Lara Breay is an English feature film producer and development executive who is a
DreamWorks Animation
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and
Locksmith Animation
Locksmith Animation is a British-American independent computer animation feature film studio owned by Sister Group. Headquartered in London, England with an office in Los Angeles, California, Locksmith is best known for producing and developing ...
collaborator and was previously known for being the vice-president of
Red Hour Films. After graduating
University of Cambridge
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, she began her career as a director, a writer and a producer for documentaries at the
BBC
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in
London, England
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. Her feature film credits include ''
Blades of Glory'' (2007), ''
The Ruins'' (2008), ''
Tropic Thunder
''Tropic Thunder'' is a 2008 Satire (film and television), satirical Action comedy, action comedy film directed by Ben Stiller, who wrote the screenplay with Justin Theroux and Etan Cohen. The film stars Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., ...
'' (2008), ''
Megamind
''Megamind'' is a 2010 American animated superhero comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and Pacific Data Images, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Directed by Tom McGrath from a screenplay by Alan Schoolcraft and Brent Simons, ...
'' (2010), ''
Penguins of Madagascar
''Penguins of Madagascar'' is a 2014 American animated spy comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and PDI/DreamWorks and distributed by 20th Century Fox. A spinoff of the ''Madagascar'' film series, it was directed by Eric Darnell and ...
'' (2014), ''
Ron's Gone Wrong
''Ron's Gone Wrong'' is a 2021 animated science fiction comedy film directed by Sarah Smith and Jean-Philippe Vine (in his feature directorial debut) and written by Peter Baynham and Smith. The film follows Barney ( Jack Dylan Grazer), a soci ...
'' (2021) and ''
That Christmas
''That Christmas'' is a 2024 animated Christmas fantasy comedy film directed by Simon Otto (in his directorial debut) and written by Richard Curtis and Peter Souter. Produced by Locksmith Animation, it follows entwined storylines based on short ...
'' (2024).
Filmography
* ''
Blades of Glory'' (2007) (associate producer)
* ''
The Ruins'' (2008) (development executive)
* ''
Tropic Thunder
''Tropic Thunder'' is a 2008 Satire (film and television), satirical Action comedy, action comedy film directed by Ben Stiller, who wrote the screenplay with Justin Theroux and Etan Cohen. The film stars Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., ...
'' (2008) (development executive) (uncredited)
* ''
Megamind
''Megamind'' is a 2010 American animated superhero comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and Pacific Data Images, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Directed by Tom McGrath from a screenplay by Alan Schoolcraft and Brent Simons, ...
'' (2010) (producer)
* ''
Penguins of Madagascar
''Penguins of Madagascar'' is a 2014 American animated spy comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and PDI/DreamWorks and distributed by 20th Century Fox. A spinoff of the ''Madagascar'' film series, it was directed by Eric Darnell and ...
'' (2014) (producer)
* ''
Ron's Gone Wrong
''Ron's Gone Wrong'' is a 2021 animated science fiction comedy film directed by Sarah Smith and Jean-Philippe Vine (in his feature directorial debut) and written by Peter Baynham and Smith. The film follows Barney ( Jack Dylan Grazer), a soci ...
'' (2021) (producer)
* ''
That Christmas
''That Christmas'' is a 2024 animated Christmas fantasy comedy film directed by Simon Otto (in his directorial debut) and written by Richard Curtis and Peter Souter. Produced by Locksmith Animation, it follows entwined storylines based on short ...
'' (2024) (executive producer)
External links
*
The New York Times Movies
English film producers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century English women
DreamWorks Animation people
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