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Ashok Amritraj
Indian film producer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ashok Amritraj (born 22 February 1956)[1] is an Indian-American athlete and film producer. He is chairman and CEO of the Hyde Park Entertainment Group and was formerly CEO of National Geographic Films. He played tennis professionally in his youth, one of the Indians in the top levels of the sport.[2]
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Ashok Amritraj and his elder brothers, Anand and Vijay, were among the first Indians to play in top-flight international tour tennis.[3]
In 1999, Amritraj partnered with film producer David Hoberman to start a film financing and production company Hyde Park Entertainment.[4] Hoberman left in 2002 to re-form Mandeville Films and Amritraj ran Hyde Park alone.[5]
Amritraj has produced over 100 films during his 35-year career with collective worldwide revenues in excess of US$2 billion.[6] He partnered with multiple Hollywood studios and produced films starring Robert De Niro,[7] Antonio Banderas,[7] and Jennifer Aniston.[8] Amritraj has made notable films such as Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, starring Nicolas Cage,[9] Bringing Down the House, starring Steve Martin,[10] Premonition, starring Sandra Bullock,[11] and Walking Tall starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.[12]
In 2015, Amritraj was given an honorary Doctorate of the Arts from the University of East London.[13] In 2016, he was appointed as the first United Nations India Goodwill Ambassador for the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.[14] In December 2018, by decree of the President of the Republic of France, Amritraj was appointed a Chevalier of the Ordre National du Merité.[15]
In 2022, Hyde Park and Warner Music Entertainment launched the Hyde Park Entertainment and Warner Music Entertainment Asian Women Fellowship, in partnership with Film Independent, which will showcase women-identifying writers and writer-directors who are Asian or part of the Asian Diaspora.[16] Amritraj serves on the Producer's A2025 committee to advance inclusion & equitable opportunities at the Academy of Motion Pictures & Arts,[17] and on the advisory board for the Dodge Film School at Chapman University.[18]
As of 2021, Amritraj's projects included a biopic about Arthur Ashe with Warner Music Group;[19] The Man Who Lived Underground,[20] in partnership with Kenya Barris' Khalabo Ink Society and Paramount Pictures; Amnesty for Netflix;[21] Rubik's Cube, based on the toy with Endeavor Content;[22] Remote Control with STX Films;[23] and the remake of the Blake Edwards' film 10 with Warner Bros. Pictures.[24]
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He was a producer in all the films listed below.
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