Isa Dick Hackett (born; Isolde Freya Dick; March 15, 1967) is an American producer and writer for
Amazon
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* Amazon River, in South America
* Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin
* Amazon (company), an American multinational technology company
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who helped produce ''
The Man in the High Castle'', ''
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams'', and ''
The Adjustment Bureau'',
all of which are based on works by her father,
Philip K. Dick.
Biography
Isa Dick Hackett was born Isolde Freya Dick in
Greenbrae,
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
, to mother Nancy Hackett and father Philip K. Dick, the American
science fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...
writer. Hackett has helped write or produce several film adaptations of her father's works.
Hackett oversees
Electric Shepherd Productions with her siblings.
In the aftermath of revelations about
sexual misconduct by Harvey Weinstein and the
#MeToo movement in 2017, Hackett told ''
The Hollywood Reporter
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'' that
Roy Price, the programming chief at
Amazon
Amazon most often refers to:
* Amazon River, in South America
* Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin
* Amazon (company), an American multinational technology company
* Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek myth ...
, had
sexually harassed her at the 2015
San Diego Comic-Con
San Diego Comic-Con is a comic book convention and multi-genre entertainment event held annually in San Diego, California, at the San Diego Convention Center. Founded in 1970, originally showcasing primarily comic books and science fiction/fant ...
. Price was not legally charged, but Amazon suspended him after an internal investigation and he later resigned.
References
External links
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1967 births
Living people
Film producers from California
People from Greenbrae, California
American writers
American women writers
American women film producers
21st-century American women
LGBTQ people from California
Philip K. Dick