Megan Ellison Biography
Megan Ellison is a film producer and entrepreneur from the United States. Annapurna Pictures, which she founded in 2011, is named after her. Ellison got her start in the film industry in 2006, when she approached Katherine Brooks, the writer, and director of Loving Annabelle, about investing in her next film.
How old is Megan Ellison?- Age
She is 37 years old as of January 2023. Ellison was born Margaret Elizabeth Ellison on January 31, 1986, in Santa Clara County, California, United States.
Megan Ellison Education
She graduated from Sacred Heart Preparatory in 2004 with a diploma. She then enrolled in a film school at the University of Southern California but dropped out after a year without graduating.
Megan Ellison Family- Mother
Ellison was born in Santa Clara County, California, the daughter of multi-billionaire Larry Ellison, co-founder and chairman of Oracle Corporation, and his ex-wife, Barbara Boothe Ellison. Her father is Jewish with Italian ancestors. David Ellison, a film producer, is her brother.
Megan Ellison Relationship- Partner
According to a 2014 article, Ellison, who is openly gay, was in a relationship with a woman for about a year. She began appearing at events with her partner Robyn Shapiro later that year.
Megan Ellison Annapurna – Career
Ellison received her first film credit in 2005 as a boom operator for her brother David Ellison’s thriller When All Else Fails, which she wrote and directed. After that, Ellison began to fund low-budget films like Waking Madison and Passion Play. True Grit’s success in 2010, on which she worked as an executive producer, brought her attention and credibility, launching her career as a producer. Ellison got her start in the film industry in 2006, when she approached Katherine Brooks, the writer, and director of Loving Annabelle, about investing in her next film.
She released the Coen brothers’ western remake ‘True Grit’ at the end of 2010, which was her first major commercial and critical success. She subsequently received more money from her father and partnered with Michael Benaroya to produce the thriller ‘Catch .44’, a box office failure, and the crime drama ‘Lawless’, which was well-received.
She founded the media company Annapurna Pictures in 2011 to fund original, daring films by renowned directors and screenwriters. She also worked with Roeg Sutherland and Micah Green, who led the Creative Artists Agency’s film finance group, during this time. In 2012, her production company funded Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘The Master,’ a period drama about a cult similar to Scientology.
She also produced the action-thriller ‘Zero Dark Thirty,’ a dramatized version of Osama bin Laden’s assassination by ‘Oscar’ winner Kathryn Bigelow. She was reportedly working on a movie about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in 2011-12, but ditched the idea due to fierce competition, which resulted in the DreamWorks release ‘The Fifth Estate’. Her company purchased the ‘Terminator’ franchise rights in 2011, but she later removed them from the production of the reboot, which was eventually produced by her brother’s company Skydance Productions. Her company co-produced the critically and commercially successful science-fiction romantic drama film ‘Her’ and the black comedy crime film ‘American Hustle’ in 2013.
she produced more critically acclaimed films like ‘Foxcatcher’, ‘Joy’, ’20th Century Women’ and ‘Phantom Thread’. ‘Wiener-Dog,’ ‘Sausage Party,’ ‘The Bad Batch,’ ‘Detroit,’ and ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs were among her other films. ‘Variety’ magazine reported in March 2019 that Annapurna Pictures faced roughly $35 million in material loss due to poor performances of several recent films like ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’, ‘Vice’ and ‘Destroyer’. In August, amidst reports of bankruptcy, she told her employees that their jobs were safe as she had “no intention of stopping any time soon”.
Megan Ellison’s Net Worth
Megan has an estimated net worth of 200 million dollars as of 2022.