Ray Price, the respected indie movie producer who championed the likes of Tran Anh Hung, Gurinder Chadha and Carl Franklin, has died at 75. Price’s death on July 16 after a long battle with cancer was confirmed by his long-term partner, Meg Madison.
Price launched his film career in 1972, managing the Berkeley storefront theater the Rialto, and went on to build with Allen Michaan Renaissance Theaters. Under Price’s stewardship, Renaissance Theaters was renowned for redesigning marketing materials which fledgling distributors often adopted when the films hadn’t found success in other markets.
The company also took films out of studio vaults and relaunched them, including Ridley Scott’s The Duelist.
Roadside Attractions Co-President Howard Cohen said of Price: “He had a deep knowledge and love of movies, and was the source of great lore about the theatrical distribution business. He was part of what I might call a vanishing breed of indie film executive,...
Price launched his film career in 1972, managing the Berkeley storefront theater the Rialto, and went on to build with Allen Michaan Renaissance Theaters. Under Price’s stewardship, Renaissance Theaters was renowned for redesigning marketing materials which fledgling distributors often adopted when the films hadn’t found success in other markets.
The company also took films out of studio vaults and relaunched them, including Ridley Scott’s The Duelist.
Roadside Attractions Co-President Howard Cohen said of Price: “He had a deep knowledge and love of movies, and was the source of great lore about the theatrical distribution business. He was part of what I might call a vanishing breed of indie film executive,...
- 7/21/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Ray Price, an indie film producer and marketing veteran, died on July 16 of heart failure after battling cancer, his longterm partner Meg Madison confirmed. He was 75.
During his career in film, Price was president of Francis Ford Coppola’s production company American Zoetrope and First Look Pictures and a marketing and distribution exec for Landmark Theatres, Trimark Pictures and 2929 Entertainment. He also supported up-and-coming filmmakers like Tran Anh Hung (“The Scent of Green Papaya”), Gurinder Chadha (“Bhaji on The Beach”), Carl Franklin (“One False Move”), Allison Anders (“Gas Food Lodging”) and John Sayles (“The Secret of Roan Inish”).
“Ray, while being a defiantly singular individual, was also emblematic of a bygone age of independent film,” said Magnolia Pictures co-ceo Eamonn Bowles in a statement. “From theatre chain owner to distributor, exquisite marketer, and production exec, he always sought out novel ways of approaching things. He truly was a rebel...
During his career in film, Price was president of Francis Ford Coppola’s production company American Zoetrope and First Look Pictures and a marketing and distribution exec for Landmark Theatres, Trimark Pictures and 2929 Entertainment. He also supported up-and-coming filmmakers like Tran Anh Hung (“The Scent of Green Papaya”), Gurinder Chadha (“Bhaji on The Beach”), Carl Franklin (“One False Move”), Allison Anders (“Gas Food Lodging”) and John Sayles (“The Secret of Roan Inish”).
“Ray, while being a defiantly singular individual, was also emblematic of a bygone age of independent film,” said Magnolia Pictures co-ceo Eamonn Bowles in a statement. “From theatre chain owner to distributor, exquisite marketer, and production exec, he always sought out novel ways of approaching things. He truly was a rebel...
- 7/21/2023
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
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