Cary Granat

Cary Granat is an American film producer and studio executive. He was co-founder and CEO of Walden Media from 2000 to 2009, and president and COO of Miramax Films’ Dimension Division from 1995 to 2000. While at Walden Media, Granat secured the rights to C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia series and oversaw production on the first film of the franchise, The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. Granat's other films include Scream, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Scary Movie, Amazing Grace, and Spy Kids.

Education Granat went to Tufts University from 1986-1990. Granat helped to establish the Communications and Media Studies School and is on its board.

Career Granat worked at MCA/Universal first as director of development from 1992 to 1995. He worked on films such as Babe and Casino, as well as acquired the original Meet the Parents, a Gregg Glienna film, for remake. Granat built out Walden's film, educational, and faith activities locally in the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, France, Germany, Japan, and other foreign markets. In addition to his duties as CEO, Granat was appointed in April 2004 as president of Anschutz Film Group, whereby the company acquired Crusader Entertainment and supervised the completion of the biography Ray and the Matthew McConaughey film, Sahara. After Granat and team produced Amazing Grace, he and company co-founder Michael Flaherty earned the John Templeton Foundation Epiphany Prize.

From 2010 to 2014, Granat was a partner at Reel FX/Granat Ent. The production and development company, Granat Entertainment, merged with animation studio Reel FX in order to create a new live-action/animation studio. The company forged partnerships with Andrew Adamson, Guillermo Del Toro, James Cameron, Cirque du Soleil, Fox Film, Steve Aoki and others while producing Free Birds, The Book of Life, World Away, and The Hive.

In 2012, Granat co-founded and launched Immersive Artistry, an entertainment business. The company is a participatory experience considered the newest evolution in media placing you inside the movie, rather than watching it. The company will be launching its first locations in Las Vegas, China, and throughout the world in 2019. Granat serves as the company CEO.

In 2014, Granat founded EMH Consulting Group, Inc., a Consultancy and Film Operations group that represent Foreign Governments in their effort to build and/or rebuild their film and television operations.

Activism Granat is a board member of the World Information Transfer of the United Nations and organizes an annual conference on Children's Health and the Environment every December.

Awards Common Sense Media Award.

Filmography