---
name: "Dawn Steel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dawn-steel"
fi1m_id: "dawn-steel"
imdb_id: "nm0824406"
tmdb_id: 11899
wikidata_id: "Q3703787"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "19 August 1946"
died: "20 December 1997"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T01:19:30.025738+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."
---

# Dawn Steel

## Identity

Dawn Steel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dawn-steel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dawn-steel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0824406
- **TMDB ID:** 11899
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3703787
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Steel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3703787, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0824406/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11899

Producer. Born 19 August 1946 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 20 December 1997.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 19 August 1946, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 20 December 1997
- **Active:** 1993–1998
- **Also known as:** Dawn Leslie Steel
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Steel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3703787, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0824406/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11899

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Cool Runnings*](https://film.one/film/cool-runnings.md) (73)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*City of Angels*](https://film.one/film/city-of-angels.md) (55)

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

## Biography

Dawn Steel (also credited as Dawn Leslie Steel) was an American film studio executive and producer. She rose through merchandising and production roles at Paramount Pictures, where she became president of production in 1985, overseeing films including *Flashdance* (1983), *Top Gun* (1986) and *Fatal Attraction* (1987).

In 1987 she was appointed president of Columbia Pictures, becoming one of the first women to head a major Hollywood studio; she held the post until 1990. She later worked as an independent producer, forming Steel Pictures at Walt Disney and Atlas Entertainment with her husband, producer Charles Roven. Her producing credits include *Honey, I Blew Up the Kid* (1992), *Cool Runnings* (1993), *Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit* (1993), *Angus* (1995), *Fallen* (1998) and *City of Angels* (1998). She wrote the memoir *They Can Kill You But They Can't Eat You* (1993) and died in 1997.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *City of Angels* (1998), Fi1m 55, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/city-of-angels.md)
- *Cool Runnings* (1993), Fi1m 73, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/cool-runnings.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *City of Angels* (1998), Producer, In Memory Of — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/city-of-angels.md)
- *Fallen* (1998), Producer
- *Angus* (1995), Producer
- *Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit* (1993), Producer
- *Cool Runnings* (1993), Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/cool-runnings.md)
- *For Our Children* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Honey, I Blew Up the Kid* (1992), Producer

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Crystal Award 1989: Crystal Award (won)

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

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