Ashok Amritraj

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.

Career

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.

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 is also making The Other End of the Line in collaboration with MGM Studios and India's Reliance MediaWorks Ltd.

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]

Filmography

• The Double (2011) (producer)
• Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2011) (producer)
• Killer (2010) (producer)^[3]
• Machete (2010) (executive producer)
• Risen: The Story of the First Easter (2009) (producer)
• Dead of Night (2009) (executive producer)
• Dark Country (2009) (producer)
• Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) (producer)
• The Other End of the Line (2008) (producer)
• Traitor (2008) (executive producer)
• Asylum (2008) (producer)
• Battle in Seattle (2007) (executive producer)
• Death Sentence (2007) (producer)
• Premonition (2007) (producer)
• Trade (2007) (executive producer)
• Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005) (executive producer)
• Raising Helen (2004) (producer)
• Walking Tall (2004) (producer)
• Bringing Down the House (2003) (producer)
• Moonlight Mile (2002) (executive producer)
• Bandits (2001) (producer)
• Original Sin (2001) (executive producer)
• What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001) (producer)
• Antitrust (2001) (executive producer)
• Get Carter (2000) (executive producer)
• Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000) (executive producer)
• The White River Kid (1999) (executive producer)
• The Boondock Saints (1999) (executive producer)
• Five Aces (1999) (executive producer)
• The Confession (1999) (executive producer)
• Jeans (1998) (producer)
• Inferno (1998) (producer)
• Scorned 2 (1997) (executive producer)
• Strategic Command (1997) (producer)
• Electra (1996) (executive producer)
• Night Hunter (1996) (producer)
• Illicit Dreams (1995) (producer)
• Victim of Desire (1995) (executive producer)
• Red Sun Rising (1994) (executive producer)
• Scorned (1994) (executive producer)
• The Killing Machine (1994) (executive producer)
• Night Eyes 3 (1993) (producer)
• Snapdragon (1993) (producer)
• Tropical Heat (1993) (producer)
• Sexual Response (1992) (producer)
• Illicit Behavior (1992) (producer)
• Night Eyes 2 (1992) (producer)
• Double Impact (1991) (producer)
• Last Call (1991) (executive producer)
• Eyewitness to Murder (1991) (producer)
• Night Eyes (1990) (producer)
• Bloodstone (1988) (co-producer)
• The Jigsaw Murders (1988) (executive producer)
• Smart Alec (1986) (executive producer)
• School Spirit (1985) (producer)
• Nine Deaths of the Ninja (1985) (producer)
• Fleshburn (1984) (executive producer)

References

External links

• Ashok Amritraj at the Internet Movie Database