Mary Parent Explained

Mary Parent
Birth Place:United States
Occupation:Film producer

Mary Parent (born 1968) is an American film producer, and former studio executive.

Career

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 (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 Journals "50 Women to Watch 2008" list.

Filmography

She was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

YearFilmCredit
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 Revenant
2016 Monster Trucks
2017
Same Kind of Different as Me
2018
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
2025 Minecraft
Beyblade
Production manager

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fleming. Mike Jr.. Mary Parent Producing Legendary's Guillermo Del Toro-Produced 'Pacific Rim'. Deadline Hollywood. 24 August 2011 . 26 July 2013.
  2. https://archive.today/20130201151108/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS156012+13-Mar-2008+PRN20080313 Reuters March 13, 2008
  3. News: Graser. Marc. Kroll. Justin. Paramount ramping up animation slate. August 17, 2012. Variety. August 16, 2012.
  4. Web site: Browski . Rich . 2024-07-18 . Production Weekly – Issue 1411 – Thursday, July 18, 2024 / 190 Listings – 45 Pages . 2024-07-21 . Production Weekly . en-US.