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Karen Rosenfelt ’80 is a producer based at 20th Century Fox, where she is executive producing Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip. While at Fox, she has also produced Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters.
A 1980 graduate of CMC, Rosenfelt began her career at ICM Partners as an assistant to talent agent Sue Mengers. She went on to become a creative executive at Jerry Weintraub Productions and a senior vice president at MGM.
Her career as executive producer and producer spans many successful movies, including the megahit Twilight series. Rosenfelt has also produced The Big Year, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, and Marley & Me for Fox, and her executive producer credits include the Alvin and the Chipmunks franchise, and The Devil Wears Prada. Rosenfelt also produced Yogi Bear for Warner Bros., and Max and the upcoming Me Before You at MGM.
For 16 years, Rosenfelt was a production executive at Paramount, where she oversaw live-action features such as The First Wives Club, Indecent Proposal, Runaway Bride, Save the Last Dance, Coach Carter, and Mean Girls. She was instrumental in setting up Paramount's partnership with Nickelodeon Movies, overseeing film adaptations of the Nickelodeon television properties Rugrats and SpongeBob SquarePants as well as Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, based on the bestselling children’s books.