Letty Aronson

Ellen Letty Aronson (née Konigsberg;[1] born November 30, 1943), is an American film producer and is the younger sister of writer and director Woody Allen.[2]

Letty Aronson
Born
Ellen Letty Konigsberg

(1943-11-30) November 30, 1943
New York City, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBrooklyn College, New York University
Occupationfilm producer
Years active1994–present
Known forproducing Academy Award-nominated films
Spouse(s)Sidney Aronson (c. 1968–2002; his death)
Children3
FamilyWoody Allen (brother)
AwardsGolden Globe Award (2009)

Personal life

Aronson was born Ellen Letty Konigsberg in 1943 in New York City,[3][4] to Nettie (née Cherry; 1906–2002) and Martin Königsberg (1900–2001),[5] and was raised in Midwood, Brooklyn, New York.[6] Her older brother is writer and director Woody Allen. Aronson comes from a Jewish family; her grandparents were from Russia and Austria. She was educated at Brooklyn College and New York University. Aronson was married to Sidney Aronson, an elementary school principal in Brooklyn who died in 2002.[7] They had three children together, Christopher, Erika and Alexa.[8]

Career

She has produced many of her brother Woody Allen's films including Bullets over Broadway (1994), Mighty Aphrodite (1995), Deconstructing Harry (1997), Celebrity (1998), The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001), Anything Else (2003), Melinda and Melinda (2004), Match Point (2005), Scoop (2006), Cassandra's Dream (2007), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Whatever Works (2009), You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010), Midnight in Paris (2011), To Rome with Love (2012), and Blue Jasmine (2013).

Filmography

As a producer
Year Title Notes
1994Bullets over Broadway
1994Don't Drink the WaterTelevision movie
1995Mighty Aphrodite
1996Everyone Says I Love You
1997Deconstructing Harry
1997The Spanish Prisonerco-executive producer
1998Into My Heartexecutive producer
1998Celebrity
1999Sweet and Lowdown
1999Story of a Bad Boyco-executive producer
1999Women Talking Dirtyco-executive producer
1999Just Lookingco-executive producer
2000Small Time Crooks
2001The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
2002Hollywood Ending
2003Anything Else
2004Melinda and Melinda
2005Match Point
2006Scoop
2007Cassandra's Dream
2008Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2009Whatever Works
2010You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2011Midnight in Paris
2012To Rome with Love
2013Blue Jasmine
2014Magic in the Moonlight
2015Irrational Man
2016Café Society
2017Wonder Wheel
2019A Rainy Day in New York
2020Rifkin's Festival

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2008Golden Globe AwardsBest Picture - Musical or ComedyVicky Cristina BarcelonaWon
2012Academy AwardsBest PictureMidnight in ParisNominated
2012Alliance of Women Film JournalistsBest PictureNominated
2012Hollywood Film AwardsProducer of the YearWon
2012Producers Guild of America AwardsBest Theatrical Motion PictureNominated
2014Blue JasmineNominated

References
  1. Hoffman, Barbara, "Woody and his sister", The New York Post, October 15, 2011
  2. "Woody Allen's Sister Says His Daughter Dylan Farrow 'Capitalized' on the #MeToo Movement". People. January 28, 2018.
  3. "Letty Aronson". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  4. Woody Allen; Robert E. Kapsis; Kathie Coblentz (2006). Woody Allen: Interviews. Univ. Press of Mississippi. pp. 23–. ISBN 978-1-57806-793-0.
  5. "Martin Konigsberg, 100, Woody Allen's Father". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  6. Toy, Vivian S. "Living In Midwood, Brooklyn". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  7. "Paid Notice: Deaths ARONSON, SIDNEY". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  8. "Paid Notice: Deaths ARONSON, SIDNEY". New York Times. May 19, 2002. Retrieved August 8, 2012.

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