Heather Parry


Heather Parry is a television and film producer. She is best known for Pixels, The House Bunny and A Star Is Born.

Background and early career

Heather Parry grew up in Macungie, Pennsylvania. She attended and graduated from Emmaus High School in Emmaus, Pennsylvania in 1989. Parry graduated from Colorado State University at Fort Collins, Colorado. While a graduate student at the Colorado State University, Parry began her career in the entertainment industry with an internship on The Dennis Miller Show.

Career

MTV (1993–2005)

Parry was the West Coast Bureau Chief for MTV News. She co-produced Get Rich or Die Tryin’ and Adam Sandler's The Longest Yard for MTV Films.

Happy Madison Productions (2005–2015)

As head of film development and production at Sandler's company, Parry produced four critically panned movies, beginning with The House Bunny, followed by Sandler's Just Go with It, That's My Boy, and Pixels.

Live Nation Productions (2015–2019)

In December 2015, Heather Parry was named the president of production for film and television at Live Nation. At Live Nation, Parry oversaw the production of four documentaries: ', Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story, ', and Believer.

Awards and recognition

Parry was put on leave in December 2018 following the publication of an exposé written by Variety, the result of a four-month long investigation into verbal workplace abuse toward employees.As a result, Live Nation hired an outside firm, Paul Hastings LLP, to conduct an internal investigation.. On February 21, 2019, Heather Parry was fired from Live Nation Productions.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019BelieverProducer
2018A Star Is BornExecutive Producer
2018The After PartyExecutive Producer
2017'ProducerDocumentary
2017Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy StoryProducerDocumentary
2017'ProducerDocumentary
2015The Ridiculous 6Executive Producer
2015PixelsExecutive Producer
2012That's My BoyProducer
2011Just Go with ItProducer
2008The House BunnyProducer
2005Get Rich or Die TryinCo-Producer
2005The Longest YardCo-Producer
2003MTV Album LaunchExecutive Producer - 1 episodeTelevision Series
2003Limp BizkitExecutive Producer
2002Movie House ProducerTelevision Series
2002'Supervising ProducerTelevision Movie Documentary
2001Rage Against the Machine: The Battle of Mexico CityProducerVideo Documentary
1997Rage Against the MachineProducer: Live in ConcertVideo Documentary
1995"The Ghost of Tom Joad", Rage Against the MachineProducerMusic Video
1994Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos''Field ProducerTelevision Movie