Mary Parent

Mary Parent born 1968 is an American film producer and former studio executive A native of Santa Barbara California Parent studied business at the University of Southern California before launching a modestly successful womens fashion company Her interest in film led her to take an entrylevel job at a talent agency and she eventually entered the entertainment industry in the early 1990s Parent began her executive career at New Line Cinema where she rose to vice president and helped shepherd projects such as Set It Off and Pleasantville She later joined Universal Pictures as senior vice president of production where she oversaw films including 8 Mile 2002 helping launch successful collaborations with filmmakers like Judd Apatow In 2005 she cofounded the production company StuberParent at Universal In 2008 Parent was named chairman and coCEO of MGM but left shortly after due to the studios financial struggles She subsequently founded Disruption Entertainment signing a firstlook deal with Paramount Pictures and producing films such as Pacific Rim 2013 Noah 2014 and The Revenant 2015 the latter of which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture That year she placed 28th on The Wall Street Journals 50 Women to Watch 2008 list Since 2016 Parent has served as vice chairman of worldwide production at Legendary Entertainment She has overseen major projects including Godzilla vs Kong 2021 and Denis Villeneuves adaptation of Dune 2021 which she had advocated for since 2013 Known for her ability to balance creative and financial priorities Parent has been praised by collaborators for her dedication to storytelling and support of directors visions In 2022 Parent was announced as that years recipient of the Producers Guild of Americas David O Selznick Achievement Award Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary Parent licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia