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'''Steven Haft''' is an American media executive, attorney and film producer.

'''Steven Haft''' is an American media executive, attorney, and film producer.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Haft was born to a [[American Jews|Jewish]] family in [[Manhattan]] and raised in [[Flushing, Queens]],<ref>{{Cite web|first=B. Horton |last=Lynn |authorlink= |title= Hollywood on the Hudson |publisher=[[New York Magazine]]|date=June 5, 1989 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=aOgCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24&dq=Haft#v=onepage&q=Steven%20Haft&f=false |accessdate=}}</ref> the son of Helen (née Urdang) and Nathan "Nuddy" Haft.<ref>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=Helen (Urdang) HAFT|publisher=[[The Record]]|date=December 24, 2009 |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/northjersey/obituary.aspx?n=helen-haft&pid=137734115 |accessdate=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=HAFT Nathan "Nuddy", of Paterson, NJ, on Tuesday, June 5, 2001. Beloved husband of Helen (nee Ur-dang) for fifty-seven years. Devoted father of Deena B. Whited and Steven P. Haft.|publisher=[[The Record]]|date= June 6, 2001|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/499522154/ |accessdate=}}</ref> He is a graduate of [[Hofstra University School of Law]].<ref name=NYTWedding>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=Lisa Birnbach, Author to Marry in September |publisher=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 19, 1987 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/19/style/lisa-birnbach-author-to-marry-in-september.html |accessdate=}}</ref> He is a member of The Bar of the U. S. Supreme Court.<ref name=Disrupter>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=Steven Haft is currently SVP Innovation at Time Inc., largest magazine publisher in the U.S. and U.K. and owner of such iconic brands as TIME, FORTUNE, and PEOPLE Magazines. |publisher=Disrupter Awards|date= |url= https://www.disruptorawards.com/new-blog-99/2017/1/23/steven-haft |accessdate=June 27, 2019}}</ref> After school, Haft produced films for over twenty years including ''[[Jakob the Liar]]'' and ''[[Dead Poets Society]].''<ref name=Disrupter />
Haft was born in [[Manhattan]] and raised in [[Flushing, Queens]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |first=B. Horton |last=Lynn |title=Hollywood on the Hudson |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=June 5, 1989 |page=24 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aOgCAAAAMBAJ&q=Steven+Haft&pg=PA24 |accessdate=December 6, 2023 |via=Google Books}}</ref> the son of Helen (''née'' Urdang) and Nathan "Nuddy" Haft.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Helen (Urdang) HAFT |work=[[The Record (Bergen County, New Jersey)|The Record]] |location=Bergen County, New Jersey |date=December 24, 2009 |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/northjersey/obituary.aspx?n=helen-haft&pid=137734115 |accessdate=}}<br>- {{Cite news |title=HAFT Nathan "Nuddy", of Paterson, NJ, on Tuesday, June 5, 2001. |work=The Record |location=Bergen County, New Jersey |date=June 6, 2001|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/499522154/ |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He is a graduate of [[Hofstra University School of Law]]<ref name=NYTWedding>{{Cite web |title=Lisa Birnbach, Author to Marry in September |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 19, 1987 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/19/style/lisa-birnbach-author-to-marry-in-september.html |url-access=subscription}}</ref> and is a member of the bar of the U. S. Supreme Court.<ref name=Disrupter>{{Cite web |title=Steven Haft |publisher=Disrupter Awards |date=10 June 2019 |url= https://www.disruptorawards.com/new-blog-99/2017/1/23/steven-haft |accessdate=June 27, 2019}}</ref> After studying, Haft produced films for over 20 years including ''[[Jakob the Liar]]'' and ''[[Dead Poets Society]]''.<ref name=Disrupter />


In 2000, he accepted a position with [[AOL]] where he served as Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for their $1.2 billion in sales Interactive Marketing Group.<ref name=Disrupter /> He left AOL to found the media consultancy company Indyworks, which focuses on the impact of emerging technologies on media. His clients included [[Comcast Cable]], the [[Corporation for Public Broadcasting]], the [[College Television Network]], AirMedia, [[Edelman (firm)|Edelman]], and [[Burson Cohn & Wolfe|Burson-Marstellar]].<ref name=Disrupter /> He presently serves as Senior Vice President of Innovation for magazine publisher [[Time Inc.]].<ref name=Disrupter />
In 2000, he accepted a position with [[AOL]] as vice president and chief strategy officer for its $1.2 billion in sales Interactive Marketing Group. He left AOL to found the media consultancy company Indyworks, which focuses on the impact of emerging technologies on media. His clients included [[Comcast Cable]], the [[Corporation for Public Broadcasting]], the [[College Television Network]], AirMedia, [[Edelman (firm)|Edelman]] and [[Burson Cohn & Wolfe|Burson-Marstellar]]. He is the senior vice president of innovation for the magazine publisher [[Time Inc.]]<ref name=Disrupter />


==Philanthropy and civic service==
==Philanthropy and civic service==
Haft has been involved in environmental issues, human rights and arts in education since the 1970s.<ref name=Disrupter /> He serves on the Board of Terramar, a [[United Nations]] [[NGO]] which promotes the Clean Oceans provision of the Sustainable Development Goals program.<ref name=Disrupter /> He is an Advisory Board Member of the Global Partnerships Forum, which serves as an intermediary linking business entities, government agencies, and the United Nations to develop shared goals and efforts.<ref name=Disrupter /> Haft is an elected Member of the [[Motion Picture Academy]] and Trustee Emeritus of [[Robert Redford]]'s [[Sundance Institute]]; and was appointed by New York Mayor [[Michael Bloomberg]] to the Board of the [[Brooklyn Navy Yard]] Corporation.<ref name=Disrupter /> He serves as Vice Chair of the Presidential Scholars Foundation, is a [[STEM.org|STEM]] Advisor to the Center for the Study of The Presidency & Congress, and has done work for the [[John D. Rockefeller III]]rd Fund, the [[John Hay Whitney]] Foundation, the [[United Automobile Workers]], and the [[ACLU]].<ref name=Disrupter /> He was a co-founder of the original [[Earth Day]] in 1970.<ref name=Disrupter />
Haft has been involved in environmental issues, human rights and arts in education since the 1970s. He sat on the board of United States' variant of [[the TerraMar Project]], which was a [[United Nations]] [[NGO]] that promoted the Clean Oceans provision of the Sustainable Development Goals program,<ref name=Disrupter /> until TerraMar (US) announced that it had ended operations on July 12, 2019, after the sex trafficking charges against [[Jeffrey Epstein]] and [[Ghislaine Maxwell]], became public.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/15/us/ghislaine-maxwell-epstein.html |title=The 'Lady of the House' Who Was Long Entangled With Jeffrey Epstein |last1=Twohey |first1=Megan |last2=Bernstein |first2=Jacob |date=2019-07-15 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2019-08-15 |issn=0362-4331 |url-access=subscription}}<br>- {{Cite web |url=http://theterramarproject.org/about/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425191028/http://theterramarproject.org/about/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2019-04-25 |title=About Us |publisher=The TerraMar Project |date=2019-04-25 |access-date=December 6, 2023}}</ref>

Haft is an advisory board member of the Global Partnerships Forum, which acts as an intermediary linking business entities, government agencies and the United Nations to develop shared goals and efforts. He is an elected member of the [[Motion Picture Academy]] and a trustee ''emeritus'' of [[Robert Redford]]'s [[Sundance Institute]] and was appointed by the New York mayor, [[Michael Bloomberg]], to the board of the [[Brooklyn Navy Yard]] Corporation. He is vice chair of the Presidential Scholars Foundation, is a [[STEM.org|STEM]] advisor to the Center for the Study of The Presidency & Congress and has done work for the [[John D. Rockefeller III]] Fund, the [[John Hay Whitney]] Foundation, the [[United Automobile Workers]] and the [[American Civil Liberties Union]]. He was a co-founder of the original [[Earth Day]] in 1970.<ref name="Disrupter" />


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
He is divorced from author [[Lisa Birnbach]];<ref name=NYTWedding /><ref>{{Cite web|first= Elise|last=Knutsen |authorlink= |title=Preppy Handbook Author Sells Upper Crust UES Spread |publisher=[[New York Observer]]|date=November 29, 2011 |url=https://observer.com/2011/11/preppy-handbook-author-sells-upper-crust-ues-spread/ |accessdate=}}</ref> they have three children.<ref name=Divorced>{{Cite web|first=Bob|last=Minzsheimer |authorlink= |title= Lisa Birnbach and Chip Kidd |publisher=[[USA Today]]|date=September 2, 2010 |url=https://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20100902/292972605216255 |quote=Birnbach, 52, editor and co-author...}}</ref> He attended the [[Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun]] in Manhattan.<ref>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=Don't Miss "Dead Poets Society" |publisher=[[Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun]] Bulletin|date=October 20, 1989 |url=http://media.digital.library.yu.edu.s3.amazonaws.com/pdfs/KehilathJeshurunBulletin_19891020_57_02.pdf |quote=It is, of course, a matter of some pride to us that the producer of the film is Steven Haft, a member of our congregation whose wife, Lisa Birnbach Haft, grew up in our community.}}</ref>
He is divorced from the author [[Lisa Birnbach]];<ref name=NYTWedding /><ref>{{Cite news |first=Elise |last=Knutsen |title=Preppy Handbook Author Sells Upper Crust UES Spread |work=[[The New York Observer]] |date=November 29, 2011 |url=https://observer.com/2011/11/preppy-handbook-author-sells-upper-crust-ues-spread/ |accessdate=}}</ref> they have three children.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Bob |last=Minzsheimer |title=Lisa Birnbach and Chip Kidd |work=[[USA Today]] |date=September 2, 2010 |url=https://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20100902/292972605216255 |accessdate=December 6, 2023 |via=Pressreader}}</ref> He attended the [[Modern Orthodox Jewish]] synagogue [[Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun]] in Manhattan.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Don't Miss "Dead Poets Society" |work=Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun Bulletin |date=October 20, 1089 |volume=LVII |number=2 |page=6 |url=http://media.digital.library.yu.edu.s3.amazonaws.com/pdfs/KehilathJeshurunBulletin_19891020_57_02.pdf |accessdate=December 6, 2023}}</ref>

==Filmography==
He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

===Film===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Credit
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Beyond Therapy (film)|Beyond Therapy]]'' ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Mr. North]]'' ||
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Dead Poets Society]]'' ||
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Hocus Pocus (1993 film)|Hocus Pocus]]'' ||
|-
|rowspan=2| 1996 || ''[[Last Dance (1996 film)|Last Dance]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Emma (1996 theatrical film)|Emma]]'' ||
|-
|rowspan=3| 1999 || ''[[The Third Miracle]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Jakob the Liar]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[The Bumblebee Flies Anyway]]'' ||
|-
|rowspan=2| 2000 || ''[[Beautiful Joe (film)|Beautiful Joe]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Tigerland]]'' ||
|-
| 2003 || ''[[The Singing Detective (film)|The Singing Detective]]'' ||
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Eulogy (film)|Eulogy]]'' ||
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Intervention (2007 film)|Intervention]]'' || Executive producer
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Three Christs]]'' || Executive producer
|-
| 2022 || ''[[Hocus Pocus 2]]'' ||
|}

;As writer

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Last Dance (1996 film)|Last Dance]]''
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Credit
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes
|-
| 1983 || ''Nightcap'' || ||
|-
| 1985 || ''The Recovery Room'' || Executive producer || Television pilot
|-
|rowspan=2| 1992 || ''[[Stormy Weathers (film)|Stormy Weathers]]'' || Executive producer || Television film
|-
| ''[[American Playhouse]]'' || Executive producer ||
|-
| 1994 || ''The Spider and the Fly'' || Executive producer || Television film
|-
| 1995 || ''The Courtyard'' || Executive producer || Television film
|-
| 1996 || ''The Ultimate Lie'' || Executive producer || Television film
|-
| 1997 || ''[[A Match Made in Heaven]]'' || Executive producer || Television film
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Rear Window (1998 film)|Rear Window]]'' || Executive producer || Television film
|-
|rowspan=2| 1999 || ''[[Pirates of Silicon Valley]]'' || Executive producer || Television film
|-
| ''[[Strange Justice (1999 film)|Strange Justice]]'' || Executive producer || Television film
|-
|rowspan=2| 2001 || ''[[America Undercover]]'' || Executive producer || Documentary
|-
| ''[[No Ordinary Baby]]'' || Executive producer || Television film
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Warning: Parental Advisory]]'' || Executive producer || Television film
|-
| 2005 || ''Making Your Fortune Online with Marsha Collier'' || Executive producer || Documentary
|-
| 1995−2008 || ''[[Mad TV]]'' || Co-executive producer ||
|}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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{{BAFTA Best Film recipients}}


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Latest revision as of 16:07, 7 February 2024

Steven Haft
Born1949 (age 74–75)
Manhattan, New York City
NationalityAmerican
EducationJ.D. Hofstra University School of Law
Occupation(s)Media executive
Attorney
Film producer
SpouseLisa Birnbach (divorced)
Children3

Steven Haft is an American media executive, attorney and film producer.

Biography[edit]

Haft was born in Manhattan and raised in Flushing, Queens,[1] the son of Helen (née Urdang) and Nathan "Nuddy" Haft.[2] He is a graduate of Hofstra University School of Law[3] and is a member of the bar of the U. S. Supreme Court.[4] After studying, Haft produced films for over 20 years including Jakob the Liar and Dead Poets Society.[4]

In 2000, he accepted a position with AOL as vice president and chief strategy officer for its $1.2 billion in sales Interactive Marketing Group. He left AOL to found the media consultancy company Indyworks, which focuses on the impact of emerging technologies on media. His clients included Comcast Cable, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the College Television Network, AirMedia, Edelman and Burson-Marstellar. He is the senior vice president of innovation for the magazine publisher Time Inc.[4]

Philanthropy and civic service[edit]

Haft has been involved in environmental issues, human rights and arts in education since the 1970s. He sat on the board of United States' variant of the TerraMar Project, which was a United Nations NGO that promoted the Clean Oceans provision of the Sustainable Development Goals program,[4] until TerraMar (US) announced that it had ended operations on July 12, 2019, after the sex trafficking charges against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, became public.[5]

Haft is an advisory board member of the Global Partnerships Forum, which acts as an intermediary linking business entities, government agencies and the United Nations to develop shared goals and efforts. He is an elected member of the Motion Picture Academy and a trustee emeritus of Robert Redford's Sundance Institute and was appointed by the New York mayor, Michael Bloomberg, to the board of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Corporation. He is vice chair of the Presidential Scholars Foundation, is a STEM advisor to the Center for the Study of The Presidency & Congress and has done work for the John D. Rockefeller III Fund, the John Hay Whitney Foundation, the United Automobile Workers and the American Civil Liberties Union. He was a co-founder of the original Earth Day in 1970.[4]

Personal life[edit]

He is divorced from the author Lisa Birnbach;[3][6] they have three children.[7] He attended the Modern Orthodox Jewish synagogue Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun in Manhattan.[8]

Filmography[edit]

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film[edit]

Year Film Credit
1987 Beyond Therapy
1988 Mr. North
1989 Dead Poets Society
1993 Hocus Pocus
1996 Last Dance
Emma
1999 The Third Miracle
Jakob the Liar
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway
2000 Beautiful Joe
Tigerland
2003 The Singing Detective
2004 Eulogy
2007 Intervention Executive producer
2017 Three Christs Executive producer
2022 Hocus Pocus 2
As writer
Year Film
1996 Last Dance

Television[edit]

Year Title Credit Notes
1983 Nightcap
1985 The Recovery Room Executive producer Television pilot
1992 Stormy Weathers Executive producer Television film
American Playhouse Executive producer
1994 The Spider and the Fly Executive producer Television film
1995 The Courtyard Executive producer Television film
1996 The Ultimate Lie Executive producer Television film
1997 A Match Made in Heaven Executive producer Television film
1998 Rear Window Executive producer Television film
1999 Pirates of Silicon Valley Executive producer Television film
Strange Justice Executive producer Television film
2001 America Undercover Executive producer Documentary
No Ordinary Baby Executive producer Television film
2002 Warning: Parental Advisory Executive producer Television film
2005 Making Your Fortune Online with Marsha Collier Executive producer Documentary
1995−2008 Mad TV Co-executive producer

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lynn, B. Horton (June 5, 1989). "Hollywood on the Hudson". New York. p. 24. Retrieved December 6, 2023 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Helen (Urdang) HAFT". The Record. Bergen County, New Jersey. December 24, 2009.
    - "HAFT Nathan "Nuddy", of Paterson, NJ, on Tuesday, June 5, 2001". The Record. Bergen County, New Jersey. June 6, 2001 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Lisa Birnbach, Author to Marry in September". The New York Times. July 19, 1987.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Steven Haft". Disrupter Awards. June 10, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  5. ^ Twohey, Megan; Bernstein, Jacob (July 15, 2019). "The 'Lady of the House' Who Was Long Entangled With Jeffrey Epstein". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
    - "About Us". The TerraMar Project. April 25, 2019. Archived from the original on April 25, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  6. ^ Knutsen, Elise (November 29, 2011). "Preppy Handbook Author Sells Upper Crust UES Spread". The New York Observer.
  7. ^ Minzsheimer, Bob (September 2, 2010). "Lisa Birnbach and Chip Kidd". USA Today. Retrieved December 6, 2023 – via Pressreader.
  8. ^ "Don't Miss "Dead Poets Society"" (PDF). Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun Bulletin. Vol. LVII, no. 2. October 20, 1089. p. 6. Retrieved December 6, 2023.

External links[edit]

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