Ashok Amritraj
| Country (sports) |  India |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 February 1956 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 4–25 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 201 (2 July 1977) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| French Open | Q1 (1974) |
| Wimbledon | Q3 (1980) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 20–39 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | 1R (1977) |
| US Open | 3R (1977) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | 4R (1973) |
| US Open | 1R (1978) |
Ashok Amritraj (born 22 February 1956)[1] is an Indian American film producer, former tour professional tennis player, chairman and CEO of Hyde Park Entertainment. He has also taken as the CEO of National Geographic Films.
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Career
Professional tennis
Amritraj is also a former tennis player and has represented India on an international level. During his nine-year career, he competed in doubles at Wimbledon and the US Open, reaching the third round of the latter in 1977. Amritraj also gained victories over Paul McNamee and his brother Vijay Amritraj in singles. As a junior, he reached the quarterfinals of the boys' singles at Wimbledon in 1975. Both his brothers, Vijay and Anand Amritraj, are accomplished tennis players, together reaching the Davis Cup final in 1987.
Film production
Amritraj has produced over 100 films,grossing an excess of 2 billion dollars worldwide, 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 also produced The Other End of the Line in collaboration with MGM Studios and India's Reliance MediaWorks Ltd in 2008.
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, 19 April 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] He has also taken over as the CEO of National Geographic Films. In January 2012 year, Hyde Park Entertainment, National Geographic and Image Nation signed a pact to deliver high-quality entertainment. His Auto-Biography is called as Advantage Hollywood
Personal life
Amritraj lives in Los Angeles with his 2 children, Priya and Milan, along with his wife, Chitra.
Filmography
As Producer
- Careful What You Wish For (2015)
- 99 Homes (2014)
- Life of Crime (2014)
- Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012)
- The Double (2011)
- Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2011)
- Killer (2010)[3]
- Risen: The Story of the First Easter (2009)
- Dark Country (2009)
- Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)
- The Other End of the Line (2008)
- Asylum (2008)
- Death Sentence (2007)
- Premonition (2007)
- Raising Helen (2004)
- Walking Tall (2004)
- Bringing Down the House (2003)
- Bandits (2001)
- What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001)
- The White Raven (1998)
- A Murder of Crows (1998)
- Billy Frankenstein (1998)
- Black Thunder (1998)
- Jeans (1998)
- Inferno (1998)
- Strategic Command (1997)
- The Shooter (1997)
- Inferno (1997)
- Night Hunter (1996)
- Illicit Dreams (1995)
- Night Eyes 3 (1993)
- Snapdragon (1993)
- Tropical Heat (1993)
- Sexual Response (1992)
- Illicit Behavior (1992)
- Night Eyes 2 (1992)
- Double Impact (1991)
- Eyewitness to Murder (1991)
- Popcorn (1991)
- Night Eyes (1990)
- Bloodstone (1988) (co-producer)
- School Spirit (1985)
- Nine Deaths of the Ninja (1985)
As Executive Producer
- Machete (2010)
- Traitor (2008)
- Dead of Night (2009)
- Battle in Seattle (2007)
- Trade (2007)
- Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005)
- Moonlight Mile (2002)
- Original Sin (2001)
- Antitrust (2001)
- Get Carter (2000)
- Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000)
- The White River Kid (1999)
- The Boondock Saints (1999)
- Five Aces (1999)
- The Confession (1999)
- Scorned 2 (1997)
- Electra (1996)
- Victim of Desire (1995)
- Red Sun Rising (1994)
- Scorned (1994)
- The Killing Machine (1994)
- Last Call (1991)
- The Jigsaw Murders (1988)
- Smart Alec (1986)
- Fleshburn (1984)
References
External links
- Use dmy dates from October 2013
- Pages using infobox tennis biography with unsupported parameters
- Pages with broken file links
- 1956 births
- Living people
- American film producers
- American people of Indian descent
- Indian emigrants to the United States
- Indian film producers
- Indian male tennis players
- Tamil sportspeople
- American people of Indian Tamil descent
