Ashok Amritraj
| Ashok Amritraj | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ashok Amritraj February 22, 1956 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Occupation | Film producer |
| Years active | 1984-present |
Ashok Amritraj (Tamil: அசோக் அம்ரித்ராஜ்; born February 22, 1956)[1] is an Indian American film producer, former tour professional tennis player, and chairman of Hyde Park Entertainment.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Professional tennis
Amritraj is also a former tennis player and has represented India on an international level. Amritraj has played in every major tennis tournament during his nine-year career including Wimbeldon and the United States Open. His brothers, Vijay Amritraj and Anand Amritraj, are accomplished tennis players.
[edit] Film production
Amritraj has produced over 100 films, including Hollywood films such as Antitrust, Walking Tall, and Bringing Down the House, which starred Steve Martin and Queen Latifah and Tamil film Jeans. Among his upcoming movies are projects based on Lee Falk's comic strip characters Mandrake the Magician and The Phantom. Amritraj also produced The Other End of the Line in collaboration with MGM Studios and India's Reliance MediaWorks Ltd in 2008.
He has also produced a talent hunt programme for newcomers in the field of direction by the name of Gateway. The programme aired on Sony PIX channel.
Amritaj sat on the board of the Motion Picture and Television Fund (MPTF) for seven years. On Sunday, April 19, 2009, he and his wife Chitra were honored at a private ceremony held at MPTF's Wasserman Campus for their sponsorship of a residence at the Ray and Linda Stark Villa.[2] He has also taken as the CEO of National Geographic Films. In January 2012 year, Hyde Park Entertainment, National Geographic and Image Nation signed a pact to deliver high-quality entertainment.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] As Producer
- Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012)
- The Double (2011)
- Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2011)
- Killer (2010)[3]
- Risen: The Story of the First Easter (2009)
- Dark Country (2009)
- Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)
- The Other End of the Line (2008)
- Asylum (2008)
- Death Sentence (2007)
- Premonition (2007)
- Raising Helen (2004)
- Walking Tall (2004)
- Bringing Down the House (2003)
- Bandits (2001)
- What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001)
- Jeans (1998)
- Inferno (1998)
- Strategic Command (1997)
- Night Hunter (1996)
- Illicit Dreams (1995)
- Night Eyes 3 (1993)
- Snapdragon (1993)
- Tropical Heat (1993)
- Sexual Response (1992)
- Illicit Behavior (1992)
- Night Eyes 2 (1992)
- Double Impact (1991)
- Eyewitness to Murder (1991)
- Night Eyes (1990)
- Bloodstone (1988) (co-producer)
- School Spirit (1985)
- Nine Deaths of the Ninja (1985)
[edit] As Executive Producer
- Machete (2010)
- Traitor (2008)
- Dead of Night (2009)
- Battle in Seattle (2007)
- Trade (2007)
- Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005)
- Moonlight Mile (2002)
- Original Sin (2001)
- Antitrust (2001)
- Get Carter (2000)
- Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000)
- The White River Kid (1999)
- The Boondock Saints (1999)
- Five Aces (1999)
- The Confession (1999)
- Scorned 2 (1997)
- Electra (1996)
- Victim of Desire (1995)
- Red Sun Rising (1994)
- Scorned (1994)
- The Killing Machine (1994)
- Last Call (1991)
- The Jigsaw Murders (1988)
- Smart Alec (1986)
- Fleshburn (1984)
