Amy Pascal
Producer

Amy Pascal Net Worth

Pascal has been a major force in the film industry for over two decades, producing some of the most successful and acclaimed films of the past two decades. She is a passionate advocate for diversity in the entertainment industry and has been a leader in the fight for gender parity in Hollywood.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Producer
Birth Day March 25, 1958
Birth Place  Los Angeles, California, United States
Age 65 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Aries
Residence Brentwood, California
Education Crossroads School University of California, Los Angeles
Occupation Business executive, film producer
Spouse(s) Bernard Weinraub (1997–present)
Children 1
Parent(s) Anthony H. Pascal Barbara Pascal

💰 Net worth: $1.7 Million (2024)

Amy Pascal, a highly regarded producer in the United States, is anticipated to have a net worth of $1.7 million in the year 2024. With her remarkable contributions to the film industry, Pascal has garnered significant wealth over the years. Renowned for her exceptional talent and expertise, she has been associated with numerous successful projects that have catapulted her to great heights. Her net worth serves as a testament to her consistent dedication and remarkable achievements in the world of entertainment. Amy Pascal continues to be a prominent figure in the industry, captivating audiences with her undeniable creativity and commitment to producing exceptional films.

Biography/Timeline

1958

Pascal was born on March 25, 1958 in Los Angeles, California. Her father, Anthony H. Pascal, was an economic researcher at the RAND Corporation who wrote about African American social inequality and the cost of AIDS. Her mother, Barbara Pascal, was a librarian and owner of an art bookstore, Artworks. Her family is Jewish. Pascal attended Crossroads School in Santa Monica. She then worked as a bookkeeper at Crossroads School while getting her international relations degree at UCLA.

1986

Pascal started her career as a secretary working for Producer Tony Garnett at the independent production company Kestrel Films. From 1986 to 1987, she served as Vice President of Production at 20th Century Fox.

1988

Pascal joined Columbia Pictures in 1988, where she was responsible for the development of films including: Groundhog Day, Little Women, Awakenings, and A League of Their Own. She left Columbia in 1994 and served for two years as the President of Production for Turner Pictures while Scott Sassa was President of Turner Entertainment. During her time at Turner, Pascal hired Damon Lee as a development Director.

1996

Pascal rejoined Columbia in 1996 as the studio’s President after Turner Pictures merged with Warner Bros. In 1999, Pascal became Chair of Columbia Pictures.

1997

Pascal married Bernard Weinraub, a former film-business reporter for The New York Times and Playwright, in 1997. They reside in Brentwood, Los Angeles, and have a son.

2001

In 2001, Pascal was honored with the Women in Film's Crystal Award, which recognizes those whose work has helped to expand the role of women in the entertainment industry. Pascal has been included in The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Women in Entertainment Power 100 list and Forbes’ ranking of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. As of 2014, she was ranked as the 28th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes, up from 36th in 2013.

2006

Pascal was named Co-Chairperson of Sony Pictures Entertainment in September 2006. She also served as Chairman of SPE's Motion Picture Group from December 2003 to February 2015. Pascal and SPE's Chairman and CEO Michael Lynton led all of SPE's lines of Business, including: motion picture production, acquisition and distribution; television production, acquisition and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services and technologies.

2008

She was awarded the 2008 Humanitarian Award from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a non-profit organization based in Los Angeles which combats antisemitism and promotes human rights and tolerance. She received the award at the 2008 National Tribute Dinner, an annual fundraiser which raised US$2 million for the center. In her acceptance speech, she said, "I believe in what the museum is committed to: not just the literal event of the Holocaust but not letting anything like that happen again."

2013

In 2013, Pascal was elected to the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

2014

Color of Change, a civil rights organization, launched a petition in December 2014 calling upon Sony to fire Pascal from her role, arguing, "Pascal's comments are confirmation of the manipulative, exploitative relationship corporations like Sony have with Black folks." They added, "We must hold Pascal accountable here; not just for her horrendous comments, but also for her role at the helm of a corporate agenda that views Black America as one big, lucrative joke."

2015

Women making less than their male counterparts and male co-stars learned of the difference from the hack, such as Actress Charlize Theron, who had been able to obtain a deal of more than $10 million in early January 2015 to match the fee of Chris Hemsworth, her male co-star in The Huntsman film production. The difference between what men and women made was pervasive at Sony Pictures under Pascal, with only one female out of the seventeen studio executives earning more than $1 million per year according to the unconfirmed emails, and Columbia Pictures co-presidents of production Michael De Luca and Hannah Minghella serving in identical jobs but with a million dollar difference in pay.

2016

Pascal started her own production company, with a four-year contract for funding and distribution via Sony Pictures Entertainment. The company, called Pascal Pictures, hired Rachel O'Connor as production chief and Ian Dalrymple to open and run a New York branch. Pascal Pictures was expected to continue Amy Pascal's "book-friendly" focus, and Dalrymple's office was expected to facilitate this. She has produced the Ghostbusters reboot film and the Marvel Studios-produced Spider-Man: Homecoming, in addition to theatre and television work. TriStar President Hannah Minghella obtained rights to Maestra by L. S. Hilton with the intent for Pascal to produce the film. Pascal Pictures made a winning bid for a memoir by Zoë Quinn about "Gamergate" called Crash Override: How to Save the Internet from Itself, which was sold to Touchstone/Simon & Schuster for publication in September 2016. Pascal and Elizabeth Cantillon optioned rights for a TriStar TV series based on books by Eve Babitz set in 1960s-1970s Los Angeles. For a sum in the "mid-six to seven figures", Pascal made a deal for Michael Diliberti's Athena, about a descendant of the goddess Athena who is recruited to a secret organization. Together with Sony, Pascal obtained rights for the TV crime drama Darktown, which she plans to executive produce with Jamie Foxx.

2019

She clashed with investor Daniel S. Loeb, who accused both Pascal and Lynton of "poor financial controls." According to the Financial Times, "she employed an assistant who earned more than $250,000 a year, and had use of a private jet and other perks in keeping with Hollywood’s golden era rather than an age of austerity." At the end of 2014, Pascal was the only woman at Sony to earn over $1 million per annum, having earned US $3 million a year.

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