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Perry Moore

Perry Moore was a longtime production executive for Walden Media who was instrumental in bringing the The Chronicles of Narnia franchise to the company. After landing the rights to the C.S. Lewis series, he segued into a production deal with the company. The film represents his first as a motion picture executive producer. In addition to his work in production and development, Moore is also writing the film's official making of book for HarperCollins. He is also co-directing a documentary about legendary children's book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak. Moore hails from Virginia Beach, Virginia. He majored in English at the University of Virginia (where he was an Echols Scholar) and later served as an intern in the White House before launching his entertainment career in talent and development at MTV and VH1.

He followed that experience as one of the original segment producers for the upstart Rosie O'Donnell Show, one of daytime television's most popular recent hits. Changing arenas, he segued into the motion picture world as a development executive for the late filmmaker Ted Demme (Blow) and producer Joel Stillerman before joining Walden Media, where he developed and oversaw such film projects as the upcoming I Am David, the big-screen adaptation of Anne Holm's acclaimed novel North to Freedom. During his tenure with Walden under Cary Granat, Moore also helped obtain and develop such forthcoming Walden projects as The Giver, Bridge to Terabithia and Manhunt.

A diehard fan of children's literature, Moore's first novel, Hero, the first of a fantasy series about a group of modern-day superheroes, will be published by Hyperion.


Note: This profile was written in or before 2005.

Perry Moore Facts

OccupationProducer

Selected Filmography

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