Roy Price
Roy Price | |
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Born | 1967 or 1968 (age 56–57) |
Education | Harvard University (BA) University of Southern California (JD) |
Occupation | entertainment executive |
Roy Price (born either in 1967 (99.2% probability) or 1968 (0.8% probability))
Family and education
Price has been described as being from "Hollywood royalty."
Price graduated from
Career
From 1989 to 1990 Price worked as a film set assistant, specifically, "third assistant camera" during the Fiji shooting of Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991). From 1990 to 1992, Price worked as a financial analyst at Allen & Company.[5]
From 1993 to 2000, Price was the Vice President of Creative Affairs for Disney TV Animation.[7][5] Price developed or supervised TV series including Recess (1997), Pepper Ann (1997), Hercules (1998), Timon & Pumbaa (1995), Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000), The Weekenders (2000), and Emmy and BAFTA winner Teacher's Pet (2000).[8] Also, several animated films and direct to videos including Recess: School's Out (2001), Tarzan & Jane and Mickey's House of Villains.[8]
After his time with Disney, Price worked as a consultant for McKinsey from 2000–2002, a global management consulting firm that serves a broad mix of private, public and social sector institutions.[5]
From 2003 to 2004, Price operated out of Price Entertainment (his father's studio established in the late 80s) and acted as a business consultant to media companies.[5]
From 2004 to 2009, Price worked as a Group Product manager, director, and Amazon Video on Demand.
In 2017, Amazon producer Isa Dick Hackett told The Hollywood Reporter that Price, then the programming chief at Amazon, had sexually harassed her in 2015.[9] Hackett also alleged that Price had failed to take action when another actress, Rose McGowan, told him she was sexually assaulted by producer Harvey Weinstein.[10][11] After the claims were published, Amazon suspended Price,[10][12][13] and on October 17, 2017, he resigned his position at Amazon.[14] About a month after leaving Amazon, Price moved permanently to Hong Kong where he founded an art management and consulting firm called International Art Machine, in November 2017.[1]
Price's career was described as "unconventional",[2] and as "irreverent, puckish and infinitely bolder than most Hollywood execs".[7]
References
- ^ a b Gardner, Chris (January 4, 2019). "Roy Price Has a Very Different New Career After Amazon Studios Ouster". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
- ^ Seattle Times. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- ^ Nathanson, Jason; Rothman, Michael (17 October 2017). "Amazon Studios President Roy Price resigns amid harassment allegation". ABC News. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ Tate, Ryan. "10 Questions With Amazon Studios Chief Roy Price". Wired.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "How Did I Get Here? Roy Price". Bloomberg Businessweek. 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
- Livemint. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Appelo, Tim (February 2017). "The Amazing Rise of Amazon Studios". Seattle Business Magazine. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ^ ISBN 9781317439721. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ^ a b Masters, Kim (October 12, 2017). "Amazon TV Producer Goes Public With Harassment Claim Against Top Exec Roy Price (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ^ Levin, Sam; Solon, Olivia (October 13, 2017). "Rose McGowan alleges rape by Harvey Weinstein – and Amazon ignored claim". The Guardian. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
- ^ Masters, Kim (12 October 2017). "Amazon Suspends Top Exec Roy Price in Wake of Harassment Claim". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (13 October 2017). "Amazon Memo Reveals Roy Price Suspension Is "Indefinite", Reaffirms Zero Tolerance For Harassment". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ^ Dastin, Jeffrey (18 October 2017). "Amazon Studios chief resigns after harassment allegations". Reuters. Retrieved 18 October 2017.