Robin maintains an ongoing involvement in the work of her father, the late wildlife sculptor Louis Paul Jonas, Jr. who along with her grandfather, created a collection of over 400 wildlife miniatures - many in bronze - on display in museums globally, including their life-size mounted collection of elephants at the Museum of Natural History in NYC.
Robin grew up in the Berkshire Hills on the East Coast and attended school at Boston University. She has been a nationally-ranked ski racing champion in giant slalom, was named to Who's Who In America, is a member of the Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, The Producers Guild of America, a board member of The World Is Just A Book Away Foundation to name a few.
