Mary Parent
Mary Parent | |
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| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) |
| Occupation | Film producer |
Mary Parent (born 1968) is an American film producer, and former studio executive.
Career
[edit]In February 2011, she co-founded Disruption Entertainment, a company with a first-look deal at Paramount Pictures. The company co-produces films with Legendary Entertainment.[1] She was formerly the Chairperson of Metro Goldwyn Mayer's Worldwide Motion Picture Group.[2] She was a former President of Production for Universal Pictures. There, she was responsible for Meet the Fockers, The Bourne Supremacy, Serenity, and other films. In 2004, Parent and Scott Stuber were named Vice Chairman of Worldwide Production for Universal Pictures. In 2005, Universal signed a production deal with the duo under the shingle Stuber/Parent Productions. Under Stuber/Parent, she has produced such films as Role Models (2008), Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008), The Kingdom (2007), and You, Me and Dupree (2006). She produced Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim, the Darren Aronofsky epic Noah and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015).[3] Parent worked at New Line Cinema in the 1990s. She is also the producer for the upcoming tenth installment of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, Texas Chainsaw Legacy.[4]
In 2008, Parent placed 28th on The Wall Street Journal's "50 Women to Watch 2008" list.
Filmography
[edit]She was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
Film
[edit]| Year | Film | Credit | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Set It Off | Executive producer | |
| 1997 | Trial and Error | ||
| 1998 | Pleasantville | ||
| 2006 | You, Me and Dupree | ||
| 2007 | The Kingdom | Executive producer | |
| 2008 | Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins | ||
| Role Models | |||
| 2013 | Pacific Rim | ||
| 2014 | Noah | ||
| Godzilla | |||
| 2015 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | ||
| The Revenant | |||
| 2016 | Monster Trucks | ||
| 2017 | Kong: Skull Island | ||
| Same Kind of Different as Me | |||
| 2018 | Pacific Rim: Uprising | ||
| 2019 | Detective Pikachu | ||
| Godzilla: King of the Monsters | |||
| 2020 | Enola Holmes | ||
| 2021 | Godzilla vs. Kong | ||
| Dune | |||
| 2022 | Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths | Executive producer | |
| Enola Holmes 2 | |||
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two | ||
| Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | |||
| 2025 | A Minecraft Movie | ||
TBA |
Beyblade |
- Production manager
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Dangerous Ground | Executive in charge of production |
References
[edit]- ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (24 August 2011). "Mary Parent Producing Legendary's Guillermo Del Toro-Produced 'Pacific Rim'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- ^ Reuters March 13, 2008
- ^ Graser, Marc; Kroll, Justin (August 16, 2012). "Paramount ramping up animation slate". Variety. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
- ^ Browski, Rich (2024-07-18). "Production Weekly – Issue 1411 – Thursday, July 18, 2024 / 190 Listings – 45 Pages". Production Weekly. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
- ^ "Paramount Dates 'Spongebob Squarepants 2,' 'Monster Trucks' for 2015". The Hollywood Reporter. 2013-01-08. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
- ^ Chitwood, Adam (June 30, 2022). "'Godzilla vs. Kong' Sequel Gets 2024 Release Date; 'Dune 2' Pushed to November 2023". TheWrap. Archived from the original on August 9, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Mary Parent at IMDb
- Mary Parent - Variety, 2001
- Stuber and Parent birth a producing deal, 2005
- Parent Bio at Universal Studios[permanent dead link]
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