Tom Ortenberg
Producer
8 August 1960 (65 years)
Tom Ortenberg (born 8 August 1960) is an American businessman, producer, and studio executive. He is the CEO of Open Road Films, and Briarcliff Entertainment. Born and raised in Briarcliff Manor, New York, he graduated from Penn State University in 1982. It was while at Penn State that Tom recognized his passion for film, showing recent theatrical movies on campus to raise money for non-profit student organizations.
Tom began his film career with Columbia Pictures in 1985, and joined Hemdale Film Corporation in 1989, where he served as President of Distribution and Marketing before joining Lionsgate.
He spent over 12 years at Lionsgate Entertainment, opening their Los Angeles office in 1996 and serving as President of Theatrical Films until he left in 2009 to take the same position at The Weinstein Company.
In 2011, it was announced that he would be CEO of Open Road Films, a newly formed movie studio formerly owned by the theatre chains AMC Theatres and Regal Cinemas. Ortenberg left Open Road in 2017 after it was acquired by Tang Media Partners, but later rejoined the studio when it was revived in 2020. In 2018, he then started Briarcliff Entertainment, a distribution company.
Tom began his film career with Columbia Pictures in 1985, and joined Hemdale Film Corporation in 1989, where he served as President of Distribution and Marketing before joining Lionsgate.
He spent over 12 years at Lionsgate Entertainment, opening their Los Angeles office in 1996 and serving as President of Theatrical Films until he left in 2009 to take the same position at The Weinstein Company.
In 2011, it was announced that he would be CEO of Open Road Films, a newly formed movie studio formerly owned by the theatre chains AMC Theatres and Regal Cinemas. Ortenberg left Open Road in 2017 after it was acquired by Tang Media Partners, but later rejoined the studio when it was revived in 2020. In 2018, he then started Briarcliff Entertainment, a distribution company.
Movies & Shows on Plex
Filmography
| 2025 | Sovereign · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Juliet & Romeo · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Sneaks · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | When I'm Ready · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2024 | The Apprentice · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2024 | 10 Lives · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | My Dead Friend Zoe · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Asphalt City · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Sweetwater · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | The Hill · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Kandahar · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2023 | Magazine Dreams · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Marlowe · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2022 | Good Mourning · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Memory · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Studio 666 · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2022 | Blacklight · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2021 | Copshop · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Separation · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2021 | The Marksman · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2020 | Honest Thief · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2018 | A-X-L · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Show Dogs · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2017 | Marshall · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Sleepless · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | Snowden · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | Triple 9 · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | Spotlight · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | Rock the Kasbah · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | Foodfight! · as Executive Producer |
| 2008 | W. · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2008 | The Lucky Ones · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2008 | Witless Protection · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2008 | The Eye · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2007 | Trade · as Executive Producer |
| 2007 | Delta Farce · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2006 | Happily N'Ever After · as Executive Producer |
| 2006 | The U.S. vs. John Lennon · as Executive Producer |
| 2006 | Deliver Us from Evil · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2006 | Akeelah and the Bee · as Executive Producer |
| 2005 | Cake · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2005 | Grizzly Man · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2005 | Happy Endings · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2003 | Girl with a Pearl Earring · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | Shattered Glass · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | Wonderland · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2002 | The Rules of Attraction · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2002 | Max · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | Frailty · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2001 | The Wash · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |