Mary Parent (born 1968) is an American film producer, and former studio executive.
In February 2011, she co-founded Disruption Entertainment, a company with a first-look deal at Paramount Pictures. The company co-produces films with Legendary Entertainment.[1] She was formerly the Chairperson of Metro Goldwyn Mayer's Worldwide Motion Picture Group.[2] She was a former President of Production for Universal Pictures. There, she was responsible for Meet the Fockers, The Bourne Supremacy, Serenity, and other films. In 2004, Parent and Scott Stuber were named Vice Chairman of Worldwide Production for Universal Pictures. In 2005, Universal signed a production deal with the duo under the shingle Stuber/Parent Productions. Under Stuber/Parent, she has produced such films as Role Models (2008), Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008), The Kingdom (2007), and You, Me and Dupree (2006). She produced Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim, the Darren Aronofsky epic Noah and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015).[3] Parent worked at New Line Cinema in the 1990s. She is also the producer for the upcoming tenth installment of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, Texas Chainsaw Legacy.[4]
In 2008, Parent placed 28th on The Wall Street Journal's "50 Women to Watch 2008" list.
She was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.