This film industry executive, most recently the head of Caravan Pictures, was also for a time an executive vice president of 20th Century Fox, where he oversaw the production of such blockbusters as "Home Alone" and "Die Hard 2" (both 1990), "Hot Shots!" (1991) and "My Cousin Vinny" and "White Men Can't Jump" (both 1992). After spending five years as an executive in recording industry, Birnbaum expanded his horizons when he joined the Robert Stigwood Organization as special assistant to the chair. During his tenure, Stigwood produced both "Saturday Night Fever" (1977), the stage production of
