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Roy Lee (born in Brooklyn, New York, USA on March 23, 1969) is a Korean-American film producer who regularly takes well known Asian films and remakes them for American audiences. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Korean Americans ( Korean: ko 한국계 미국인 Hanja: ko 韓國系美國人 hangukgye migugin) are Americans of Korean origin A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. A " remake' " is a term used to described something that has been done again sometimes with better Quality, and usually with more features The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Examples include The Ring, The Grudge and The Departed. The Ring is a 2002 American remake of the 1998 Japanese horror film of the same name (also known as Ringu) The Grudge is the 2004 American Remake of the Japanese film Ju-on The Grudge. The Departed is a 2006 crime thriller Film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lee co-owns his production company, Vertigo Entertainment, in Beverly Hills, California with his partner Doug Davison.
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Biography
Roy Lee was born in 1969 at Wyckoff Heights Hospital, in Brooklyn. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. His father, a doctor, and his mother, a devout Christian, had been in America for just three years and were still trying to fit in. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Lee’s mother nurtured hopes that he would become a minister. In Christian churches, a minister is someone who is authorized by a church or religious organization to perform clergy functions such as teaching of beliefs [1]
As an undergraduate at George Washington University, Lee did an internship at the Washington bureau of the law firm Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson. The George Washington University ( GW or GWU) is a private coeducational university located in Washington D Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. He began a self-improvement program in which he read a book a day, working his way through the best-seller list, from Douglas Adams to Stephen King. Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 &ndash 11 May 2001 was an English author comic Radio dramatist Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, After graduating George Washington University, Lee attended law school at American University where he prepared for a career in corporate law. The George Washington University ( GW or GWU) is a private coeducational university located in Washington D A law school (also known as a school of law or college of law) is an institution specializing in Legal education. For other universities known as American University see American University (disambiguation.
Career
In 1996, after graduating law school at American University and working at Fried Frank for eight months, he moved to Los Angeles and soon got a job as a “tracker” at a production company called Alphaville. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) A law school (also known as a school of law or college of law) is an institution specializing in Legal education. For other universities known as American University see American University (disambiguation. Trackers monitor all the spec material being submitted around Hollywood--what's good, what's bad, what's being sent where, and when, what's selling, for how much money. At the time, trackers shared information over the phone, constantly updating each other all day in an endless cycle of calls. Lee had a brainstorm: why not put the whole system online, as Fried Frank had done internally with its caseload server. In 1997, Lee set up an Internet bulletin board called Tracker for twenty of his friends, who logged and rated the scripts they read, and posted all the pertinent tracker information for each.
Within six months, Lee had established twenty-five online groups for other trackers at production companies and studios all over Hollywood. Since he was the only member who belonged to every group, he had the best information. Lee’s idea changed the spec script market forever. While spec scripts and pitches continued to sell, weaker material would be dismissed more quickly, often within a single day, to the frustration of many agents. Tracking material online brought more velocity to the market, but it also brought more honesty, it allowed development execs to sift for material more effectively, and it put more pressure on agents and producers to represent better material. [2]
In 1999, Lee went to work for BenderSpink, a talent-management company owned by two of his friends, Chris Bender and JC Spink. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) He was charged with finding Internet content: short films that would play on personal computers. [3] Lee also created with Ed Kashiba, Scriptshark, an online method for novice screenwriters to have their scripts assessed and potentially sold to major film studios. Later, Lee sold this site to iFilm which later sold it to and is currently owned by The New York Times.
Vertigo Entertainment
After setting up numerous film projects at all the major studios, he left BenderSpink, in the fall of 2001 and joined with Doug Davison to create Vertigo Entertainment. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Davison would do the follow-up work on a project after Lee had done the selling. In the beginning, Lee admits that the hardest thing was making contacts abroad. [4]
Lee later became market attuned. His pitch was simple and effective: he would explain to Asian distributors that their films would probably never sell in America, because Americans hate movies with subtitles, and that they would make more money by selling the remake rights anyway. Then Lee would assure the rights holder that his agenda would never get muddled with theirs because he was going to represent them for free (with the American studio paying his fee if the film was made). Once Lee had secured the right to negotiate for an Asian company, he would tell the studios to regard the film as a script that someone had taken the trouble to film, and that happened to have been tested and proved as a hit in its home country. [5]
Lee earned his first motion picture producing credit on Gore Verbinski’s 2002 blockbuster The Ring. Gregor "Gore" Verbinski (born March 16 1964) is an American Film director and Writer. The year 2002 in film involved some significant events The first significant releases of sequels took place between Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, He went on to produce the 2004 haunted house horror film The Grudge, which starred Sarah Michelle Gellar and was based on the 2000 Japanese thriller, Ju-On, directed by Takashi Shimizu. The year 2004 in film involved some significant events Major releases of sequels took place Horror films are Movies that strive to elicit Fear, Horror and terror responses from viewers Sarah Michelle Prinze, (born April 14 1977 better known by her birth name of Sarah Michelle Gellar, is an American actress. The year 2000 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films Please note that following the tradition of the The cinema of Japan (日本映画 is the title of a series of Horror films by Japanese director Takashi Shimizu. Takashi Shimizu (清水 崇 Shimizu Takashi, born 27 July 1972 in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, The box office hit currently holds the record for the biggest horror opening weekend of all time following its October 2004 release. October events and holidays Children's Book Week ( England) - First Week of October National Day ( China People's Republic "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "
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Currently, Lee is in various stages of development and production on a number of projects, including The Strangers (a suspense thriller starring Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman), Quarantined (a horror thriller starring Jennifer Carpenter, Jay Hernandez and Columbus Short and directed by John Dowdle), A Tale of Two Sisters (a horror thriller), Shutter, and a remake of the paranormal thriller The Eye (staring Jessica Alba). The Strangers is a Horror film released in the United States on May 30 2008 The thriller is a broad Genre of Literature, Film, Gaming and Television. Liv Rundgren Tyler She is the first born daughter of Bebe Buell, a model singer and former Playboy Playmate (Miss November 1974 and Steven Tyler, the lead Scott Speedman (born September 1, 1975) is an UK -born Canadian film and television Actor. For other uses see Quarantine (disambiguation Quarantine is voluntary or compulsory isolation typically to contain the spread of something Jennifer Leann Carpenter (born 7 December 1979) is an American film actress. Jay Hernandez (born February 20, 1978) is an American Actor. Biography Hernandez was born Javier Manuel Hernandez Columbus Keith Short Jr (born September 19, 1982) is an American Choreographer and Actor. The Uninvited is an upcoming American Remake of the 2003 South Korean horror film A Tale of Two Sisters Horror films are Movies that strive to elicit Fear, Horror and terror responses from viewers Shutter is a 2008 Remake of the 2004 Thai film of the same name. A " remake' " is a term used to described something that has been done again sometimes with better Quality, and usually with more features The Eye is a 2008 film starring Jessica Alba. It is a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong - Thai - Singaporean film of the Jessica Marie Alba (born April 28 1981 is an American television and film Actress.
Filmography
- A Tale of Two Sisters (2008) - Producer
- Shutter (2008) - Producer
- Addicted (2008) - Producer
- The Echo (2008) - Producer
- The Strangers (2007) - Producer
- The Invasion (2007) - Executive Producer
- My Sassy Girl (2007) - Executive Producer
- Smoke (2007) - Producer
- The Grudge 2 (2006) - Executive Producer
- The Departed (2006) - Executive Producer
- The Lake House (2006) - Producer
- Eight Below (2006) - Executive Producer
- Dark Water (2005) - Producer
- The Ring Two (2005) - Executive Producer
- The Grudge (2004) - Executive Producer
- The Ring (2002) - Executive Producer
References
External links
- Roy Lee at the Internet Movie Database
- Roy Lee: King of the Asian Box Office Smash
- Roy Lee Interview
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