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
USD $2 billion. He partnered with multiple Hollywood studios and produced films starring
Robert De Niro,
Antonio Banderas, 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 ==