---
name: "Ned Tanen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ned-tanen"
fi1m_id: "ned-tanen"
imdb_id: "nm0849232"
tmdb_id: 21643
wikidata_id: "Q1674695"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "20 September 1931"
died: "5 January 2009"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:39:38.810648+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."
---

# Ned Tanen

## Identity

Ned Tanen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ned-tanen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ned-tanen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0849232
- **TMDB ID:** 21643
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1674695
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Tanen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1674695, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0849232/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21643

Producer. Born 20 September 1931 in Los Angeles. Died 5 January 2009.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 20 September 1931, Los Angeles
- **Died:** 5 January 2009
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Tanen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1674695, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0849232/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21643

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Breakfast Club*](https://film.one/film/the-breakfast-club.md) (75)

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## Biography

Ned Tanen was an American film studio executive and producer. He was born on 20 September 1931 in Los Angeles and died on 5 January 2009 in Santa Monica, California.

Tanen began his career in the mailroom at MCA in 1954 and later became a talent agent. He founded Uni Records and moved into film production at Universal Pictures, where he was named president of the film division in 1976. He later served as president of Paramount Pictures' motion picture division from 1984. His credits include producing *The Breakfast Club* (1985) and executive producing *Sixteen Candles* (1984) and *St. Elmo's Fire* (1985).

As an independent producer, Tanen worked on films including *Guarding Tess* (1994) and *Mary Reilly* (1996).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Breakfast Club* (1985), Fi1m 75, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-breakfast-club.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Mary Reilly* (1996), Producer
- *Guarding Tess* (1994), Producer
- *St. Elmo's Fire* (1985), Executive Producer
- *The Breakfast Club* (1985), Producer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-breakfast-club.md)
- *Sixteen Candles* (1984), Executive Producer

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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/ned-tanen