Roy Lee
| Roy Lee | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 23, 1969 Brooklyn, New York, US |
| Occupation | Film producer |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Roy Lee (born March 23, 1969) is an American film producer who regularly remakes well-known Asian films for American audiences. Examples include, The Ring and The Grudge. Vertigo Entertainment, Lee's production company in Beverly Hills, California, has a first-look deal with Warner Bros. Pictures.
Lee was born in 1969 at Wyckoff Heights Hospital, in Brooklyn, New York, to Korean parents. His father, a doctor, and his mother, had been in America for just three years and were still acclimating. Lee’s mother, a devout Christian, nurtured hopes that he would become a minister.
Lee graduated Walter Johnson High School in 1987. During his undergraduate studies at George Washington University, Lee interned at the law firm Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson. After graduating GWU, Lee attended law school at American University Washington College of Law where he prepared for a career in corporate law.
In 1996, after graduating law school at American University and working at Fried Frank for eight months, he moved to Los Angeles and worked as a “tracker” at a production company called Alphaville. Trackers monitor spec material and dealmaking. At the time, trackers shared information over the phone, constantly updating each other in an endless cycle of calls.
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