Heather Parry (born 1971) is an American television and film producer. She is best known for Pixels (2015), The House Bunny (2008), and A Star Is Born (2018).“Gazette Day:A Star is Born’ Locks in 8 Oscar Nominations, Executive Producer Heather Parry Talks Trusting Artists to Tell Their Story”
Background and early career Parry was born in 1971, in Macungie, Pennsylvania. She attended and graduated from Emmaus High School in Emmaus, Pennsylvania in 1989. Parry graduated from Colorado State University at Fort Collins, Colorado. While a graduate student at Colorado State University, Parry began her career in the entertainment industry with an internship on The Dennis Miller Show.
Career MTV (1993–2005) Parry was the West Coast Bureau Chief for MTV News from 1993 until 2005. In 2005, she co-produced Get Rich or Die Tryin’ starring 50 Cent and The Longest Yard starring Adam Sandler for MTV Films.
Happy Madison Productions (2005–2015) From 2005 until 2015, Parry was head of film development and production at Happy Madison Productions, founded by Adam Sandler, and produced four movies for the company, The House Bunny in 2008, Just Go with It in 2011, That's My Boy in 2012, and Pixels in 2015.
Live Nation Productions (2015–2019) In December 2015, Parry was named president of film and television production at Live Nation, where she oversaw production of four documentaries, Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends), Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story and Gaga: Five Foot Two (all in 2017) and Believer in 2018.
In December 2018, Parry was placed on leave by Live Nation following publication of an exposé by Variety, reporting results of a four-month long investigation into her alleged workplace abuse and verbal harassment toward employees. Live Nation hired an outside firm, Paul Hastings LLP, to conduct an internal investigation.“A Star Is Born Producer Leaves Live Nation Following Abuse Allegations” On February 21, 2019, Parry was fired from Live Nation Productions.
Awards and recognition Believer was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary. It also won Best Documentary at the 30th GLAAD Media Awards. In 2018, Parry received the Hermes Platinum Award for two documentaries, Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story, which she shared with Daniel Kaufman (director) and Sean Combs (producer), and Gaga: Five Foot Two, shared with Chris Moukarbel (director), Lady Gaga (producer), and Bobby Campbell (producer). “2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards: Full Winners List — Updated Live”“Hermes Creative Awards: Platinum Award Winners” Parry was a producer on Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story, which won a Hollywood Documentary Award at the Hollywood Film Awards in 2017.“2017 Hollywood Film Awards: The Complete List of Winners”
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2019 Believer Producer 2018 A Star Is Born Executive Producer 2018 The After Party Executive Producer 2017 Gaga: Five Foot Two Producer Documentary 2017 Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story Producer Documentary 2017 Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends) Producer Documentary 2015 The Ridiculous 6 Executive Producer 2015 Pixels Executive Producer 2012 That's My Boy Producer 2011 Just Go with It Producer 2008 The House Bunny Producer 2005 Get Rich or Die Tryin' Co-Producer 2005 The Longest Yard Co-Producer 2003 MTV Album Launch Executive Producer - 1 episode Television Series 2003 Limp Bizkit Executive Producer 2002 Movie House Producer Television Series 2002 'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen and Dave Supervising Producer Television Movie Documentary 2001 Rage Against the Machine: The Battle of Mexico City Producer Video Documentary 1997 Rage Against the Machine Producer: Live in Concert Video Documentary 1995 "The Ghost of Tom Joad", Rage Against the Machine Producer Music Video 1994 Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos Field Producer Television Movie
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