---
name: "Fred Baron"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/fred-baron"
fi1m_id: "fred-baron"
imdb_id: "nm0056236"
tmdb_id: 12201
wikidata_id: "Q13522449"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T07:38:27.731582+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."
---

# Fred Baron

## Identity

Fred Baron

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/fred-baron
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** fred-baron
- **IMDb ID:** nm0056236
- **TMDB ID:** 12201
- **Wikidata ID:** Q13522449
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Baron_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13522449, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0056236/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12201

Producer. Born 1 January 1954 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1954, United States
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Baron_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13522449, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0056236/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12201

## Biography

Fred Baron is an American film producer and studio executive. He serves as executive vice president of feature production at 20th Century Fox.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1976 and began his career in the film industry with entry-level roles, including production assistant on *Nighthawks* (1981). Baron worked as co-producer on the television series *Tales from the Crypt* (1989–1990) before joining 20th Century Fox, where he oversaw projects including *Kingdom of Heaven* (2005) as production executive.

He produced *Moulin Rouge!* (2001) alongside Baz Luhrmann and Martin Brown. The film earned him a Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award from the Producers Guild of America and an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. Baron has also contributed to the PGA Green Initiative for sustainable filmmaking.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Moulin Rouge!* (2001), Fi1m 75, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/moulin-rouge.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Who Is Gil Scott-Heron?* (2015), Actor
- *Kingdom of Heaven* (2005), Production Executive
- *Moulin Rouge!* (2001), Producer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/moulin-rouge.md)
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, Co-Producer
- *The Roommate* (1989), Producer
- *Baja Oklahoma* (1988), Associate Producer
- *Laguna Heat* (1987), Associate Producer
- *Weeds* (1987), Associate Producer
- *Cat People* (1982), Location Manager

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2002: Best Picture (nominated), for *Moulin Rouge!*

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

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/fred-baron