Michele Singer Reiner

Some Lesser Known Facts About Michele Singer Reiner

• Michele Singer Reiner began her career in photography and worked on projects including the MysteryDisc series of video games during her early professional years.

• In the 1980s, she photographed Donald Trump for the cover of his book The Art of the Deal, published in 1987.

• She worked on the film When Harry Met Sally… in 1989, where she met filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner.

• During the production of When Harry Met Sally…, she influenced Rob Reiner to revise the film’s ending to unite the main characters.

• Michele Singer married Rob Reiner in 1989, beginning a marriage that lasted for 36 years until their deaths.

• Her first child, son Jake Reiner, was born in 1991 and later became involved in filmmaking and television journalism.

• Her second child, son Nick Reiner, was born in 1993 and later experienced repeated stays in drug rehabilitation facilities.

• In 1994, Michele appeared as an actress in the Nora Ephron-directed film Mixed Nuts.

• Her third child, daughter Romy Reiner, was born in 1997 and later pursued a career in filmmaking. Michele collaborated professionally with Rob Reiner on several films, including Misery, where she worked as a photographer.

• Alongside her husband, she became involved in political activism, including campaigns supporting early childhood development programs in California.

• She co-founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which supported legal action advancing same-sex marriage rights in the United States.

• Her advocacy work was influenced by her mother, who survived the Holocaust. In the 2010s, Michele shifted toward film production, beginning with projects such as Shock and Awe, released in 2017.

• In 2020, she and Rob Reiner signed a producing and directing deal with Warner Bros. Television under Castle Rock Entertainment.

• She served as co-president of Castle Rock Entertainment and founded Reiner Light, a photography and production company.

• She produced Albert Brooks: Defending My Life in 2023, earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Her later producing credits included God & Country, released in 2024 and Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, released in 2025.

• Before their deaths, Michele and Rob Reiner were executive producers on Wind River: The Next Chapter, a sequel to Wind River.

• On 14 December 2025, Michele Singer Reiner and her husband were killed at their Los Angeles home from multiple stab wounds.

• She was 68 years old at the time of her death, and their son Nick Reiner was later arrested in connection with the killings.

• On 16 December 2025, Nick Reiner was charged with two counts of first-degree murder involving the deaths of his parents.