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Studio executives and studio heads

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Aditya Chopra (आदित्य चोपड़ा)

Aditya Chopra (आदित्य चोपड़ा, born 1971) is an Indian director, screenwriter, and producer, Chairman and Managing Director of Yash Raj Films, son of Yash Chopra; he directed DDLJ (1995), the longest-running film in Indian cinema, and built the YRF Spy Universe.

Alan Ladd Jr.

Alan Ladd Jr. (1937-2022), nicknamed Laddie, American film executive and producer; Fox president who greenlit Star Wars, founded the Ladd Company, ran MGM/UA, and won the Best Picture Oscar for Braveheart.

Barry Diller

Barry Diller (born 1942) is an American media executive: ABC Movie of the Week creator, Paramount Pictures chairman 1974-1984, founder of Fox Broadcasting Company, and longtime chairman of IAC, now People Incorporated, and Expedia Group.

Brad Grey

Brad Grey (Bradley Alan Grey, 1957-2017), American talent manager and producer, co-executive producer of The Sopranos, head of Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, and Paramount Pictures chairman and CEO from 2005 to 2017.

Darryl F. Zanuck

Darryl F. Zanuck (1902–1979), American producer and studio head, co-founded Twentieth Century-Fox in 1935, won three Best Picture Oscars and a record three Thalberg Awards, and was dismissed from Fox in 1971.

Kathleen Kennedy (producer)

Kathleen Kennedy (born 1953), American film producer; co-founder of Amblin Entertainment and The Kennedy/Marshall Company; president of Lucasfilm 2012-2026 overseeing Star Wars under Disney; Thalberg Award recipient.

Kevin Feige

Kevin Feige (born 1973) is president of Marvel Studios and Marvel's chief creative officer, producer of every MCU film since Iron Man (2008); built the phase-based interconnected Marvel Cinematic Universe, the highest-grossing film franchise.

Peter Safran

Peter Safran (born 1965) is a British-American producer, founder of The Safran Company (2006), and Co-Chairman and Co-CEO of DC Studios with James Gunn, behind The Conjuring, Aquaman, and Superman.

Richard D. Zanuck

Richard D. Zanuck (1934-2012), American film producer and 20th Century Fox production chief; with David Brown produced Jaws, The Sting; won best picture Oscar for Driving Miss Daisy; produced six Tim Burton films.