Jonathan Gray (producer)

Jonathan Gray (born 24 August 1980[1] in Cannes, France) is a French-American film producer and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of The Hideaway Entertainment, an independent film production company based in Los Angeles.

Jonathan Gray
Born (1980-08-24) August 24, 1980
Cannes, France
OccupationFilm producer
Years active2017-present

Early life and education

Gray is the son of French-American Holocaust survivor and writer Martin Gray.[2]

He attended the Carnot high school in Cannes, with a literature-focused curriculum, and then attended the SKEMA Business School in Sophia Antipolis.[3]

Career

Entertainment

In 2017, Gray launched the independent film production company The Hideaway Entertainment,[4] marking the start of his career as a producer.

The first film produced by The Hideaway Entertainment was Mile 22, an action thriller film featuring Hollywood actor Mark Wahlberg, John Malkovich and Iko Uwais (August 2018),[5] followed by Bloodshot (March 2020), a sci-fi action film based on the Valiant Entertainment comic book series of the same name starring Vin Diesel as the lead character.[6]

In 2019, Sony Pictures produced Men in Black: International in association with The Hideaway Entertainment. It opened #1 in every country with a worldwide box office of $260 Million. It stars Chris Hemsworth, Liam Neeson, Tessa Thompson, Kumail Nanjiani, Rebecca Ferguson, and Emma Thompson.[7]

In 2020, Gray produced Cherry, based on the award-winning book of the same name, alongside Anthony and Joe Russo, who also directed the film which was released in 2021 on Apple TV+.[8][9]

In 2021, Gray will produce and co-finance, through The Hideaway Entertainment, Combat Control, a film starring Jake Gyllenhaal and directed by Sam Hargrave which tells the true story of Combat Controller and Medal of Honor recipient John Chapman.[10]

In 2021, Gray will also produce the film Freedom Ride, a feature film depicting the story of a group of young anti-racist activists during the civil rights era in the United States in the 1960s.[11] The film's script is based on the personal stories of early Freedom Riders such as civil rights icon John Lewis.[12] The film is produced by The Hideaway Entertainment, INDE Companies and Brooklyn Media, a production company linked to Benjamin Crump, an attorney who played a leading role in the George Floyd case and the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement.[13]

Real Estate

In 2005, Gray partnered with Gary Hersham, a powerful London broker, to set up Beauchamp Estates France, a high-end real estate agency, based in Cannes and Saint-Tropez.[14] [15] The company rapidly became a major player in the high-end real estate market in the South of France. Over the past fifteen years, Beauchamp Estates has been involved in many prestigious and record-breaking sales, in France and beyond, including the sale of Villa les Cèdres in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (sold in August 2019 for €200 million) [16] and the Château Miraval, Correns-Var to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie (sold in 2008 for an estimated $60 million).[17]

Filmography
Release Date Title Directors Role
August 17, 2018 Mile 22 Peter Berg Executive Producer
November 8, 2018 Time Freak Andrew Bowler Executive Producer
June 14, 2019 Men in Black: International F. Gary Gray Additional Crew
March 13, 2020 Bloodshot David S. F. Wilson Executive Producer
February 26, 2021 Cherry Anthony Russo
Joe Russo		 Producer

References
  1. "Jonathan Gray". BFMTV (in French).
  2. "La mémoire de mon père doit perdurer". Nice-Matin (in French). Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  3. "Alumni US | SKEMA Business School, France".
  4. "Jonathan Gray: a passionate French entrepreneur and business man". New Corner. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  5. "22 miles (2018)". IMDB. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  6. "Bloodshot". IMDB. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  7. "Jonathan Gray". IMDB.
  8. "Russo Brothers' Crime Drama 'Cherry' Lands at Apple". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
  9. "Apple Lands Anthony and Joe Russo's 'Cherry,' Starring Tom Holland and Ciara Bravo". Variety. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
  10. Kroll, Justin (2021-03-19). "MGM Nearing Deal For Hot Package 'Combat Control' With Jake Gyllenhaal Attached To Play Medal Of Honor Recipient John Chapman; 'Extraction's Sam Hargrave Directing". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  11. "Attorney Benjamin Crump Boards 'Freedom Ride' Civil Rights Film". The Hollywood Reporter. 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  12. Jackson, Angelique (2021-02-04). "Deon Taylor to Direct 'Freedom Ride,' Based on Congressman John Lewis' Experiences". Variety. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  13. Ramos, Dino-Ray; Ramos, Dino-Ray (2020-08-06). "'Freedom Ride': The Hideaway Entertainment, INDE Companies And Brooklyn Media Team With Advocate Benjamin Crump For Civil Rights Pic". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  14. "Neom, le rêve hollywoodien de Mohammed Ben Salman pour l'Arabie saoudite". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  15. "Gary Hersham on mega-deals, expansion plans & the future of luxury real estate". Primersi. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  16. "C'est un milliardaire ukrainien qui aurait acheté la villa "Les Cèdres" pour 200 millions d'euros". La Vie Immo (in French). Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  17. "Brad Pitt et Angelina Jolie mettent en vente Miraval, leur château varois". BFMTV (in French). Retrieved 2016-10-24.
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