---
name: "Carol Baum"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carol-baum"
fi1m_id: "carol-baum"
imdb_id: "nm0062071"
tmdb_id: 36131
wikidata_id: "Q16205325"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T22:54:57.602824+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Carol Baum

## Identity

Carol Baum

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carol-baum
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** carol-baum
- **IMDb ID:** nm0062071
- **TMDB ID:** 36131
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16205325
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Baum, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16205325, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0062071/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36131

Producer. Born 1 January 1901 in New York.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, New York
- **Active:** 1988–1992
- **Frequently works with:** [Howard Rosenman](https://film.one/person/howard-rosenman.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 87 (1), 1990s 56 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Romance 2, Thriller 2, Comedy 1, Drama 1, Horror 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $181m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Baum, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16205325, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0062071/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36131

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Father of the Bride*](https://film.one/film/father-of-the-bride-1991.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Carol Baum is an American film and television producer. She began her career in publishing in New York, working for Bantam Books and Random House, before moving into film development. She later served as a studio vice president at Lorimar and Twentieth Century Fox.

Baum was co-president of Sandollar Productions for ten years, where she produced films including *Father of the Bride* (1991), *I.Q.* (1994) and *Fly Away Home* (1996). As an independent producer she has worked on titles such as *The Good Girl* (2002), *You Kill Me* (2007) and *Boychoir* (2015). She has also produced several Hallmark television movies and documentaries.

She teaches producing at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Baum is married to writer Tom Baum.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, collab.sundance.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Shining Through* (1992), Fi1m 47, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/shining-through.md)
- *Father of the Bride* (1991), Fi1m 65, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/father-of-the-bride-1991.md)
- *Dead Ringers* (1988), Fi1m 87, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-ringers.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Family History Mysteries: Buried Past* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Jolly Good Christmas* (2022), Executive Producer
- *A Majestic Christmas* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Boychoir* (2015), Producer
- *Zapped* (2014), Executive Producer
- *$5 a Day* (2008), Producer
- *You Kill Me* (2007), Producer
- *Sexual Life* (2005), Producer
- *The Bug Man* (2003), Thanks
- *Carolina* (2003), Producer
- *The Good Girl* (2002), Executive Producer
- *My First Mister* (2001), Producer
- *Snow Falling on Cedars* (1999), Executive Producer
- *The Only Thrill* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Fly Away Home* (1996), Producer
- *Father of the Bride Part II* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Kicking and Screaming* (1995), Executive Producer
- *I.Q.* (1994), Producer
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1992), Executive Producer
- *A Stranger Among Us* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Straight Talk* (1992), Producer
- *Shining Through* (1992), Producer — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/shining-through.md)
- *Father of the Bride* (1991), Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/father-of-the-bride-1991.md)
- *True Identity* (1991), Producer
- *Gross Anatomy* (1989), Executive Producer
- *Jacknife* (1989), Producer
- *Dead Ringers* (1988), Executive Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-ringers.md)
- *Tidy Endings* (1988), Executive Producer
- *A Smoky Mountain Christmas* (1986), Supervising Producer
- *Reckless* (1984), Executive Producer

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture 1993: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture (won), for *Shining Through*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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