Ashok Amritraj

Ashok Amritraj (born 22 February 1956) is an Indian-American athlete and film producer. He is chairman and CEO of the Hyde Park Entertainment Group and was formerly CEO of National Geographic Films. He played tennis professionally in his youth, one of the Indians in the top levels of the sport.

Career Ashok Amritraj and his elder brothers, Anand and Vijay, were among the first Indians to play in top-flight international tour tennis.

In 1999, Amritraj partnered with film producer David Hoberman to start a film financing and production company Hyde Park Entertainment. Hoberman left in 2002 to re-form Mandeville Films and Amritraj ran Hyde Park alone.

Amritraj has produced over 100 films during his 35-year career with collective worldwide revenues in excess of US$2 billion. He partnered with multiple Hollywood studios and produced films starring Robert De Niro, Antonio Banderas, Amritraj has made notable films such as Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, starring Nicolas Cage, Bringing Down the House, starring Steve Martin, Premonition, starring Sandra Bullock, and Walking Tall starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

In 2015, Amritraj was given an honorary Doctorate of the Arts from the University of East London. In 2016, he was appointed as the first United Nations India Goodwill Ambassador for the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. In December 2018, by decree of the President of the Republic of France, Amritraj was appointed a Chevalier of the Ordre National du Merité.

In 2022, Hyde Park and Warner Music Entertainment launched the Hyde Park Entertainment and Warner Music Entertainment Asian Women Fellowship, in partnership with Film Independent, which will showcase women-identifying writers and writer-directors who are Asian or part of the Asian Diaspora. Amritraj serves on the Producer's A2025 committee to advance inclusion & equitable opportunities at the Academy of Motion Pictures & Arts, and on the advisory board for the Dodge Film School at Chapman University.

As of 2021, Amritraj's projects included a biopic about Arthur Ashe with Warner Music Group; The Man Who Lived Underground, in partnership with Kenya Barris' Khalabo Ink Society and Paramount Pictures; Amnesty for Netflix; Rubik's Cube, based on the toy with Endeavor Content; Remote Control with STX Films; and the remake of the Blake Edwards' film 10 with Warner Bros. Pictures.

Selected filmography He was a producer in all the films listed below.

Film Year Film Credit Notes 1984 Fleshburn executive producer 1985 Nine Deaths of the Ninja School Spirit 1986 Smart Alec executive producer 1988 Bloodstone co-producer 1989 The Jigsaw Murders executive producer Eyewitness to Murder 1990 Night Eyes Schweitzer 1991 Popcorn Last Call executive producer Double Impact Legal Tender Night Eyes 2 cameo 1992 Invasion of Privacy direct-to-video Illicit Behavior 1993 Betrayal of the Dove Tropical Heat Night Eyes 3 Snapdragon Scorned executive producer 1994 Last Resort executive producer direct-to-video Red Sun Rising executive producer Illicit Dreams The Killing Machine executive producer 1995 Victim of Desire executive producer cameo Street Law executive producer Virtual Combat direct-to-video; cameo The Donor executive producer No Exit executive producer direct-to-video 1996 Invisible Mom executive producer direct-to-video Night Hunter Electra executive producer Virus executive producer Crash Dive direct-to-video; cameo Alone in the Woods 1997 Strategic Command Inferno The Shooter Time Under Fire Inner Action executive producer Scorned 2 executive producer cameo Steel Sharks 1998 Scorpio One Invisible Dad direct-to-video Surface to Air Freedom Strike Counter Measures direct-to-video Jeans Jungle Boy executive producer also writer Evasive Action Black Thunder The Last Siege: Never Surrender A Murder of Crows The White Raven The Boy Who Saved Christmas Dear Santa Billy Frankenstein 1999 Tycus direct-to-video The Confession executive producer Prophet direct-to-video Fallout Fugitive Mind executive producer direct-to-video Angel in Training Entropy executive producer Restraining Order Five Aces executive producer The Boondock Saints executive producer Invisible Mom II direct-to-video Storm Catcher executive producer If... Dog... Rabbit... The Third Miracle executive producer The White River Kid executive producer 2000 Mercy executive producer Battlefield Earth executive producer The Elf Who Didn't Believe Get Carter executive producer 2001 Antitrust executive producer What's the Worst That Could Happen? Original Sin executive producer Bandits 2002 Moonlight Mile executive producer 2003 Bringing Down the House 2004 Walking Tall Raising Helen 2005 Shopgirl Dreamer executive producer 2007 Trade executive producer Premonition Death Sentence Battle in Seattle executive producer Trick 'r Treat executive producer 2008 Asylum Traitor executive producer The Other End of the Line 2009 Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li The City of Your Final Destination executive producer Dark Country 2010 Machete executive producer Leonie Dylan Dog: Dead of Night executive producer 2011 The Double Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 2013 Life of Crime 2014 Every Secret Thing executive producer 99 Homes The Journey Home executive producer 2015 Careful What You Wish For 2016 The Young Messiah executive producer Term Life executive producer 2017 Killing Hasselhoff Louder Together executive producer 2019 Deadcon Prey The Global Citizen Concert Film: Louder Together 2021 It Takes Three 2023 Arthur Ashe The Man Who Lived Underground Bury The Lede The Light We Lost Marianne Proxy Wedding Season executive producer TBA Dinner with Audrey

Television Year Title Credit Notes 1992 Sexual Response television film 1996 Blackout Night Eyes 4: Fatal Passion executive producer 1997 My Ghost Dog 2011 Lost Christmas executive producer