[3] After leaving college, Baron went to Los Angeles to enter the movie industry, living in Malibu with a friend who was going to USC Film School.
[1][3][4] In 1990, Baron worked as a producer and executive at HBO Pictures, where he helped develop the TV series Tales from the Crypt.
[3] Then he got a job in 20th Century Fox through his producer friend Tom Jacobson, who became executive vice-president of the studio and introduced Baron to Jon Landau.
[1] Then Baron supervised successful projects such as The Last of the Mohicans, Edward Scissorhands, Hot Shots!, Broken Arrow, and Bulworth.
After some invitations, he accepted Baz Luhrmann's call to produce Moulin Rouge!, and stepped down from his executive job to spend three years (1999–2001) working on the film.