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'''Amy Beth Pascal''' (born March 25, 1958) is an American business executive and film producer. She served as the Chairperson of the Motion Pictures Group of ] (SPE) and co-Chairperson of SPE, including ], from 2006 until 2015. She has overseen the production and distribution of many movies and television programs. '''Amy Pascal''' (born March 25, 1958) is an American film producer and business executive. She served as the Chairperson of the Motion Pictures Group of ] (SPE) and Co-Chairperson of SPE, including ], from 2006 until 2015. She has overseen the production and distribution of many films and television programs, and was co-chairperson during the ]. The leak uncovered multiple emails from Pascal which were deemed racist including racial jokes aimed at then-President ]. She left Sony and Pascal later admitted that she was fired from the company.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2014/film/news/sonys-amy-pascal-apologizes-for-obama-emails-not-who-i-am-1201377177/|title= Sony's Amy Pascal Apologizes for Obama Emails|website= Variety|date= December 11, 2014|accessdate= March 13, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/movies/2014/12/12/sonys-amy-pascal-fire-racist-remarks/20333889/|title= Sony's Amy Pascal under fire for racist remarks|website= The Detroit News|accessdate= March 13, 2024}}</ref>

Pascal started her own production company, Pascal Pictures, which made its debut with the ]. In 2017, she produced '']'', '']'' and '']''. She has received two ] nominations, for producing ''The Post'' and '']'', and a nomination for the ] for producing '']''.


==Early life and education== ==Early life and education==
Pascal was born on March 25, 1958 in ].<ref name="varietyelsa">{{cite magazine|first=Elsa|last=Bertet|url=http://variety.com/2007/film/news/amy-pascal-timeline-1117971486/|title=Amy Pascal timeline|work=]|date=September 6, 2007}}</ref> She is ].<ref name=JewishWomensArch>{{cite web|url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/pascal-amy|work=Jewish Women's Archive|title=Amy Pascal|accessdate=December 12, 2014}}</ref> Her father, ], was an economic researcher at the ] who wrote about African American social inequality and the cost of AIDS.<ref name="varietyelsa"/><ref name="rand-pascal">{{cite web|url=http://www.rand.org/pubs/authors/p/pascal_anthony_h.html|work=RAND Corporation website|title=Anthony H. Pascal}}</ref> Her mother, Barbara Pascal, was a librarian and art bookstore owner, Artworks.<ref name="varietyelsa"/><ref name="rand-pascal"/><ref name="nytimesmarriage">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/10/style/amy-b-pascal-bernard-weinraub.html|title=Amy B. Pascal, Bernard Weinraub|work=The New York Times|date=August 10, 1997}}</ref><ref name="matthewgarrahan">{{cite news|first=Matthew|last=Garrahan|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2f6d3d70-8621-11e4-b248-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3MOpLXrBC|title=Amy Pascal: A studio boss caught in real-life thriller|work=]|date=December 19, 2014}}</ref> Pascal attended ] in Santa Monica.<ref name="varietyelsa"/><ref name=JewishWomensArch /> She then worked as a bookkeeper while getting her international relations degree at ].<ref name="varietyelsa"/><ref name=JewishWomensArch /><ref name="nytimesmarriage"/><ref name=awardsseason>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2014/jan/15/entertainment/la-et-ct-sony-oscars-20140116|title=Sony Pictures' awards season takes pressure off Amy Pascal|first= Daniel |last=Miller|work= Los Angeles Times|date= January 15, 2014 }}</ref> Pascal was born on March 25, 1958, in ].<ref name="varietyelsa">{{cite journal|first=Elsa|last=Bertet|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/news/amy-pascal-timeline-1117971486/|title=Amy Pascal timeline|journal=]|date=September 6, 2007|access-date=December 9, 2017|archive-date=November 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116125259/https://variety.com/2007/film/news/amy-pascal-timeline-1117971486/|url-status=live}}</ref> Her father, Anthony H. Pascal, was an economic researcher at the ] who wrote about ] ] and the cost of ].<ref name="varietyelsa"/><ref name="rand-pascal">{{cite journal|url=http://www.rand.org/pubs/authors/p/pascal_anthony_h.html|journal=RAND Corporation Website|title=Anthony H. Pascal|access-date=December 20, 2014|archive-date=June 2, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060602090116/http://www.rand.org/pubs/authors/p/pascal_anthony_h.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Her mother, Barbara Pascal, was a librarian and owner of an art bookstore, Artworks.<ref name="varietyelsa"/><ref name="rand-pascal"/><ref name="nytimesmarriage">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/10/style/amy-b-pascal-bernard-weinraub.html|title=Amy B. Pascal, Bernard Weinraub|work=The New York Times|date=August 10, 1997|access-date=February 14, 2017|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804033608/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/10/style/amy-b-pascal-bernard-weinraub.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="matthewgarrahan">{{cite news|first=Matthew|last=Garrahan|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2f6d3d70-8621-11e4-b248-00144feabdc0.html|title=Amy Pascal: A studio boss caught in real-life thriller|work=]|date=December 19, 2014|access-date=December 20, 2014|archive-date=December 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229222157/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2f6d3d70-8621-11e4-b248-00144feabdc0.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Her family is ].<ref name=JewishWomensArch>{{cite web|url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/pascal-amy|work=Jewish Women's Archive|title=Amy Pascal|access-date=December 12, 2014|archive-date=April 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411142214/http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/pascal-amy|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://forward.com/schmooze/214281/amy-pascal-ousted-at-sony-pictures/|title=Amy Pascal Ousted at Sony Pictures|date=February 6, 2015|access-date=June 17, 2017|archive-date=June 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630161822/http://forward.com/schmooze/214281/amy-pascal-ousted-at-sony-pictures/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/can-amy-pascals-career-survive-sony-cyberattack/|title=Can Amy Pascal's career survive Sony cyberattack?|last=Cohen|first=Sandy|date=December 14, 2014|work=]|access-date=June 30, 2018|quote=Pascal was born to a middle-class Jewish family in Los Angeles, where she grew up.|archive-date=June 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630162729/https://www.timesofisrael.com/can-amy-pascals-career-survive-sony-cyberattack/|url-status=live}}</ref> Pascal attended ] in Santa Monica,<ref name="varietyelsa"/><ref name=JewishWomensArch /> then worked as a ] at Crossroads School while getting her international relations degree at ].<ref name="varietyelsa"/><ref name=JewishWomensArch /><ref name="nytimesmarriage"/><ref name=awardsseason>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-xpm-2014-jan-15-la-et-ct-sony-oscars-20140116-story.html|title=Sony Pictures' awards season takes pressure off Amy Pascal|first=Daniel|last=Miller|work=Los Angeles Times|date=January 15, 2014|access-date=April 21, 2022|archive-date=April 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422035230/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-xpm-2014-jan-15-la-et-ct-sony-oscars-20140116-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Career== ==Career==
Pascal started her career as a secretary working for producer ] at the independent production company Kestrel Films.<ref name="nyt2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/business/media/25sony.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&|title=Sony’s Version of Tracy and Hepburn|author=Tim Arango |work=] |date=October 24, 2009}}</ref> From 1986 to 1987, she served as Vice President of Production at ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deadline.com/2010/12/sony-pictures-amy-pascal-reups-for-5-yrs/|title=Sony Reups Amy Pascal For 5 More Years|first=Nikki| last= Finke | publisher =] |date=December 7, 2010}}</ref> Pascal started her career as a secretary working for producer ] at the independent production company Kestrel Films.<ref name="nyt2009">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/business/media/25sony.html|title=Sony's Version of Tracy and Hepburn|first=Tim|last=Arango|work=]|date=October 24, 2009|access-date=February 14, 2017|archive-date=December 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208161502/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/business/media/25sony.html|url-status=live}}</ref> From 1986 to 1987, she served as Vice President of Production at ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2010/12/sony-pictures-amy-pascal-reups-for-5-yrs-88918/|title=Sony Reups Amy Pascal For 5 More Years|first=Nikki|last=Finke|website=]|date=December 7, 2010|access-date=April 21, 2022|archive-date=April 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422035228/https://deadline.com/2010/12/sony-pictures-amy-pascal-reups-for-5-yrs-88918/|url-status=live}}</ref>


===Sony=== ===Sony Pictures===
Pascal joined ] in 1988, where she was responsible for the development of films including: '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sony.com/SCA/company-news/press-releases/columbia-pictures/2010/amy-pascal-extends-long-term-employment-agreement-.shtml|title=Amy Pascal Extends Long-Term Employment Agreement With Sony Pictures |publisher=] |date=December 7, 2010}}</ref> She left Columbia in 1994 and served for two years as the President of Production for ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1994-08-25/business/fi-31186_1_turner-pictures|title=Pascal Named President of Production at Turner|author=Alan Citron |work=] |date=August 25, 1994}}</ref> Pascal rejoined Columbia in 1996 as the studio’s President.<ref name="timeline">{{cite web|url=http://variety.com/2007/film/news/amy-pascal-timeline-1117971486/|title=Amy Pascal timeline|first=Elsa |last=Bertet |work=]|date=September 6, 2007}}</ref> Pascal joined ] in 1988, where she was responsible for the development of films including: '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sony.com/SCA/company-news/press-releases/columbia-pictures/2010/amy-pascal-extends-long-term-employment-agreement-.shtml|title=Amy Pascal Extends Long-Term Employment Agreement With Sony Pictures|publisher=]|date=December 7, 2010|access-date=April 26, 2014|archive-date=January 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131030739/http://www.sony.com/SCA/company-news/press-releases/columbia-pictures/2010/amy-pascal-extends-long-term-employment-agreement-.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> She left Columbia in 1994 and served for two years as the President of Production for ] while ] was president of Turner Entertainment.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-08-25-fi-31186-story.html|title=Pascal Named President of Production at Turner|first=Alan|last=Citron|work=]|date=August 25, 1994|access-date=April 21, 2022|archive-date=April 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422035228/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-08-25-fi-31186-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> During her time at Turner, Pascal hired Damon Lee as a development director.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/john-singleton-sony-hack-jokes-758633/|title=John Singleton on Sony Hack: Jokes by Amy Pascal, Scott Rudin Aren't "Racist"|format=Guest Column|first=John|last=Singleton|author-link=John Singleton|date=December 17, 2014|access-date=April 21, 2022|work=]|archive-date=April 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422035228/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/john-singleton-sony-hack-jokes-758633/|url-status=live}}</ref>


Pascal rejoined Columbia in 1996 as the studio's president after Turner Pictures merged with ]<ref name="timeline">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/news/amy-pascal-timeline-1117971486/|title=Amy Pascal timeline|first=Elsa|last=Bertet|work=]|date=September 6, 2007|access-date=December 9, 2017|archive-date=November 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116125259/https://variety.com/2007/film/news/amy-pascal-timeline-1117971486/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1999, Pascal became Chair of Columbia Pictures.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-dec-16-fi-44416-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|title=Columbia Pictures President Promoted to Chairwoman|date=December 16, 1999|access-date=April 21, 2022|first=Claudia|last=Eller|archive-date=April 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422035229/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-dec-16-fi-44416-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
Pascal was named Co-Chairperson of Sony Pictures Entertainment in September 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aiWYHn.LOkq0|title=Sony Names Pascal Co-Chairman of Sony Pictures Unit (Update1)|author=Michael White |publisher=] |date=September 6, 2006}}</ref><ref name="sonychair">{{cite web|url=http://www.sonypictures.com/corp/seniormanagementteam/amypascal.html|title=Amy Pascal |publisher=] |accessdate=April 25, 2014}}</ref> She also served as Chairman of SPE’s Motion Picture Group from December 2003 to February 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmnewsandviews.com/sects/press_releases/page.php?pagenum=3538|title=Sony's Amy Pascal To Be Honored at Opening Night Gala |first= Nikki |last=Finke |publisher=Films News and Views |date=March 4, 2007}}</ref> Pascal and SPE’s Chairman and CEO ] lead all of SPE’s lines of business, including: motion picture production, acquisition and distribution; television production, acquisition and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services and technologies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.producersguild.org/news/37503/PGA-Honors-Michael-Lynton-and-Amy-Pascal-with-Milestone-Award.htm |title=PGA Honors Michael Lynton and Amy Pascal with Milestone Award|author=James Gilmore|publisher=] |date=October 7, 2009 }}</ref>


Pascal was named Co-Chairperson of Sony Pictures Entertainment in September 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aiWYHn.LOkq0|title=Sony Names Pascal Co-Chairman of Sony Pictures Unit (Update1)|first=Michael|last=White|publisher=]|date=September 6, 2006|access-date=March 5, 2017|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924180452/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aiWYHn.LOkq0|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="sonychair">{{cite web|url=http://www.sonypictures.com/corp/seniormanagementteam/amypascal.html |title=Amy Pascal |publisher=] |access-date=April 25, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413173052/http://www.sonypictures.com/corp/seniormanagementteam/amypascal.html |archive-date=April 13, 2014 }}</ref> She also served as Chairman of SPE's Motion Picture Group from December 2003 to February 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmnewsandviews.com/sects/press_releases/page.php?pagenum=3538 |title=Sony's Amy Pascal To Be Honored at Opening Night Gala |first=Nikki |last=Finke |publisher=Films News and Views |date=March 4, 2007 |access-date=April 26, 2014 |archive-date=April 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426234343/http://www.filmnewsandviews.com/sects/press_releases/page.php?pagenum=3538 |url-status=live }}</ref> Pascal and SPE's Chairman and CEO ] led all of SPE's lines of business, including: motion picture production, acquisition and distribution; television production, acquisition and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services and technologies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.producersguild.org/news/37503/PGA-Honors-Michael-Lynton-and-Amy-Pascal-with-Milestone-Award.htm |title=PGA Honors Michael Lynton and Amy Pascal with Milestone Award |first=James |last=Gilmore |publisher=] |date=October 7, 2009 |access-date=April 26, 2014 |archive-date=April 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410211712/http://www.producersguild.org/news/37503/PGA-Honors-Michael-Lynton-and-Amy-Pascal-with-Milestone-Award.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
Pascal oversaw the production and distribution of films including the '']'' franchise; the ] films '']'', '']'' and '']'', the first Bond film to gross over $1 billion at the worldwide box office;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-bonds-skyfall-1-billion-407126|title=Box Office Milestone: Daniel Craig's 'Skyfall' Crosses $1 Billion Worldwide|first=Pamela |last=McClintock|work=]|date=December 30, 2012}}</ref> '']'' and '']''; ]’s '']'', '']'', and '']''; and Best Picture Oscar nominees '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/oscars-2010-here-are-the-best-picture-nominees-2011-1
|title=OSCARS 2011: Here Are The Best Picture Nominees!|author=Ujala Sehgal|publisher= ]|date= February 26, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2012/01/oscar-nominations-2012-is-moneyball-the-best-sports-movie-ever.html|title=Oscar nominations 2012: Is 'Moneyball' the best sports movie ever? |work= Los Angeles Times|date= January 24, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-en-oscars-2013-nomination-list,0,1532667.story#axzz2uYyn0aGZ|title=Oscars winners and nominees 2013: Complete list |work= Los Angeles Times|date= February 25, 2013}}</ref>


Pascal has overseen the production and distribution of many films, including the '']'' franchise; the ] films '']'', '']'' and '']'', the first Bond film to gross over $1 billion at the worldwide box office;<ref>plus Spectre (2015){{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/james-bonds-skyfall-1-billion-407126/|title=Box Office Milestone: Daniel Craig's 'Skyfall' Crosses $1 Billion Worldwide|first=Pamela|last=McClintock|work=]|date=December 30, 2012|access-date=April 21, 2022|archive-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413020910/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/james-bonds-skyfall-1-billion-407126/|url-status=live}}</ref> '']'' and '']''; ]'s '']'', '']'', and '']''; and Best Picture Oscar nominees '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/oscars-2010-here-are-the-best-picture-nominees-2011-1|title=OSCARS 2011: Here Are The Best Picture Nominees!|first=Ujala|last=Sehgal|publisher=]|date=February 26, 2011|access-date=April 26, 2014|archive-date=January 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127144006/http://www.businessinsider.com/oscars-2010-here-are-the-best-picture-nominees-2011-1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2012/01/oscar-nominations-2012-is-moneyball-the-best-sports-movie-ever.html|title= Oscar nominations 2012: Is 'Moneyball' the best sports movie ever?|work= Los Angeles Times|date= January 24, 2012|access-date= April 26, 2014|archive-date= January 13, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180113035541/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2012/01/oscar-nominations-2012-is-moneyball-the-best-sports-movie-ever.html|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-en-oscars-2013-nomination-list-story.html|title=Oscars winners and nominees 2013: Complete list|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 25, 2013|access-date=April 21, 2022|archive-date=October 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018043007/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-en-oscars-2013-nomination-list-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
Pascal, along with Lynton, also oversaw ] (SPT), which produces and distributes television programming for multiple platforms in the U.S. and internationally.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/12/07/industry-us-sonypictures-idUSTRE6B66DY20101207|title=Sony extends contract of studio head Amy Pascal|first= Bernard |last=Orr |agency= ]|date= December 7, 2010 }}</ref>


Pascal, along with Lynton, also oversaw ] (SPT), which produces and distributes television programming for multiple platforms in the U.S. and internationally.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/industry-us-sonypictures-idUSTRE6B66DY20101207|title=Sony extends contract of studio head Amy Pascal|first=Bernard|last=Orr|work=]|date=December 7, 2010|access-date=July 10, 2021|archive-date=March 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311180708/https://www.reuters.com/article/industry-us-sonypictures-idUSTRE6B66DY20101207|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2013, Pascal was elected to the Board of Governors of the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/film-academys-new-board-governors-585531|title=Film Academy's New Board of Governors Includes Sony's Amy Pascal and Filmmaker Alex Gibney|first= Gregg |last=Kilday |work= The Hollywood Reporter|date= July 15, 2013 }}</ref>


In 2013, Pascal was elected to the Board of Governors of the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/film-academys-new-board-governors-585531|title=Film Academy's New Board of Governors Includes Sony's Amy Pascal and Filmmaker Alex Gibney|first=Gregg|last=Kilday|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 15, 2013|access-date=April 21, 2022|archive-date=February 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218214824/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/film-academys-new-board-governors-585531|url-status=live}}</ref>
She clashed with investor ], who accused both Pascal and Lynton of "poor financial controls."<ref name="matthewgarrahan"/> Indeed, according to '']'', "she employed an assistant who earned more than $250,000 a year, and had use of a private jet and other perks in keeping with Hollywood’s golden era rather than an age of austerity."<ref name="matthewgarrahan"/> Moreover, Pascal earned US$3 million annually.<ref>{{cite news|first=Danielle|last=Berrin|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywoodjew/item/sony_pictures_co_chairman_amy_pascal_gets_a_graceful_exit|title=Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal gets a graceful exit|work=]|date=February 5, 2015}}</ref>


She clashed with investor ], who accused both Pascal and Lynton of "poor financial controls."<ref name="matthewgarrahan"/> According to the '']'', "she employed an assistant who earned more than $250,000 a year, and had use of a ] and other perks in keeping with Hollywood's golden era rather than an age of austerity."<ref name="matthewgarrahan"/> At the end of 2014, Pascal was the only woman at Sony to earn over $1 million per annum, having earned US$3 million a year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://time.com/3625392/the-7-most-outrageous-things-we-learned-from-the-sony-hack/|title=The 7 Most Outrageous Things We Learned From the Sony Hack|date=December 7, 2014|access-date=February 16, 2015|magazine=Time|first=Sam|last=Frizell|quote=Only one female Sony employee earns more than $1 million.|archive-date=February 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209220906/http://time.com/3625392/the-7-most-outrageous-things-we-learned-from-the-sony-hack/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Slate">{{cite news|last1=Copeland|first1=Libby|title=Sony Pictures Hack Reveals Stark Gender Pay Gap|url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/12/sony-pictures-hack-reveals-gender-pay-gap-at-the-entertainment-company-and-deloitte.html|work=Slate|date=December 5, 2014|access-date=April 21, 2022|archive-date=April 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422034518/https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/12/sony-pictures-hack-reveals-gender-pay-gap-at-the-entertainment-company-and-deloitte.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Danielle|last=Berrin|url=https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/154908/sony-pictures-co-chairman-amy-pascal-gets-a-graceful-exit/|title=Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal gets a graceful exit|work=]|date=February 5, 2015|access-date=April 21, 2022|archive-date=May 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516082335/https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/154908/sony-pictures-co-chairman-amy-pascal-gets-a-graceful-exit/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Her contract with Sony was meant to expire in March 2015.<ref name="matthewgarrahan"/> On February 5, she announced she would step down.<ref name="wsjbenfritz">{{cite news|first=Ben|last=Fritz|url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/amy-pascal-steps-down-as-head-of-sony-pictures-film-business-1423157351|title=Amy Pascal Steps Down as Head of Sony Pictures’ Film Business: Long-Time Executive to Start Film-Production Company in May|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=February 5, 2015}}</ref><ref name="guardiandominicrushe">{{cite news|first=Dominic|last=Rushe|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/feb/05/amy-pascal-leaving-sony-pictures-email-leak|title=Amy Pascal steps down from Sony Pictures in wake of damaging email hack|work=The Guardian|date=5 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first1=Michael|last1=Cieply|first2=Brooks|last2=Barnesm|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/06/business/amy-pascal-leaving-as-sony-studio-chief.html?_r=0|title=Amy Pascal Leaving as Sony Studio Chief|work=The New York Times|date=February 5, 2015}}</ref> However, she added she would start her own production company, with a four-year contract which includes funding and distribution via Sony Pictures Entertainment.<ref name="wsjbenfritz"/><ref name="guardiandominicrushe"/><ref name="saranathan">{{cite news|first=Sara|last=Nathan|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2938552/Amy-Pascal-Sony-racist-jibe-emails-President-Obama.html|title=Exclusive: Shamed Sony chief Amy Pascal is Out at studio after her email jibes about Obama's race were hacked by North Korea|work=The Daily Mail|date=5 February 2015}}</ref> She is expected to produce the new ] movie and the new ] produced ''Spider-Man'' reboot.<ref name="hollywoodreportertatiana">{{cite news|first=Tatiana|last=Siegel|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/amy-pascal-step-down-top-755789|title=Amy Pascal to Step Down From Top Sony Post|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=5 February 2015}}</ref> She is also expected produce theatre and television.<ref name="saranathan"/> Putting an end to speculations, she admitted during a ] discussion on February 11 that her new role meant she had been "fired" by Sony.<ref name="nytimesfired">Michael Cieply, , ''The New York Times'', February 12, 2015</ref><ref name="varietyfired">Dave McNary, , ''Variety'', February 11, 2015</ref>

Pascal's contract with Sony was scheduled to expire in March 2015.<ref name="matthewgarrahan"/> On February 5, 2015, Pascal announced she would step down in May 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-sony-amy-pascal-stepping-down-20150205-story.html |title=Sony co-chair Amy Pascal steps down after hacking scandal |first=Ryan |last=Faughdner |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 5, 2015 |access-date=February 15, 2015 |archive-date=February 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216022935/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-sony-amy-pascal-stepping-down-20150205-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="wsjbenfritz">{{cite news|first=Ben|last=Fritz|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/amy-pascal-steps-down-as-head-of-sony-pictures-film-business-1423157351|title=Amy Pascal Steps Down as Head of Sony Pictures' Film Business: Long-Time Executive to Start Film-Production Company in May|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=February 5, 2015|access-date=March 5, 2017|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108104418/https://www.wsj.com/articles/amy-pascal-steps-down-as-head-of-sony-pictures-film-business-1423157351|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="guardiandominicrushe">{{cite news|first=Dominic|last=Rushe|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/feb/05/amy-pascal-leaving-sony-pictures-email-leak|title=Amy Pascal steps down from Sony Pictures in wake of damaging email hack|work=The Guardian|date=February 5, 2015|access-date=December 11, 2016|archive-date=October 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024201313/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/feb/05/amy-pascal-leaving-sony-pictures-email-leak|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first1=Michael|last1=Cieply|first2=Brooks|last2=Barnesm|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/06/business/amy-pascal-leaving-as-sony-studio-chief.html|title=Amy Pascal Leaving as Sony Studio Chief|work=The New York Times|date=February 5, 2015|access-date=February 14, 2017|archive-date=August 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821212132/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/06/business/amy-pascal-leaving-as-sony-studio-chief.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Pascal stated during a '']'' discussion on February 11, 2015, that she had been "fired" by Sony.<ref name="nytimesfired">Michael Cieply, {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033010/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/13/business/media/amy-pascal-says-sony-pushed-her-out.html |date=November 12, 2020 }}, ''The New York Times'', February 12, 2015</ref><ref name="varietyfired">Dave McNary, {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628170529/https://variety.com/2015/film/news/amy-pascal-sony-angelina-jolie-obama-hack-the-interview-1201431167/ |date=June 28, 2021 }}, ''Variety'', February 11, 2015</ref>

===Pascal Pictures===
{{Infobox company
| name = Pascal Pictures, Inc.
| logo = ]
| logo_caption = Logo used since 2018
| type = Independent
| founded = 2016
| founder = Amy Pascal
| hq_location_country = United States
| key_people = Amy Pascal (Founder & President)
| industry = ]
}}
Pascal started her own production company, with a four-year contract for funding and distribution via Sony Pictures Entertainment.<ref name="wsjbenfritz"/><ref name="guardiandominicrushe"/> The company, called Pascal Pictures, hired Rachel O'Connor as production chief and Ian Dalrymple to open and run a New York branch. Pascal Pictures was expected to continue Amy Pascal's "book-friendly" focus, and Dalrymple's office was expected to facilitate this.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/07/amy-pascal-ian-dalrymple-new-york-office-pascal-pictures-1201471824/|title=Amy Pascal Hires Ian Dalrymple To Run Gotham Office For Pascal Pictures|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=2015-07-07|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=July 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708070316/https://deadline.com/2015/07/amy-pascal-ian-dalrymple-new-york-office-pascal-pictures-1201471824/|url-status=live}}</ref> The company's first production was the reboot '']'' (2016). She subsequently produced '']'' with ],<ref name="hollywoodreportertatiana">{{cite news|first=Tatiana|last=Siegel|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/amy-pascal-step-down-top-755789|title=Amy Pascal to Step Down From Top Sony Post|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 5, 2015|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=September 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908222620/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/amy-pascal-step-down-top-755789|url-status=live}}</ref> in addition to theatre and television work. ] President Hannah Minghella obtained rights to ''Maestra'' by L. S. Hilton with the intent for Pascal to produce the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/12/charlie-hebdo-donald-trump-top-media-stories-of-2015-1201672127/|title=Sony Nearing Amy Pascal's First Major Deal: S.L. Knight Novel 'M|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=2015-12-25|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=December 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227062636/https://deadline.com/2015/12/charlie-hebdo-donald-trump-top-media-stories-of-2015-1201672127/|url-status=live}} (see previous story linked therein)</ref> Pascal Pictures made a winning bid for a memoir by ] about "]" called '']'', which was sold to Touchstone/] for publication in September 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/11/zoe-quinn-crash-override-gamergate-memoir-amy-pascal-1201611420/|title=Amy Pascal Wins Zoe Quinn's Gamergate Memoir 'Crash Override'|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=2015-11-06|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=November 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106233956/https://deadline.com/2015/11/zoe-quinn-crash-override-gamergate-memoir-amy-pascal-1201611420/|url-status=live}}</ref> Pascal and Elizabeth Cantillon optioned rights for a TriStar TV series based on books by ] set in 1960s-1970s Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/11/amy-pascal-elizabeth-cantillon-eve-babitz-tristar-tv-series-1201630731/|title=Amy Pascal & Elizabeth Cantillon Option Eve Babitz Memoirs For TriStar TV Series|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=2015-11-20|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=November 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122011301/https://deadline.com/2015/11/amy-pascal-elizabeth-cantillon-eve-babitz-tristar-tv-series-1201630731/|url-status=live}}</ref> For a sum in the "mid-six to seven figures", Pascal made a deal for Michael Diliberti's ''Athena'', about a descendant of the goddess Athena who is recruited to a secret organization.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/11/athena-movie-amy-pascal-michael-diliberti-sony-1201610977/|title=Amy Pascal Lands Pitch For 'Athena' Movie From Michael Diliberti|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=2015-11-06|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=October 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024065844/https://deadline.com/2015/11/athena-movie-amy-pascal-michael-diliberti-sony-1201610977/|url-status=live}}</ref> Together with Sony, Pascal obtained rights for the TV crime drama ''Darktown'', which she plans to executive produce with ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/01/amy-pascal-jamie-foxx-darktown-1940s-crime-drama-race-1201682882/|title=Amy Pascal & Jamie Foxx Team For 1940s TV Crime Drama About Race 'Darktown'|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=2016-01-14|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=January 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115233326/https://deadline.com/2016/01/amy-pascal-jamie-foxx-darktown-1940s-crime-drama-race-1201682882/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 2019, it was announced that Pascal and her production company Pascal Pictures is leaving Sony and moving to ] for a first-look deal after 30 years at Sony Pictures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/05/amy-pascal-universal-pictures-deal-30-year-sony-run-ends-donna-langley-1202605252/|title=Amy Pascal Ends 30-Year Sony Run With Universal First Look Deal|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=2019-05-01|access-date=May 4, 2019|archive-date=May 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501195758/https://deadline.com/2019/05/amy-pascal-universal-pictures-deal-30-year-sony-run-ends-donna-langley-1202605252/|url-status=live}}</ref>


===Activities and awards=== ===Activities and awards===
In 2001, Pascal was honored with the ]’s ], which recognizes those whose work has helped to expand the role of women in the entertainment industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wif.org/past-recipients|title=Past Recipients Crystal Award |publisher= ]|accessdate= April 27, 2014 }}</ref> Pascal has been included in '']''’s annual ] list and '']'' ranking of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/hollywood-reporter-women-entertainment-2011-power-100-268500|title=THR's Women in Entertainment 2011: Power 100|work= The Hollywood Reporter|date= December 7, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/11/power-women-09_The-100-Most-Powerful-Women_Rank_3.html|title=The 100 Most Powerful Women|work= Forbes|accessdate= April 27, 2014 }}</ref> As of 2014, she was ranked as the 28th most powerful woman in the world by ''Forbes'', up from 36th in 2013.<ref name=Forbes14>{{cite web|title=The World's 100 Most Powerful Women|url=http://www.forbes.com/power-women/list/#tab:overall|work=]|accessdate=24 June 2014}}</ref> In 2001, Pascal was honored with the ]'s ], which recognizes those whose work has helped to expand the role of women in the entertainment industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wif.org/past-recipients |title=Past Recipients Crystal Award |publisher=] |access-date=April 27, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019190350/http://wif.org/past-recipients |archive-date=October 19, 2013 }}</ref> Pascal has been included in '']''{{'}}s annual ] list and '']''{{'}} ranking of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/hollywood-reporter-women-entertainment-2011-power-100-268500|title=THR's Women in Entertainment 2011: Power 100|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=December 7, 2011|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=August 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828151112/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/hollywood-reporter-women-entertainment-2011-power-100-268500|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/11/power-women-09_The-100-Most-Powerful-Women_Rank_3.html|title=The 100 Most Powerful Women|work=Forbes|access-date=April 27, 2014|date=August 19, 2009|archive-date=June 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628231621/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/11/power-women-09_The-100-Most-Powerful-Women_Rank_3.html|url-status=live}}</ref> {{as of|2014}}, she was ranked as the 28th most powerful woman in the world by ''Forbes'', up from 36th in 2013.<ref name=Forbes14>{{cite news|title=The World's 100 Most Powerful Women|url=https://www.forbes.com/power-women/list/#tab:overall|work=]|access-date=June 24, 2014|archive-date=September 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920073036/https://www.forbes.com/power-women/list/#tab:overall|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Philanthropy== ==Philanthropy==
She serves on the Honorary Committee of the ] of Greater Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.end-epilepsy.org/api/Index.cfm/cms.page/i/14981/preview/707D617A6B/Care-and-Cure-2013---Honoree/|title=Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angeles: Honorary Committee}}</ref> She was awarded the 2008 Humanitarian Award from the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=lsKWLbPJLnF&b=4924937&ct=5848963#.VKEfUl4CiQ|title=Simon Wiesenthal Center to Honor Amy Pascal, Co-Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment and Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group with its 2008 Humanitarian Award|work=Simon Wiesenthal Center website|date=May 2, 2008}}</ref> Additionally, she has made charitable contributions to ].<ref name="rachelabramsvariety">{{cite news|first=Rachel|last=Abrams|url=http://variety.com/2013/biz/news/power-of-women-amy-pascal-supports-teenagers-in-crisis-with-teen-line-1200683047/|title=Power of Women: Amy Pascal Supports Teenagers in Crisis With Teen Line|work=Variety|date=October 1, 2013}}</ref> Pascal serves on the Honorary Committee of the ] of Greater Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.end-epilepsy.org/api/Index.cfm/cms.page/i/14981/preview/707D617A6B/Care-and-Cure-2013---Honoree/|title=Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angeles: Honorary Committee|access-date=December 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229113615/http://www.end-epilepsy.org/api/Index.cfm/cms.page/i/14981/preview/707D617A6B/Care-and-Cure-2013---Honoree/|archive-date=December 29, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> She has made charitable contributions to ].<ref name="rachelabramsvariety">{{cite news|first=Rachel|last=Abrams|url=https://variety.com/2013/biz/news/power-of-women-amy-pascal-supports-teenagers-in-crisis-with-teen-line-1200683047/|title=Power of Women: Amy Pascal Supports Teenagers in Crisis With Teen Line|work=Variety|date=October 1, 2013|access-date=December 9, 2017|archive-date=November 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113061957/https://variety.com/2013/biz/news/power-of-women-amy-pascal-supports-teenagers-in-crisis-with-teen-line-1200683047/|url-status=live}}</ref>


She was awarded the 2008 Humanitarian Award from the ], a non-profit organization based in Los Angeles which combats antisemitism and promotes human rights and tolerance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=lsKWLbPJLnF&b=4924937&ct=5848963|title=Simon Wiesenthal Center to Honor Amy Pascal, Co-Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment and Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group with its 2008 Humanitarian Award|work=Simon Wiesenthal Center website|date=May 2, 2008|access-date=December 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229113712/http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=lsKWLbPJLnF&b=4924937&ct=5848963|archive-date=December 29, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.asp?c=lsKWLbPJLnF&b=4442227|title=SWC 2008 National Tribute Dinner|work=Simon Wiesenthal Center website|access-date=February 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218182943/http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.asp?c=lsKWLbPJLnF&b=4442227|archive-date=February 18, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> She received the award at the 2008 National Tribute Dinner, an annual fundraiser which raised US$2 million for the center.<ref name="varietybillhigginsnolaughing">Bill Higgins, {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116132740/https://variety.com/2008/scene/markets-festivals/no-laughing-matter-3-1117985268/ |date=November 16, 2018 }}, ''Variety'', May 7, 2008</ref> In her acceptance speech, she said, "I believe in what the ] is committed to: not just the literal event of the ] but not letting anything like that happen again."<ref name="varietybillhigginsnolaughing"/>
== Sony Pictures Entertainment Hack ==
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On December 9, 2014, Sony's computer system was hacked by "Guardians of Peace" using ] malware, which led to the theft of internal company documents. In subsequent news coverage Pascal and producer ] were noted to have had an exchange about Pascal's upcoming encounter with President ].<ref name="mikefleming">{{cite web|first=Mike|last=Fleming Jr.|url=http://deadline.com/2014/12/scott-rudin-apology-sony-hacking-barack-obama-1201320321/|title=Scott Rudin Apologizes After Leak Of Sony’s Hacked Racially Insensitive E-Mails On Barack Obama|work=]|date=December 11, 2014}}</ref><ref name="varietyapologizes">{{cite news|author=Variety Staff|url=http://variety.com/2014/film/news/sonys-amy-pascal-apologizes-for-obama-emails-not-who-i-am-1201377177/|title=Sony’s Amy Pascal Apologizes for Obama Emails|work=]|date=December 11, 2014}}</ref><ref name="huffrosen">{{cite news|first=Christopher|last=Rosen|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/11/scott-rudin-amy-pascal-apology_n_6310040.html|title=Scott Rudin & Amy Pascal Apologize After Racially Insensitive Emails About Obama Leak|work=]|date=December 11, 2014}}</ref> Pascal suggested the president would enjoy '']'' and '']'', which deal with ] and the pre-civil rights era.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buzzfeed.com/matthewzeitlin/scott-rudin-on-obama-i-bet-he-likes-kevin-hart|title=Scott Rudin On Obama’s Favorite Movies: “I Bet He Likes Kevin Hart”|publisher=]|date=2014-12-10|author=Matthew Zeitlin}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/12/11/a-sony-exec-cracks-jokes-about-obamas-race-and-eight-more-bruising-revelations-from-the-sony-leak/?resType=accessibility|title=A Sony exec cracks jokes about Obama’s race, and eight more bruising revelations from the Sony leak|publisher=Washington Post|date=2014-12-11|author=Hayley Tsukayama}}</ref>


== Sony Pictures hack and controversies ==
News reports branded the exchange as "racially insensitive,"<ref name="matthewgarrahan"/><ref name="mikefleming"/><ref name="varietyapologizes"/><ref name="huffrosen"/><ref name=Times.Interview>{{cite web|last1=Dockterman|first1=Eliana|title=Seth Rogen Thanks Sony Chief for Making The Interview|url=http://time.com/3631562/seth-rogen-amy-pascal-the-interview/|publisher=Times Magazine|accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref> while other media outlets called it "]."<ref name="matthewgarrahan"/><ref>{{cite news|first=Chris|last=Sparho|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2871867/Sony-employee-alleges-rampant-workplace-racism-leaked-email-days-studio-head-Amy-Pascal-s-racist-email-exchange-President-Obama-went-public.html|title=Sony employee alleges rampant workplace racism in leaked email days after studio head Amy Pascal's racist email exchange about President Obama went public|work=The Daily Mail|date=December 13, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Sandy|last=Cohen|url=http://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/movies/2014/12/12/sonys-amy-pascal-fire-racist-remarks/20333889/|title=Sony's Amy Pascal under fire for racist remarks|work=Detroit News|date=December 12, 2014}}</ref> Pascal responded by saying "the content of my emails were insensitive and inappropriate but are not an accurate reflection of who I am," adding "I made a series of remarks that were meant only to be funny, but in the cold light of day, they are in fact thoughtless and insensitive — and not funny at all.”<ref name="huffrosen"/><ref>{{cite news|first1=Brooks|last1=Barnes|first2=Michael|last2=Cieply|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/12/business/media/scott-rudin-and-amy-pascal-of-sony-apologize-for-racially-tinged-comments-on-obama.html?_r=0|title=Sony Film Executives Apologize for Racially Tinged Emails About Obama|work=]|date=December 11, 2014}}</ref>
{{Main|Sony Pictures hack}}
On December 9, 2014, a group called "Guardians of Peace" hacked into Sony's computer system, which led to the theft of internal company documents. The fallout became a major international diplomatic incident in ]. In subsequent news coverage Pascal and producer ] were noted to have had an exchange in these documents about Pascal's upcoming encounter with President ].<ref name="mikefleming">{{cite web|first=Mike Jr.|last=Fleming|url=https://deadline.com/2014/12/scott-rudin-apology-sony-hacking-barack-obama-1201320321/|title=Scott Rudin Apologizes After Leak Of Sony's Hacked Racially Insensitive E-Mails On Barack Obama|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=December 11, 2014|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=December 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141212031149/https://deadline.com/2014/12/scott-rudin-apology-sony-hacking-barack-obama-1201320321/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="varietyapologizes">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/sonys-amy-pascal-apologizes-for-obama-emails-not-who-i-am-1201377177/|title=Sony's Amy Pascal Apologizes for Obama Emails|work=]|date=December 11, 2014|access-date=December 9, 2017|archive-date=August 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810194510/https://variety.com/2014/film/news/sonys-amy-pascal-apologizes-for-obama-emails-not-who-i-am-1201377177/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="huffrosen">{{cite news|first=Christopher|last=Rosen|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/11/scott-rudin-amy-pascal-apology_n_6310040.html|title=Scott Rudin & Amy Pascal Apologize After Racially Insensitive Emails About Obama Leak|work=]|date=December 11, 2014|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=February 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222090621/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/11/scott-rudin-amy-pascal-apology_n_6310040.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Pascal joked that the president, who is ], would possibly enjoy '']'' and '']'' (films which deal with ] and the pre-civil rights era) or the comedy '']'' which features an ensemble cast of black comedians. Rudin responded, "'']'', I bet he likes ]."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/matthewzeitlin/scott-rudin-on-obama-i-bet-he-likes-kevin-hart|title=Scott Rudin On Obama's Favorite Movies: "I Bet He Likes Kevin Hart"|publisher=]|date=December 10, 2014|author=Matthew Zeitlin|access-date=August 24, 2017|archive-date=December 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211061915/https://www.buzzfeed.com/matthewzeitlin/scott-rudin-on-obama-i-bet-he-likes-kevin-hart|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/12/11/a-sony-exec-cracks-jokes-about-obamas-race-and-eight-more-bruising-revelations-from-the-sony-leak/|title=A Sony exec cracks jokes about Obama's race, and eight more bruising revelations from the Sony leak|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=December 11, 2014|author=Hayley Tsukayama}}</ref>


===Racist comments===
Civil rights leader ] suggested the apology was not sufficient, compared her to ], and called for more diversity in Sony's hiring pool.<ref>{{cite news|first=Colin|last=Campbell|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/al-sharpton-compares-sony-exec-to-donald-sterling-2014-12|title=Al Sharpton Compares Sony Exec To Racist Ex-NBA Owner|work=]|date=December 11, 2014}}</ref> An editorial by Sorkin in the '']'' denounced the media's focus on Pascal's communications and many other emails released by the hack as "Giving Material Aid to Criminals", saying "at least the hackers are doing it for a cause. The press is doing it for a nickel."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/15/opinion/aaron-sorkin-journalists-shouldnt-help-the-sony-hackers.html?_r=1|title=The Sony Hack and the Yellow Press|publisher=New York Times|date=2014-12-14|author=Aaron Sorkin}}</ref> However, actress ] suggested Pascal should have known better, adding, "Don’t write anything you don’t want broadcast."<ref>{{cite news|first=Maane|last=Khatchatourian|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/lisa-kudrow-on-leaked-sony-emails-1201378935/|title=Lisa Kudrow on Sony Emails: ‘Don’t Write Anything You Don’t Want Broadcast’|work=Variety|date=December 13, 2014}}</ref> Billionaire real estate investor ] suggested she should resign "for stupidity reasons."<ref>{{cite news|first=David|last=Martosko|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2875540/Donald-Trump-says-Sony-Pictures-chief-Amy-Pascal-resign-stupidity-reasons-seeking-counsel-Rev-Al-Sharpton-racist-emails-revealed-hack.html|title=Donald Trump says Sony Pictures co-chief Amy Pascal should 'resign for stupidity reasons' after she sought help from Rev. Al Sharpton over racist emails revealed in hack|work=The Daily Mail|date=December 16, 2014}}</ref>
News reports branded the exchange as "racially insensitive,"<ref name="matthewgarrahan"/><ref name="mikefleming"/><ref name="varietyapologizes"/><ref name="huffrosen"/><ref name="Times.Interview">{{cite news|last1=Dockterman|first1=Eliana|title=Seth Rogen Thanks Sony Chief for Making The Interview|url=https://time.com/3631562/seth-rogen-amy-pascal-the-interview/|work=Times Magazine|access-date=December 22, 2014|archive-date=December 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220201652/http://time.com/3631562/seth-rogen-amy-pascal-the-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref> while others called it "]."<ref name="matthewgarrahan"/><ref>{{cite news|first=Sandy|last=Cohen|url=http://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/movies/2014/12/12/sonys-amy-pascal-fire-racist-remarks/20333889/|title=Sony's Amy Pascal under fire for racist remarks|work=Detroit News|date=December 12, 2014|access-date=December 20, 2014|archive-date=December 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214104622/http://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/movies/2014/12/12/sonys-amy-pascal-fire-racist-remarks/20333889/|url-status=live}}</ref> Pascal responded by saying "the content of my emails were insensitive and inappropriate but are not an accurate reflection of who I am."<ref name="huffrosen"/><ref>{{cite news|first1=Brooks|last1=Barnes|first2=Michael|last2=Cieply|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/12/business/media/scott-rudin-and-amy-pascal-of-sony-apologize-for-racially-tinged-comments-on-obama.html|title=Sony Film Executives Apologize for Racially Tinged Emails About Obama|work=]|date=December 11, 2014|access-date=February 14, 2017|archive-date=March 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303004053/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/12/business/media/scott-rudin-and-amy-pascal-of-sony-apologize-for-racially-tinged-comments-on-obama.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


Civil rights leader ] suggested the apology was not sufficient, compared her to ], and called for more diversity in Sony's hiring pool.<ref>{{cite news|first=Colin|last=Campbell|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/al-sharpton-compares-sony-exec-to-donald-sterling-2014-12|title=Al Sharpton Compares Sony Exec To Racist Ex-NBA Owner|work=]|date=December 11, 2014|access-date=December 12, 2014|archive-date=July 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708172813/http://www.businessinsider.com/al-sharpton-compares-sony-exec-to-donald-sterling-2014-12|url-status=live}}</ref> The screenwriter and producer ] denounced the media's focus on Pascal's communications and many other emails released by the hack in an opinion piece for '']'', characterising the coverage as "giving material aid to criminals" and writing "at least the hackers are doing it for a cause. The press is doing it for a nickel."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/15/opinion/aaron-sorkin-journalists-shouldnt-help-the-sony-hackers.html|title=The Sony Hack and the Yellow Press|work=The New York Times|date=December 14, 2014|author=Aaron Sorkin|access-date=February 14, 2017|archive-date=December 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215232220/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/15/opinion/aaron-sorkin-journalists-shouldnt-help-the-sony-hackers.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the popular press, coverage of the story was extended with actress and producer ] suggesting Pascal should have known better, adding, "Don't write anything you don't want broadcast".<ref>{{cite news|first=Maane|last=Khatchatourian|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/lisa-kudrow-on-leaked-sony-emails-1201378935/|title=Lisa Kudrow on Sony Emails: 'Don't Write Anything You Don't Want Broadcast'|work=Variety|date=December 13, 2014|access-date=December 20, 2014|archive-date=December 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216061303/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/lisa-kudrow-on-leaked-sony-emails-1201378935/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205131617/https://www.thewrap.com/lisa-kudrow-rips-sony-execs-over-leaked-emails-dont-write-anything-you-dont-want-broadcast-video/ |date=December 5, 2019 }}, '']'', December 13, 2014</ref><ref>Ryan Gajewsk, {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422034519/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/lisa-kudrow-sony-emails-execs-757499/ |date=April 22, 2022 }}, ''The Hollywood Reporter'', December 13, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2022</ref> At the ] on January 7, 2015, Kudrow, who was the presenter, mentioned the Sony hack again, arguing that it was disturbing "because Scott Rudin and Amy Pascal thought ''that'' was witty banter."<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108091649/https://deadline.com/2015/02/wga-awards-live-blog-2015-writers-guild-awards-1201373023/|date=November 8, 2020}} ''Deadline Hollywood''</ref>
Furthermore, ], a civil rights organization, launched a petition calling upon Sony to fire Pascal from her role, arguing, "Pascal’s comments are confirmation of the manipulative, exploitative relationship corporations like Sony have with Black folks."<ref name="hollywoodreportercolor">{{cite news|first=Aaron|last=Couch|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/civil-rights-group-asks-sony-759163|title=Civil Rights Group Asks Sony to Fire Amy Pascal Over Leaked Emails|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=December 18, 2014}}</ref><ref name="theindependent">{{cite news|first=Antonia|last=Molloy|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/sony-hacking-civil-rights-group-calls-for-amy-pascal-to-be-fired-over-raciallycharged-leaked-email-exchange-about-barack-obama-9933909.html|title=Sony hacking: Civil rights group calls for Amy Pascal to be fired over 'racially-charged' leaked email exchange about Barack Obama|work=]|date=December 18, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/Sony_Pascal/|title=ColorOfChange: Tell Sony: Fire Amy Pascal!}}</ref> They added, "We must hold Pascal accountable here; not just for her horrendous comments, but also for her role at the helm of a corporate agenda that views Black America as one big, lucrative joke."<ref name="hollywoodreportercolor"/>

], a civil rights organization, launched a petition in December 2014 calling upon Sony to fire Pascal from her role, arguing, "Pascal's comments are confirmation of the manipulative, exploitative relationship corporations like Sony have with Black folks."<ref name="hollywoodreportercolor">{{cite news|first=Aaron|last=Couch|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/civil-rights-group-asks-sony-759163/|title=Civil Rights Group Asks Sony to Fire Amy Pascal Over Leaked Emails|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=December 18, 2014|access-date=April 21, 2022|archive-date=April 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422034518/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/civil-rights-group-asks-sony-759163/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="theindependent">{{cite news|first=Antonia|last=Molloy|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/sony-hacking-civil-rights-group-calls-for-amy-pascal-to-be-fired-over-raciallycharged-leaked-email-exchange-about-barack-obama-9933909.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219044632/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/sony-hacking-civil-rights-group-calls-for-amy-pascal-to-be-fired-over-raciallycharged-leaked-email-exchange-about-barack-obama-9933909.html |archive-date=2014-12-19 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=Sony hacking: Civil rights group calls for Amy Pascal to be fired over 'racially-charged' leaked email exchange about Barack Obama|work=]|date=December 18, 2014|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/Sony_Pascal/|title=ColorOfChange: Tell Sony: Fire Amy Pascal!|access-date=December 29, 2014|archive-date=January 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102070712/http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/Sony_Pascal/|url-status=live}}</ref> They added, "We must hold Pascal accountable here; not just for her horrendous comments, but also for her role at the helm of a corporate agenda that views Black America as one big, lucrative joke."<ref name="hollywoodreportercolor"/>

In a 2020 interview with '']'', ] accused Pascal of making racially insensitive and demeaning demands of her for the film remake of '']'', a film Newton ended up declining to star in due to Pascal's alleged behavior.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.vulture.com/article/thandie-newton-in-conversation.html|title= In Conversation: Thandie Newton After decades onscreen, nothing surprises the Westworld actress, though what she's ready to share will surprise you|website= Vulture|date= July 7, 2020|access-date= July 7, 2020|archive-date= August 4, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200804114217/https://www.vulture.com/article/thandie-newton-in-conversation.html|url-status= live}}</ref> Pascal responded by stating she was "horrified" by the story and had no recollection of it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/thandie-newton-charlies-angels-amy-pascal-1234699851/|title=Thandie Newton Left 'Charlie's Angels' After Disturbing Encounter With Amy Pascal|website=Variety|first=Mackenzie|last=Nichols|date=July 7, 2020|access-date=July 7, 2020|archive-date=July 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707233040/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/thandie-newton-charlies-angels-amy-pascal-1234699851/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Gender pay gap ===
After Pascal left Sony, she was interviewed about Sony Entertainment's ] that had been exposed by the leaks. ] asked Pascal to explain why actresses did not realize they were being paid less than male actors. Pascal said, "People want to work for less money. I'll pay them less money. I don't call them up and go, 'Can I give you some more?' ... what women have to do is not work for less money.... People should know what they're worth and say no."<ref name="newcomer-sakoui">{{cite news|last1=Newcomer|first1=Eric|last2=Sakoui|first2=Anousha|title=Sony's Pascal Defends Paying Women Like J-Law Less|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-12/sony-s-pascal-defends-paying-women-like-jennifer-lawrence-less|access-date=March 1, 2015|work=BloombergBusiness|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|date=February 11, 2015|archive-date=February 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226210115/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-12/sony-s-pascal-defends-paying-women-like-jennifer-lawrence-less|url-status=live}}</ref>

Women making less than their male counterparts and male co-stars learned of the difference from the hack. The difference between what men and women made was pervasive at Sony Pictures under Pascal, with only one female out of the seventeen studio executives earning more than $1 million per year according to the unconfirmed emails, and ] co-presidents of production ] and Hannah Minghella serving in identical jobs but with a million dollar difference in pay.<ref name="Slate"/>


==Personal life== ==Personal life==
Pascal married ], a former film-business reporter for ''The New York Times'' and playwright, in 1997.<ref name="nytimesmarriage"/> They reside in Los Angeles, and have a son.<ref name=awardsseason /> Pascal married ], a former foreign correspondent for '']'' and playwright, in 1997.<ref name="nytimesmarriage"/> They reside in ], with their son Anthony Weinraub.<ref name=awardsseason />

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==Producer filmography==
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! Distributor(s)
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! Gross
! ]
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| 2016
| '']''
| ]
| rowspan="2" | ]
| $144 million
| $229.1 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ghostbusters2016.htm|title=Ghostbusters (2016)|website=]|publisher=]|access-date=July 23, 2019|archive-date=November 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118214630/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ghostbusters2016.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 74%<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ghostbusters_2016/ |title=Ghostbusters (2016) |work=] |date=July 15, 2016 |publisher=] |access-date=March 21, 2018 |archive-date=December 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201041827/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ghostbusters_2016/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2017
| '']''
| ]
| $175 million
| $880.2 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=spiderman2017.htm|title=Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)|website=]|publisher=]|access-date=July 23, 2019|archive-date=December 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216055810/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=spiderman2017.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 92%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spider_man_homecoming|title=Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)|website=]|date=July 7, 2017 |access-date=January 27, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708205041/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spider_man_homecoming|archive-date=July 8, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| '']''
| ]
| ]
| $30 million<br>{{Cn|date=February 2024}}
| $59.3 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mollysgame.htm|title=Molly's Game (2017)|website=]|publisher=]|access-date=July 23, 2019|archive-date=July 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716231157/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mollysgame.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 82%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mollys_game_2017|title=Molly's Game (2017)|work=]|date=January 5, 2018|publisher=]|access-date=January 3, 2019|archive-date=January 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111034932/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mollys_game_2017/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| '']''
| ]
| ]
| $50 million
| $179.8 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=untitledstevenspielberg.htm|title=The Post (2017)|website=]|publisher=]|access-date=July 23, 2019|archive-date=April 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427104616/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=untitledstevenspielberg.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 88%<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_post |title=The Post (2017) |work=] |date=January 12, 2018 |publisher=] |access-date=August 20, 2018 |archive-date=December 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227081436/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_post/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2018
| '']''
| ]
| rowspan="8" | Sony Pictures Releasing
| $100 million
| $855 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=venom2018.htm|title=Venom (2018)|website=]|publisher=]|access-date=July 23, 2019|archive-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916164411/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=venom2018.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 29%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/venom_2018/|title=Venom (2018)|website=]|date=October 5, 2018|access-date=December 7, 2018|archive-date=December 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217184329/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/venom_2018/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| '']''
| ]
| $43 million
| $35 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=thegirlinthespidersweb.htm|title=The Girl in the Spider's Web: A New Dragon Tattoo Story (2018)|website=]|publisher=]|access-date=July 23, 2019|archive-date=March 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323133550/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=thegirlinthespidersweb.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 41%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_girl_in_the_spiders_web|title=The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)|date=November 9, 2018|publisher=]|access-date=November 30, 2018|archive-date=January 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119141225/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_girl_in_the_spiders_web|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| '']''
| ]<br/>]<br/>]
| $90 million<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/spider-man-into-the-spider-verse-box-office-tracking-1203034573/ |title='Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' Tracking for $30 Million Launch |last=McNary |first=Dave |author-link=Dave McNary |date=November 21, 2018 |work=] |access-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121224045/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/spider-man-into-the-spider-verse-box-office-tracking-1203034573/ |archive-date=November 21, 2018 | url-status = live }}</ref>
| $358.7 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=animatedspider-man.htm|title=Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (2018)|website=]|publisher=]|access-date=July 23, 2019|archive-date=June 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603054145/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=animatedspider-man.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 97%<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spider_man_into_the_spider_verse/ |title= Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) |website= ] |publisher= ] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181129072252/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spider_man_into_the_spider_verse/ |archive-date= November 29, 2018 |url-status= live |access-date= February 15, 2019 |df= mdy-all }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2019
| '']''
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| $160 million
| $1.132 billion<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=spidermanhomecoming2.htm |title=Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019) |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=July 23, 2019 |archive-date=June 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609110349/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=spidermanhomecoming2.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 90%<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spider_man_far_from_home|title= Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) |website= ] |date= July 2, 2019 |publisher= ] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190722210250/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spider_man_far_from_home|archive-date=July 22, 2019|url-status= live |access-date=July 22, 2019|df= mdy-all }}</ref>
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| $42 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/features/saoirse-ronan-little-women-jo-march-greta-gerwig-1203414126/|title=Saoirse Ronan Knows 'Little Women' Is the Performance of Her Career|website=]|first=Matt|last=Donnelly|date=November 26, 2019|access-date=November 26, 2019|archive-date=November 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127194246/https://variety.com/2019/film/features/saoirse-ronan-little-women-jo-march-greta-gerwig-1203414126/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| $206 million<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Little-Women-(2019)#tab=summary|title = Little Women (2019)|website = ]|access-date = April 8, 2020|archive-date = January 3, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200103160326/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Little-Women-(2019)#tab=summary|url-status = live}}</ref>
| 95%<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/little_women_2019 |title=Little Women (2019) |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=November 25, 2019 |archive-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116175328/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/little_women_2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| $110 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/box-office-venom-let-there-be-carnage-opening-weekend-1235076929/|title=Box Office: 'Venom' Sequel Aims for $50 Million-Plus Opening Weekend|date=September 29, 2021|first1=Rebecca|last1=Rubin|website=Variety|access-date=September 29, 2021|archive-date=September 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929215837/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/box-office-venom-let-there-be-carnage-opening-weekend-1235076929/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| $506.9 million
| 58%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/venom_let_there_be_carnage|title=Venom: Let There Be Carnage|website=]|access-date=September 30, 2021|archive-date=October 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026101451/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/venom_let_there_be_carnage|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 93%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spider_man_no_way_home|title=Spider-Man: No Way Home|website=]|date=December 17, 2021|access-date=January 11, 2023|archive-date=February 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227124334/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spider_man_no_way_home|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| $675.4 million
| 96%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spider_man_across_the_spider_verse|title=Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse|website=]|date=June 2, 2023|access-date=June 2, 2023|archive-date=June 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602143201/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spider_man_across_the_spider_verse|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 37%<ref>{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes |title=Venom: The Last Dance |id=venom_the_last_dance |access-date=October 23, 2024 |type=m}}</ref>
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| '']''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kroll |first1=Justin |title=George Clooney And Adam Sandler To Star In Noah Baumbach's Next Movie At Netflix |url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/george-clooney-adam-sandler-noah-baumbach-netflix-1235668766/ |website=] |date=December 14, 2023 |access-date=May 13, 2024}}</ref>
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American film producer and business executive (born 1958)

Amy Pascal
Born (1958-03-25) March 25, 1958 (age 66)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Occupation(s)Business executive, film producer
Spouse Bernard Weinraub
​ ​(m. 1997)
Children1

Amy Pascal (born March 25, 1958) is an American film producer and business executive. She served as the Chairperson of the Motion Pictures Group of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and Co-Chairperson of SPE, including Sony Pictures Television, from 2006 until 2015. She has overseen the production and distribution of many films and television programs, and was co-chairperson during the 2014 Sony Pictures hack. The leak uncovered multiple emails from Pascal which were deemed racist including racial jokes aimed at then-President Barack Obama. She left Sony and Pascal later admitted that she was fired from the company.

Pascal started her own production company, Pascal Pictures, which made its debut with the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot. In 2017, she produced Spider-Man: Homecoming, Molly's Game and The Post. She has received two Academy Award for Best Picture nominations, for producing The Post and Little Women, and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for producing Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

Early life and education

Pascal was born on March 25, 1958, in Los Angeles, California. Her father, Anthony H. Pascal, was an economic researcher at the RAND Corporation who wrote about African American social inequality and the cost of AIDS. Her mother, Barbara Pascal, was a librarian and owner of an art bookstore, Artworks. Her family is Jewish. Pascal attended Crossroads School in Santa Monica, then worked as a bookkeeper at Crossroads School while getting her international relations degree at UCLA.

Career

Pascal started her career as a secretary working for producer Tony Garnett at the independent production company Kestrel Films. From 1986 to 1987, she served as Vice President of Production at 20th Century Fox.

Sony Pictures

Pascal joined Columbia Pictures in 1988, where she was responsible for the development of films including: Groundhog Day, Little Women, Awakenings, and A League of Their Own. She left Columbia in 1994 and served for two years as the President of Production for Turner Pictures while Scott Sassa was president of Turner Entertainment. During her time at Turner, Pascal hired Damon Lee as a development director.

Pascal rejoined Columbia in 1996 as the studio's president after Turner Pictures merged with Warner Bros. In 1999, Pascal became Chair of Columbia Pictures.

Pascal was named Co-Chairperson of Sony Pictures Entertainment in September 2006. She also served as Chairman of SPE's Motion Picture Group from December 2003 to February 2015. Pascal and SPE's Chairman and CEO Michael Lynton led all of SPE's lines of business, including: motion picture production, acquisition and distribution; television production, acquisition and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services and technologies.

Pascal has overseen the production and distribution of many films, including the Spider-Man franchise; the James Bond films Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace and Skyfall, the first Bond film to gross over $1 billion at the worldwide box office; The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons; Sony Pictures Animation's The Smurfs, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and Hotel Transylvania; and Best Picture Oscar nominees American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Zero Dark Thirty, Moneyball and The Social Network.

Pascal, along with Lynton, also oversaw Sony Pictures Television (SPT), which produces and distributes television programming for multiple platforms in the U.S. and internationally.

In 2013, Pascal was elected to the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

She clashed with investor Daniel S. Loeb, who accused both Pascal and Lynton of "poor financial controls." According to the Financial Times, "she employed an assistant who earned more than $250,000 a year, and had use of a private jet and other perks in keeping with Hollywood's golden era rather than an age of austerity." At the end of 2014, Pascal was the only woman at Sony to earn over $1 million per annum, having earned US$3 million a year.

Pascal's contract with Sony was scheduled to expire in March 2015. On February 5, 2015, Pascal announced she would step down in May 2015. Pascal stated during a Women in the World discussion on February 11, 2015, that she had been "fired" by Sony.

Pascal Pictures

Pascal Pictures, Inc.
Logo used since 2018
Company typeIndependent
IndustryFilm Production
Founded2016
FounderAmy Pascal
HeadquartersUnited States
Key peopleAmy Pascal (Founder & President)

Pascal started her own production company, with a four-year contract for funding and distribution via Sony Pictures Entertainment. The company, called Pascal Pictures, hired Rachel O'Connor as production chief and Ian Dalrymple to open and run a New York branch. Pascal Pictures was expected to continue Amy Pascal's "book-friendly" focus, and Dalrymple's office was expected to facilitate this. The company's first production was the reboot Ghostbusters (2016). She subsequently produced Spider-Man: Homecoming with Marvel Studios, in addition to theatre and television work. TriStar President Hannah Minghella obtained rights to Maestra by L. S. Hilton with the intent for Pascal to produce the film. Pascal Pictures made a winning bid for a memoir by Zoë Quinn about "Gamergate" called Crash Override: How to Save the Internet from Itself, which was sold to Touchstone/Simon & Schuster for publication in September 2016. Pascal and Elizabeth Cantillon optioned rights for a TriStar TV series based on books by Eve Babitz set in 1960s-1970s Los Angeles. For a sum in the "mid-six to seven figures", Pascal made a deal for Michael Diliberti's Athena, about a descendant of the goddess Athena who is recruited to a secret organization. Together with Sony, Pascal obtained rights for the TV crime drama Darktown, which she plans to executive produce with Jamie Foxx.

In May 2019, it was announced that Pascal and her production company Pascal Pictures is leaving Sony and moving to Universal Pictures for a first-look deal after 30 years at Sony Pictures.

Activities and awards

In 2001, Pascal was honored with the Women in Film's Crystal Award, which recognizes those whose work has helped to expand the role of women in the entertainment industry. Pascal has been included in The Hollywood Reporter's annual Women in Entertainment Power 100 list and Forbes' ranking of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women. As of 2014, she was ranked as the 28th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes, up from 36th in 2013.

Philanthropy

Pascal serves on the Honorary Committee of the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angeles. She has made charitable contributions to Teen Line.

She was awarded the 2008 Humanitarian Award from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a non-profit organization based in Los Angeles which combats antisemitism and promotes human rights and tolerance. She received the award at the 2008 National Tribute Dinner, an annual fundraiser which raised US$2 million for the center. In her acceptance speech, she said, "I believe in what the museum is committed to: not just the literal event of the Holocaust but not letting anything like that happen again."

Sony Pictures hack and controversies

Main article: Sony Pictures hack

On December 9, 2014, a group called "Guardians of Peace" hacked into Sony's computer system, which led to the theft of internal company documents. The fallout became a major international diplomatic incident in North Korea–United States relations. In subsequent news coverage Pascal and producer Scott Rudin were noted to have had an exchange in these documents about Pascal's upcoming encounter with President Barack Obama. Pascal joked that the president, who is black, would possibly enjoy Django Unchained and The Butler (films which deal with slavery in the United States and the pre-civil rights era) or the comedy Think Like a Man which features an ensemble cast of black comedians. Rudin responded, "Ride Along, I bet he likes Kevin Hart."

Racist comments

News reports branded the exchange as "racially insensitive," while others called it "racist." Pascal responded by saying "the content of my emails were insensitive and inappropriate but are not an accurate reflection of who I am."

Civil rights leader Al Sharpton suggested the apology was not sufficient, compared her to Donald Sterling, and called for more diversity in Sony's hiring pool. The screenwriter and producer Aaron Sorkin denounced the media's focus on Pascal's communications and many other emails released by the hack in an opinion piece for The New York Times, characterising the coverage as "giving material aid to criminals" and writing "at least the hackers are doing it for a cause. The press is doing it for a nickel." In the popular press, coverage of the story was extended with actress and producer Lisa Kudrow suggesting Pascal should have known better, adding, "Don't write anything you don't want broadcast". At the Writers Guild of America Awards 2014 on January 7, 2015, Kudrow, who was the presenter, mentioned the Sony hack again, arguing that it was disturbing "because Scott Rudin and Amy Pascal thought that was witty banter."

Color of Change, a civil rights organization, launched a petition in December 2014 calling upon Sony to fire Pascal from her role, arguing, "Pascal's comments are confirmation of the manipulative, exploitative relationship corporations like Sony have with Black folks." They added, "We must hold Pascal accountable here; not just for her horrendous comments, but also for her role at the helm of a corporate agenda that views Black America as one big, lucrative joke."

In a 2020 interview with Vulture, Thandiwe Newton accused Pascal of making racially insensitive and demeaning demands of her for the film remake of Charlie's Angels, a film Newton ended up declining to star in due to Pascal's alleged behavior. Pascal responded by stating she was "horrified" by the story and had no recollection of it.

Gender pay gap

After Pascal left Sony, she was interviewed about Sony Entertainment's gender pay gap that had been exposed by the leaks. Tina Brown asked Pascal to explain why actresses did not realize they were being paid less than male actors. Pascal said, "People want to work for less money. I'll pay them less money. I don't call them up and go, 'Can I give you some more?' ... what women have to do is not work for less money.... People should know what they're worth and say no."

Women making less than their male counterparts and male co-stars learned of the difference from the hack. The difference between what men and women made was pervasive at Sony Pictures under Pascal, with only one female out of the seventeen studio executives earning more than $1 million per year according to the unconfirmed emails, and Columbia Pictures co-presidents of production Michael De Luca and Hannah Minghella serving in identical jobs but with a million dollar difference in pay.

Personal life

Pascal married Bernard Weinraub, a former foreign correspondent for The New York Times and playwright, in 1997. They reside in Brentwood, Los Angeles, with their son Anthony Weinraub.

Producer filmography

Year Title
Director(s) Distributor(s) Budget(s) Gross Rotten
Tomatoes
2016 Ghostbusters Paul Feig Sony Pictures Releasing $144 million $229.1 million 74%
2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming Jon Watts $175 million $880.2 million 92%
Molly's Game Aaron Sorkin STX Entertainment $30 million
$59.3 million 82%
The Post Steven Spielberg 20th Century Fox $50 million $179.8 million 88%
2018 Venom Ruben Fleischer Sony Pictures Releasing $100 million $855 million 29%
The Girl in the Spider's Web Fede Álvarez $43 million $35 million 41%
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Bob Persichetti
Peter Ramsey
Rodney Rothman
$90 million $358.7 million 97%
2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home Jon Watts $160 million $1.132 billion 90%
Little Women Greta Gerwig $42 million $206 million 95%
2021 Venom: Let There Be Carnage Andy Serkis $110 million $506.9 million 58%
Spider-Man: No Way Home Jon Watts $200 million $1.920 billion 93%
2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Joaquim Dos Santos
Kemp Powers
Justin K. Thompson
$100 million $675.4 million 96%
2024 Challengers Luca Guadagnino Amazon MGM Studios $55 million $94.2 million 92%
Venom: Til' Death Do They Part Kelly Marcel Sony Pictures Releasing $120 million 37%
2025 Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach Netflix
2026 Project Hail Mary Phil Lord
Christopher Miller
Amazon MGM Studios
Untitled Spider-Man: No Way Home sequel Destin Daniel Cretton Sony Pictures Releasing
TBA Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse Bob Persichetti
Justin K. Thompson
Sony Pictures Releasing
Premonition: A Pandemic Story Phil Lord
Christopher Miller
Universal Pictures

Awards and nominations

Year Awards Category Work Result Ref(s)
2001 Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards Crystal Award Won
2003 Hollywood Film Awards Hollywood Leadership Award Won
2010 Producers Guild of America Awards Milestone Award Won
2018 Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures Molly's Game Nominated
The Post Nominated
2018 Academy Awards Best Picture Nominated
2019 Golden Globe Awards Best Animated Feature Film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Won
2019 Producers Guild of America Awards Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures Won
2020 Academy Awards Best Picture Little Women Nominated
2020 Producers Guild of America Awards Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures Nominated
2024 Golden Globe Awards Best Animated Feature Film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Nominated
2024 Producers Guild of America Awards Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures Won
2024 British Academy Film Awards Best Animated Film Nominated
2024 Academy Awards Best Animated Feature Nominated

Notes

  1. ^ The Best Motion Picture Award for the Animated category is given to the accredited director(s) and the individual producer(s) accredited by the Producers Guild of America for that motion picture.

References

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