Roy Lee (born March 23, 1969) is an American film producer who regularly takes well known Asian films and remakes them for American audiences. Examples include The Ring and The Grudge. Lee's production company, Vertigo Entertainment, in Beverly Hills, California has a first-look deal with Warner Bros.
Together with Doug Davison, founded the company Vertigo Entertainment - an intermediary that sells the remake rights for Asian films, on behalf of the rights-holders, to American studios.
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In August of 1999, he and Ed Kashiba founded the Web-based script coverage service ScriptShark.com, which they sold to IFILM Corp. the following year.
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Grew up in Bethesda, Maryland.
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Is a Korean-American.
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Minecraft: The Movie
2019
producer announced
How to Train Your Dragon 3
2019
co-producer pre-production
The Lego Movie Sequel
2019
producer filming
The Lego Ninjago Movie
2017
producer filming
It
2017
producer post-production
Polaroid
2017
producer pre-production
The Lego Batman Movie
2017
producer completed
Sleepless
2017/III
producer completed
Death Note
2017
producer post-production
A Boy and His Tiger
producer announced
ACME
producer announced
Battle Royale
executive producer / producer announced
Dungeons & Dragons
producer announced
Keloid
producer announced
The Departed
TV Series executive producer announced
The Stand
producer announced
Rings
2017
executive producer
The Exorcist
2016
TV Series executive producer - 9 episodes
Blair Witch
2016
producer
Rise
2016/I
Short producer
The Boy
2016
producer
Hidden
2015/I
producer
Poltergeist
2015
producer
Run All Night
2015
producer
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
2014
executive producer
Flight 7500
2014
producer
How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014
co-producer
Bates Motel
2013-2014
TV Series executive producer - 14 episodes
The Lego Movie
2014
producer
The Voices
2014
producer
Oldboy
2013
producer
The Woman in Black
2012
executive producer
Asylum Blackout
2011/I
producer
Abduction
2011/I
producer
The Roommate
2011/I
producer
Quarantine 2: Terminal
2011
producer
How to Train Your Dragon
2010
co-producer
The Grudge 3
2009
executive producer
The Uninvited
2009
producer
Possession
2008
producer
Quarantine
2008
producer
The Echo
2008/I
producer
My Sassy Girl
2008
executive producer
The Strangers
2008
producer
Shutter
2008/I
producer
The Eye
2008
executive producer
Assassination of a High School President
2008
producer
The Invasion
2007/I
executive producer
I'm from Rolling Stone
2007
TV Series executive producer - 10 episodes
The Grudge 2
2006
executive producer
The Departed
2006
executive producer
The Lake House
2006
producer
Eight Below
2006
executive producer
Dark Water
2005
producer
The Ring Two
2005
executive producer
The Grudge
2004
executive producer
The Ring
2002
executive producer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Taste of Flesh
2008
Video very special thanks
Myortvye docheri
2007
thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Run All Night: Shoot All Night
2015
Video documentary short
Himself
Hariuddo kantoku-gaku nyûmon
2009
Documentary
Himself
The Grudge 2: Ready When You Are Mr Shimizu
2007
Video documentary short
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2014
BAFTA Children's Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Feature Film
The Lego Movie (2014)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2014
BAFTA Children's Award
BAFTA Awards
BAFTA Kids Vote - Feature Film
The Lego Movie (2014)
2014
IOMA
Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)
Best Animated Feature Film (Miglior film d'animazione)
$700,000
