Caroline baron,

founder, filmaid international

Caroline Baron is an award-winning film and television producer. Baron has been recognized for her work at numerous international awards ceremonies and events, including winning the Emerging Producer award at the 2006 Independent Spirit Awards, an Oscar nomination for Capote for Best Picture, a Spirit Award nomination for Capote for Best Picture, an Emmy Award Citation for her work on The Wonder Years, and a 2006 Vision Producer of Excellence Award for Capote. She has received an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Chapman University and the 2008 Alumni Achievement award from Brandeis University.

In 1999, motivated by reports of individuals fleeing their homes in Kosovo to seek refuge in crowded camps in Macedonia, Baron founded the non-profit organization FilmAid International. FilmAid uses film and other media to bring life-saving information, psychological relief, and much-needed hope to refugees and other communities in need.

Baron and Weintraub also co-founded yummico, inc. a children’s media company whose mission is to deliver quality content to children and their families. She is an adjunct professor in Producing at NYU’s Tisch School of Undergraduate Film and Television. Baron graduated with BA in English from Brandeis University. She lives in NYC with Weintraub and their two sons Asher and Emmanuel.