Charles Roven facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Charles Roven
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Roven in 2017
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| Born | August 2, 1949 |
| Occupation | Film producer |
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| Children | 1 |
Charles "Chuck" Roven (born August 2, 1949) is a famous American film producer. He helps make movies happen! He is also the president and a co-founder of a company called Atlas Entertainment.
He is well-known for producing many popular superhero films. These include The Dark Knight Trilogy, Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Suicide Squad.
About Charles Roven
Charles Roven was born on August 2, 1949. He grew up to become a very successful film producer. A producer is someone who helps manage the making of a movie. They oversee everything from getting the money to hiring the right people.
Roven is a co-founder of Atlas Entertainment. This is a company that creates and produces films. He has worked on many different types of movies.
Amazing Awards and Honors
Charles Roven has won some really big awards for his work.
- His film American Hustle was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2014. This is one of the highest honors a movie can get!
- In 2018, he received the David O. Selznick Achievement Award. This award celebrates a producer's entire career and all the great movies they have made.
- Most recently, in 2024, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama for producing the movie Oppenheimer. He shared this award with Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan.
- He also won the most prestigious award in movies, the Academy Award for Best Picture, for Oppenheimer. He shared this Oscar with Nolan and Thomas too.
His Family Life
Charles Roven was married to another film producer named Dawn Steel. They were married from 1985 until she passed away in 1997. They had a daughter together, who was born in 1987.
Later, Roven married Stephanie Haymes. She is a restaurateur, which means she owns or manages restaurants. Her parents were famous entertainers, Dick Haymes and Fran Jeffries.
Movies He Produced
Charles Roven has produced many exciting and popular movies over the years. Here are some of the well-known films he helped bring to the big screen:
- 12 Monkeys (1995)
- City of Angels (1998)
- Three Kings (1999)
- Scooby-Doo (2002) and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)
- Batman Begins (2005) - This was the start of a very popular superhero series!
- The Dark Knight (2008) - Another big hit in the Batman series.
- The Dark Knight Rises (2012) - The final movie in the Dark Knight trilogy.
- Man of Steel (2013) - This movie introduced a new Superman.
- American Hustle (2013) - A movie that was nominated for many awards.
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) - A big superhero crossover film.
- Warcraft (2016)
- Suicide Squad (2016)
- Wonder Woman (2017)
- Justice League (2017)
- Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
- Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
- The Suicide Squad (2021)
- Uncharted (2022)
- Oppenheimer (2023) - The movie that won him an Academy Award!
He also worked on some TV shows as an executive producer:
- 12 Monkeys (2015−2017)
- Dirty John (2018−2020)
See also
In Spanish: Charles Roven para niños
