Jonathan Gray (producer)

Jonathan Gray (born 24 August 1980^[1] in Cannes, France) is a French-American entrepreneur, investor, and film and TV producer. He founded the strategic investment firm First Idea in 2008, and the LA-based film production company The Hideaway Entertainment in 2017.

Jonathan Gray
Born	(1980-08-24) August 24, 1980 (age 44) Cannes, France
Nationality	French-American
Occupation(s)	Entrepreneur, investor Film and TV producer
Father	Martin Gray

Biography

Gray is the son of French-American Holocaust survivor and writer Martin Gray.^[2] He attended the Carnot high school in Cannes, with a literature-focused curriculum, and then attended the SKEMA Business School in Sophia Antipolis.^[3]

At 16 years old, he worked for Disney to welcome stars in Cannes and organize their stay.^[4] At the age of 20, Jonathan Gray became the assistant of a real estate developer in Southern France. From 2003 to 2019, he founded and managed his own events company, JG Events, specialized in luxury events. In 2005, he launched a real estate company representing high-end properties on the Côte d'azur. In 2007, the company merged with the London-based real estate broker Beauchamp Estates, making Jonathan Gray co-owner of the company and its exclusive representative in France.^[5][6] He sold the Château Miraval to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie,^[7][8] the Villa les Cèdres in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, and La Belle Époque in Monaco.^[5]

From 2005 to 2009, Jonathan Gray was also the founder and managing director of the French subsidiary of the high-end concierge service Quintessentially.^[5][9] In 2008, he founded First Idea International Ltd., a strategic investment consultancy with a focus on the post-oil economy in the Middle East.^[10]

In 2017, Gray launched the independent film production company The Hideaway Entertainment, marking the start of his career as a producer.^[11] With The Hideaway Entertainment, Jonathan Gray was involved in the production of the films Mile 22 (2018),^[12] Men in Black: International (2019), Bloodshot (2020),^[13] and Cherry (2021).^[14]

In 2019, Jonathan Gray launched the company Intelligent Design Agency (iDeA) which develops "idea-first" technologies for large scale projects, including Saudi Arabia's futurist city Neom.^[4][5] In May 2023, he was appointed to the board of directors of Prairie Operating Co., a Nasdaq-quoted energy investment company.^[15]

Filmography

See also: The Hideaway Entertainment

Release Date	Title	Directors	Role	Refs
August 17, 2018	Mile 22	Peter Berg	Executive Producer	[12]
June 14, 2019	Men in Black: International	F. Gary Gray	Executive Producer	[13]
March 13, 2020	Bloodshot	David S. F. Wilson	Executive Producer	[13]
February 26, 2021	Cherry	Anthony Russo Joe Russo	Producer	[14]
	Freedom Ride	Deon Taylor	Producer	[16]
	Combat Control	Sam Hargrave	Producer	[17]
	Otherwise Illegal Activity		Producer	[18]
	Escape	James Watkins	Producer	[19]
	For Those I loved		Producer	[20]
	Can You Hear Me?	Dean Israelite	Producer	[21]

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released