Kerry Kohansky Roberts (born 1975) is an American film producer best known for her work on the 2008 film ''

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''.

Career

Born in

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, Kohansky attended

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's (NYU)

Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic, and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, as the School of the Arts at New York University, Tisch ...

in the late 1990s. She began to work for

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and Paul Weitz in 2001 as their assistant on ''

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''. Working for their

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, she rose to a co-producer on the 2004 film '' In Good Company'' and was promoted by the Weitz brothers to a

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of the company before the film's release. Paul Weitz, ''In Good Company''s writer, director and producer, said that "Kerry was invaluable in the development and production of my ..script. I was under the impression she was already a VP." His brother Chris claimed that "Kerry has proven her judgment, taste and commitment, and we're glad she'll be taking a bigger role in the company." She went on the executive produce the Weitzes' 2006 film '' American Dreamz'', satirizing American politics and popular culture, and starring

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and

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. After reading

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and

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's novel ''

'', she hired

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and

Peter Sollett Peter Sollett (born January 1, 1976) is an American film director and screenwriter known for his feature films '' Raising Victor Vargas'' (2002) and '' Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist'' (2008). Early life and education Sollett was born on Janua ...

—with whom she had attended NYU's film school, but had never met—to write and direct the book's

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, respectively. She was six months pregnant when the project was greenlit and, though she was not present for

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, she returned two weeks after giving birth to oversee reshoots and

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. She was named one of ''

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'' magazine's "10 Producers to Watch" of 2008 after its release. Kohansky executive produced Paul Weitz's 2009 film ''

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'' and his following film, ''

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'', saying that her goal is "to continue to find and harbor projects I believe in and make them happen".

Personal life

Kohansky is married to Cliff Roberts, a

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. She gave birth to their first child, Clifford Wiley Roberts IV, on November 16, 2007 in

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. She was inspired "to understand how movies are made" by her first viewing of 1984 film '' Amadeus'' when she was nine or ten years old.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kohansky Roberts, Kerry 1975 births Living people Film producers from New York City People from Long Island Tisch School of the Arts alumni American women film producers