- Carla Santos Shamberg is known for producing Feeling Minnesota (1996), Erin Brockovich (2000), Extraordinary Measures (2010), and the Netflix docu-series Meltdown: Three Mile Island (2022)
- Erin Brockovich is the biggest project of Carla’s career; after grossing $257.3 million worldwide and earning 5 academy awards nominations in 2001
- Her net worth is currently estimated to be above $2 million
While Carla is mostly a private person with no social media presence, nevertheless, we have been able to gather some details about her life, family, and work.
Biography of Carla Santos Shamberg
Carla Santos Shamberg was born on December 4, 1954, in the United States, and she is currently 70 years old. As mentioned, the film producer is discreet and hasn’t revealed details of her private life, family, and education. Her 80-year-old husband Michael Shamberg was born in 1945, in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Carla Santos Shamberg’s Marriage And Divorce
Carla Santos Shamberg has been married twice and divorced once. She first married Miami-born actor William H. Macy in 1980, but the marriage lasted for 5 years and ended in a divorce without the couple having any children together. No reason has been given for the split at that time and even now.
Going further, Carla and her ex-husband moved on with life after the divorce and found love in the arms of other people a decade later. In 1996, she got married to American film producer Michael Shamberg and had a child together. Additionally, she is a stepmother to two of her husband’s children from his failed marriage with film producer Megan Williams.
On the other hand, her ex-husband William H. Macy got married on September 6, 1997, to 62-year-old American actress Felicity Huffman. They have two children; Sophia Grace Macy and Georgia Grace Macy.
According to reports, the pair had an on-and-off relationship for a decade-and-a-half before the wedding. If this is anything to go by, then it means they have been seeing each other even when Macy was still married to Carla.
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A Look At Shamberg’s Career
Even though it is not clear when Carla Santos Shamberg’s career as a film producer began, records show her first project was the 1996 American crime-comedy film Feeling Minnesota. It was directed by Steven Baigelman and produced by Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, and Stacey Sher. The movie didn’t get much of positive reviews and didn’t do well at the box office.
In 2000, Erin Brockovich, the biggest movie of her career was also produced by Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, and Stacey Sher. She got the idea for the movie from her then-chiropractor, Pam Dumond, sometime in 1995. Subsequently, Erin Brockovich, the woman whose real-life story was portrayed in the movie visited Carla in her Santa Monica home to tell the executive producer her story.
The movie starred several stars, including Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich), Albert Finney (Edward L. Masry), Aaron Eckhart (George), and Marge Helgenberger (Donna Jensen). Following its release in March 2007, the movie grossed $28.1 million in its first week at the theaters and subsequently made $126.6 million, making it one of the top-grossing movies of the 2000s in the United States. Moreover, it grossed an extra $130.7 million outside America, bringing the worldwide total to $257.3 million.
Besides its commercial success, Erin Brokovich earned 5 academy awards nominations for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Writing in a Screenplay Written Directly for Screen. Julia Roberts went on to clinch the academy awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role for portraying Erin Brockovich.
Carla’s next project came 10 years later as a producer alongside her husband Michael Shmaberg and Stacey Sher in the medical drama film Extraordinary Measures (2010). The movie was released on January 2, 2010, and featured Brendan Fraser (John Crowley), Harrison Ford (Dr. Robert Stonehill), and Keri Russell (Aileen Crowley). It got mixed reviews and made $15 million at the box office against a production budget of $31 million.
In 2022, the 70-year-old film producer was one of the executive producers that produced a four-part Netflix documentary series Meltdown: Three Mile Island. The docu-series highlights the story of the worst nuclear plant accident in America’s history which took place at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant in Pennsylvania on March 28, 1979.
Net Worth Of Carla Santos Shamberg
Carla Santos Shamberg’s net worth is currently evaluated as above $2 million. She made the money as an executive movie producer. Notably, Erin Brockovich made it big at the box office when it was released in 2010, and she possibly got a fat cheque from the project.
If she continues producing more films, her net worth will increase in the coming years.
