Emma Tillinger Koskoff

Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Born	Emma Tillinger 1972 (age 52–53)
Occupation	Film producer
Years active	1993–present
Spouse	Nick Koskoff ​ (m. 2009)​
Children	2
Parent(s)	John Tillinger Dorothy Lyman

Emma Tillinger Koskoff (born 1972) 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 (2013), Silence (2016) and The Irishman (2019).

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

Life and career

Tillinger is the daughter of actors John Tillinger and Dorothy Lyman. Her paternal grandfather was a German Jew.^[1][2] Her younger brother, Sebastian Tillinger, has also been an actor.^[3]

Tillinger started her career at Artist Management Group, where she worked for co-founder Rick Yorn.^[4] 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.^[4]

In January 2003, she joined Martin Scorsese's production company Sikelia Productions.^[4] Originally, Tillinger was Scorsese's assistant before she was promoted to Production President in 2006.^[4]

Tillinger Koskoff and her fellow producers Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio and Joey McFarland were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture for the 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street.^[5] 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.^[6]

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)
• Shutter Island (2010) (Co-producer)
• The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
• Bad Hurt (2015)
• Bleed for This (2016)
• Silence (2016)
• Joker (2019)
• The Irishman (2019)
• The Good Mother^[7] (2023)
• Daddio (2023)
• Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)
• The Bride! (2025)

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
TBA	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

• 2012: Emmy – Outstanding Nonfiction Special for George Harrison: Living in the Material World (with Margaret Bodde, Blair Foster, Olivia Harrison, Nigel Sinclair, Martin Scorsese)^[8]
• 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)

References

1. Kay, Jeremy (February 23, 2017). "The complex, tragic story behind Martin Scorsese's 'Silence'". Screen Daily.
2. "Director relishes the humor in 'What the Butler Saw' at Taper". Jewish Journal. November 19, 2014.
3. "Sebastian Tillinger". IMDb. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
4. Tillinger named production president at Scorsese's Sikelia, screendaily.com, retrieved 19 February 2014
5. The Wolf of Wall Street, oscar.com, retrieved 19 February 2014
6. "Meet Martin Scorsese's Secret Weapon in New York: "It's Emma's City. She Knows Everybody"". The Hollywood Reporter.
7. Grobar, Matt (2023-06-28). "Vertical Acquires Crime Thriller Mother's Milk Starring Hilary Swank, Olivia Cooke & Jack Reynor". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
8. George Harrison: Living in the Material World, emmys.com, retrieved 19 February 2014

External links

• Emma Tillinger Koskoff at IMDb