Shauna Robertson

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Shauna Robertson

Born 1975 (age 32–33)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Other name(s) Shauna Weinberg
Occupation Film producer
Years active 1999–present

Shauna Robertson (born 1975) is a Canadian film producer. She has worked frequently with Judd Apatow, and has produced a number of films for Apatow Productions, including The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Superbad, Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Pineapple Express.

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Biography

Career

After dropping out of high school at age 16, Robertson moved from Toronto, Canada to Los Angeles, California.[1] She became an assistant to Mike Binder, who she had met at Camp Tamakwa, memorialized in his film 1993 film Indian Summer.[1] She went on to work for Hart Bochner, Jay Roach and Adam McKay.[1] Working with McKay on Elf, she met Will Ferrell, who brought her to work on the set of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, where she first met director-producer Judd Apatow.[2] With Apatow, she produced 2005's The 40-Year-Old Virgin, 2007's Knocked Up and Superbad, and 2008's Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Pineapple Express.[2] While Robertson believes that her role as a female producer is to balance out the male humor in films,[2] Apatow has called her "the rare woman who always wants to take the joke farther than any man wants to go. All nudity in my films is a result of Shauna pushing me and calling me a wimp."[1] Actor Jonah Hill has also claimed that Robertson is "way more perverse than any of us", referring to the male writers, directors, producers and actors from Apatow's production company Apatow Productions.[2]

Personal life

Robertson grew up on a farm just outside of Toronto, Canada, where her father taught hang gliding and her mother was a yoga instructor. She says her biggest preparation for becoming a producer was having laid back parents: "It's good early training to have an incredibly irresponsible family. It forces a young person to take responsibility, to be organized. My mother called me the benevolent dictator because I liked things done in an efficient way."[1] She dropped out of high school at the age of 16 to move to Los Angeles, California.[1]

Robertson has been dating actor Edward Norton since fall of 2006.[3][4]

Filmography

Year Title Role
2008 Pineapple Express Producer
Forgetting Sarah Marshall Producer
2007 Superbad Producer
Knocked Up Producer
2005 The 40-Year-Old Virgin Producer
2004 Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie Executive producer (direct-to-video)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Executive producer
2003 Elf Producer
2000 Meet the Parents Co-producer (as Shauna Weinberg)
1999 Mystery, Alaska Associate producer

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Abramowitz, Rachel (2008-08-06). "Shauna Robertson is just one of the guys". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2008-08-17.
  2. ^ a b c d Belloni, Matthew (2007-11-20). "Shauna Robertson: The Girl in the Boys' Locker Room". Esquire. Retrieved on 2008-08-17.
  3. ^ Rodrick, Stephen (2007-05-27). "Judd Apatow's Family Values". The New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-08-17.
  4. ^ Malkin, Marc (2007-05-22). "Knocked Up Action: Jack Black Wedding News?". E!. Retrieved on 2008-08-17.

External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shauna_Robertson"

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