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Emma Tillinger Koskoff

b. 1972

American film producer

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Born 1972. Emma Tillinger Koskoff is an American film producer.

Emma Tillinger Koskoff is an American film producer. She is best known for her collaborations with Martin Scorsese, including acting as a producer on his films The Wolf of Wall Street, Silence (2016) and The Irishman (2019).

She is the recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Hollywood Film Award, as well as nominations for two BAFTA Film Awards and three Academy Awards, among other accolades.

Early life Tillinger is the daughter of actors John Tillinger and Dorothy Lyman. Her paternal grandfather was a German Jew.

Career Tillinger started her career at Artist Management Group, where she worked for co-founder Rick Yorn. She worked as an assistant for actress Uma Thurman and director Phil Joanou. Afterwards she was assistant to the late Ted Demme, working on Demme's pictures Blow and A Decade Under the Influence. She was featured in The Hollywood Reporter in April 2019, with the article covering much of her work with Scorsese and filming in New York City.

Filmography Film Executive producer

Hugo (2011) Free Fire (2016) A Ciambra (2017) The Elephant and the Butterfly (2017) The Snowman (2017) Tomorrow (2018) The Souvenir (2019) Port Authority (2019) Vault (2019) Uncut Gems (2019) The Souvenir Part II (2021) Murina (2021) Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

Producer

The Departed (2006) (Associate producer) The Key to Reserva (2007) Shutter Island (2010) (Co-producer) A Letter to Elia (2010) The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Bad Hurt (2015) The Audition (2015) Bleed for This (2016) Silence (2016) Joker (2019) The Irishman (2019) The Good Mother (2023) Daddio (2023) Day of the Fight (2023) Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) The Bride! (2026)

Miscellaneous crew Year Film Role 1996 Heaven's Prisoners Assistant: Phil Joanou The Truth About Cats & Dogs Assistant: Uma Thurman 1997 Batman & Robin Gattaca 1998 Les Misérables The Avengers 2001 Blow Assistant: Ted Demme 2004 The Aviator Assistant: Martin Scorsese

As an actress

Year Film Role 2006 The Departed Woman with Dog

Thanks

Year Film Role 2008 Lymelife Special thanks 2017 Good Time Gratitude 2021 Midnight in the Switchgrass The director would like to thank

Television Associate producer Boardwalk Empire (2010)

Producer Pee-Wee as Himself (2025)

Executive producer Year Title Notes 2007 Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows Documentary 2009 POV 2013 Glickman 2016 Vinyl 2021 Pretend It's a City Documentary An Afternoon with SCTV

Miscellaneous crew Year Title Role Notes 1993−94 The Nanny Production staff 2003 The Blues Assistant: Martin Scorsese Documentary 2004 Lady by the Sea: The Statue of Liberty 2005 American Masters

Thanks

Year Title Role Notes 2004 Dinner for Five Very special thanks 2017 American Masters Documentary Five Came Back The producers wish to thank

Awards and nominations 2012: Emmy – Outstanding Nonfiction Special for George Harrison: Living in the Material World (with Margaret Bodde, Blair Foster, Olivia Harrison, Nigel Sinclair, Martin Scorsese) 2014: AFI Award – Movie of the Year for The Wolf of Wall Street (with Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Riza Aziz, Joey McFarland) 2014: 86th Academy Awards nomination – Best Picture for The Wolf of Wall Street (with Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joey McFarland) 2020: 92nd Academy Awards nomination – Best Picture for The Irishman (with Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal) 2020: 92nd Academy Awards nomination – Best Picture for Joker (with Todd Phillips, Bradley Cooper) 2020: Producers Guild Film Awards nomination – Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures for Joker (with Phillips and Cooper) 2025: 2nd Gotham TV Awards – Outstanding Original Film, Broadcast, or Streaming for Pee-wee as Himself (with Matt Wolf) 2025: 77th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards – Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special for Pee-wee as Himself (with Matt Wolf, Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, Paul Reubens, and Candace Tomarken) 2026: 41st Independent Spirit Awards – Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series for Pee-wee as Himself (with Matt Wolf, Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush, Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, Paul Reubens, Candace Tomarken, Kyle Martin, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, and Sara Rodriguez)

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1972
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Parent
Dorothy Lyman
Parent
John Tillinger

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American film producer

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Emma Tillinger Koskoff was born in 1972.

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Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Emma Tillinger Koskoff

· Wikidata: Q15735681

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