Ashok Amritraj- Hollywood producer

NRI Ashok Amritraj, former tennis player, who represented India on an international level. He has played in tennis tournament during his nine-year career including Wimbeldon and the U.S. Open. He has two brothers Vijay Amritraj and Anand Amritraj, they are also tennis players.

He became a Hollywood producer in Los Angeles and now he is Chairman and CEO of Hyde Park Entertainment who has produced near about 90 movies, including:

• Jeans and hit hollywood films such as Antitrust, Walking Tall, and Bringing Down the House which starred Steve Martin and Queen Latifah.
• Lee Falk's characters Mandrake the Magician, directed by Chuck Russell, and The Phantom, The Ghost Who Walks. Amritraj is also making The Other End of the Line in collaboration with MGM Studios and India's Adlabs Ltd.
• He has also produced a talent hunt programme for newcomers in the field of direction by name of GATEWAY. It's on air at present on SPIX channel.

In April, 2009, he and his wife Chitra were honored at a private ceremony held at MPTF's Wasserman Campus for their sponsorship of a residence at the Ray and Linda Stark Villa. Amritaj was on the board of the Motion Picture and Television Fund (MPTF) for seven years.

He was married to Chitra in San Thome cathedral in Madras. They have a daughter, Priya, and a son, Milan and reside in Los Angeles, California. He has produced following movies:

Risen: The Story of the First Easter (2009) (in production) (producer)
Dead of Night (2009) (pre-production)
The Dark Country (2009) (post-production)
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)
The Other End of the Line (2008)
Traitor (2008)
Asylum (2008)
Battle in Seattle (2007)
Death Sentence (2007)
Premonition (2007)
Trade (2007)
Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005)
Raising Helen (2004)
Walking Tall (2004)
Bringing Down the House
Moonlight Mile (2002)
Bandits (2001)
Original Sin (2001)
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
Antitrust (2001) (executive producer)
Get Carter (2000) (executive producer)
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
The White River Kid (1999)
The Boondock Saints (1999)
Five Aces (1999)
The Confession (1999)
Jeans (1998)
Inferno (1998)
Scorned 2 (1997)
Strategic Command (1997)
Electra (1996)
Night Hunter (1996)
Illicit Dreams (1995)
Victim of Desire (1995)
Red Sun Rising (1994)
Scorned (1994)
The Killing Machine (1994)
Night Eyes 3 (1993)
Snapdragon (1993)
Tropical Heat (1993)
Sexual Response (1992)
Illicit Behavior (1992)
Night Eyes 2 (1992)
Double Impact (1991)
Last Call (1991)
Eyewitness to Murder (1991)
Night Eyes (1990)
Bloodstone (1988)
The Jigsaw Murders (1988)
Smart Alec (1986)
School Spirit (1985)
Nine Deaths of the Ninja
Fleshburn (1984)

Hollywood producer in Los Angeles and now he is Chairman and CEO of Hyde Park Entertainment