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Profile of Ashok Amritraj

ASHOK AMRITRAJ is the Chairman and CEO of Hyde Park Entertainment and has emerged as one of the most prolific producers in Hollywood today. During the span of his 25-year career, Amritraj has produced over 90 films with a worldwide gross in excess of $1 billion. Amritraj has built Hyde Park Entertainment as a progressive option to the traditional Hollywood studio system for filmmakers by making it one of the few independent companies that encompasses all the elements of a full-fledged studio.The company not only develops, produces and finances projects but also handles international sales and marketing.
Amritraj has taken special interest in developing and promoting filmmaking talent across the globe. Amritraj's Tamil film, Jeans, was selected by the Film Federation of India as the country's nomination for the Best Foreign Film in the 1998 Oscar race. The nomination earned him the title of Spirit of India's Man of the Year. In 2005 the Indian International Film Academy presented Amritraj with a Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2004 Amritraj received the Producer of Vision Award from the Hollywood community and the prestigious Pride of India Award from the American India Foundation. Amritraj has served on the Foreign Film Board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences He was also a member of the Los Angeles Board for the British Academy of Film & Television Arts and the International Council for the Emmy Awards.