Roy Price

For the American architect, see Roy Seldon Price.
Roy Price
Born1967 or 1968 (age 57–58)
EducationHarvard University (BA)
University of Southern California (JD)
Occupationentertainment executive

Roy Price (1967)[1] is a former Amazon.com executive. He worked for over 13 years at Amazon, where he founded Amazon Video and Amazon Studios.[2] He was suspended in 2017 over sexual harassment allegations that were never legally charged.[3][4] He is a former Disney executive and McKinsey consultant.[5]

Family and education

Price has been described as being from "Hollywood royalty."[6] His mother, Katherine Crawford, was an actress known for Riding with Death (1976), A Walk in the Spring Rain (1970) and Gemini Man (1976).[6] His father, Frank Price, held a number of prominent Hollywood executive positions including head of Universal TV in the 1970s; President, and later Chairman and CEO, of Columbia Pictures; and president of Universal Pictures.[6] His maternal grandfather, Roy Huggins, created and produced TV shows like The Fugitive, The Rockford Files and Maverick.[6]

Price graduated from Phillips Academy Andover and Harvard University, and later attended USC Gould School of Law.[6]

Career

From 1989 to 1990 Price worked as a film set assistant, specifically, "third assistant camera" during the Fiji shooting of Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991). From 1990 to 1992, Price worked as a financial analyst at Allen & Company.[5]

From 1993 to 2000, Price was the Vice President of Creative Affairs for Disney TV Animation.[6][5] Price developed or supervised TV series including Recess (1997), Pepper Ann (1997), Hercules (1998), Timon & Pumbaa (1995), Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000), The Weekenders (2000), and Emmy and BAFTA winner Teacher's Pet (2000).[7] Also, several animated films and direct to videos including Recess: School's Out (2001), Tarzan & Jane and Mickey's House of Villains.[7]

After his time with Disney, Price worked as a consultant for McKinsey from 2000–2002, a global management consulting firm that serves a broad mix of private, public and social sector institutions.[5]

From 2003 to 2004, Price operated out of Price Entertainment (his father's studio established in the late 80s) and acted as a business consultant to media companies.[5]

From 2004 to 2009, Price worked as a Group Product manager, director, and Amazon Video on Demand.[5][6] He launched Amazon Video in 2008 and Amazon Studios in 2010.[6] From 2009–2014, Price also worked as Director of Amazon Video on Demand.[5] From 2014–2017, Price was head of Amazon Studios, and VP for Prime Video.[5]

In 2017, Amazon producer Isa Dick Hackett told The Hollywood Reporter that Price, then the programming chief at Amazon, had sexually harassed her in 2015.[8] Hackett also alleged that Price had failed to take action when another actress, Rose McGowan, told him she was sexually assaulted by producer Harvey Weinstein.[9][10] After the claims were published, Amazon suspended Price,[9][11][12] and on October 17, 2017, he resigned his position at Amazon.[13] About a month after leaving Amazon, Price moved permanently to Hong Kong where he founded an art management and consulting firm called International Art Machine, in November 2017.[1]

Price's career was described as "unconventional",[2] and as "irreverent, puckish and infinitely bolder than most Hollywood execs".[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Gardner, Chris (January 4, 2019). "Roy Price Has a Very Different New Career After Amazon Studios Ouster". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Greene, Jay (April 13, 2015). "Boss of Amazon Studios' TV-movie venture 'a little unconventional'". Seattle Times. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  3. ^ Nathanson, Jason; Rothman, Michael (17 October 2017). "Amazon Studios President Roy Price resigns amid harassment allegation". ABC News. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  4. ^ Tate, Ryan. "10 Questions With Amazon Studios Chief Roy Price". Wired.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "How Did I Get Here? Roy Price". Bloomberg Businessweek. 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i Appelo, Tim (February 2017). "The Amazing Rise of Amazon Studios". Seattle Business Magazine. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  7. ^ a b Landau, Neil (2015). TV Outside the Box: Trailblazing in the Digital Television Revolution. CRC Press. p. 16. ISBN 9781317439721. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  8. ^ Koblin, John; Wingfield, Nick (October 12, 2017). "Amazon Studios Chief Suspended After Sexual Harassment Claim". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  9. ^ a b Masters, Kim (October 12, 2017). "Amazon TV Producer Goes Public With Harassment Claim Against Top Exec Roy Price (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  10. ^ Levin, Sam; Solon, Olivia (October 13, 2017). "Rose McGowan alleges rape by Harvey Weinstein – and Amazon ignored claim". The Guardian. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  11. ^ Masters, Kim (12 October 2017). "Amazon Suspends Top Exec Roy Price in Wake of Harassment Claim". The Hollywood Reporter.
  12. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (13 October 2017). "Amazon Memo Reveals Roy Price Suspension Is "Indefinite", Reaffirms Zero Tolerance For Harassment". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  13. ^ Dastin, Jeffrey (18 October 2017). "Amazon Studios chief resigns after harassment allegations". Reuters. Retrieved 18 October 2017.