Mary Parent (born 1968) is an American film producer, and former studio executive.
Career[]
In February 2011, she co-founded Disruption Entertainment, a company with a first-look deal at Paramount Pictures. The company co-produces films with Legendary Entertainment. She was formerly the Chairperson of Metro Goldwyn Mayer's Worldwide Motion Picture Group. She was a former President of Production for Universal Studios. There, she was responsible for Meet the Fockers, The Bourne Supremacy, Serenity, and other films. In 2004, Parent and Scott Stuber were named Vice Chairman of Worldwide Production for Universal Studios, In 2005, Universal signed a production deal with the duo under the single Stuber/Parent Productions. Under Stuber/Parent, she has produced such films as Role Models (2008), Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008), The Kingdom (2007), and You, Me and Dupree (2006). She produced Guillermo del Tero's Pacific Rim, and Darren Aronofsky epic Noah and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015). Parent worked at New Line Cinema in the 1990s. She is also the producer for the upcoming tenth installment for the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, Texas Chainsaw Legacy.
In 2008, Parent placed 28th on The Wall Street Journal's "50 Women to Watch 2008" list.
Filmography[]
Films[]
- The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) - producer
- Monster Trucks (2016) - producer