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

### Television

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