Perry Moore is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
screenwriterScreenwriters or scenarists or scriptwriters are people in a film crew who write/create the screenplays from which films and television programs are made....
and
film directorA film director, or filmmaker is a person who directs the making or production of a film. Some also consider a film producer to be a filmmaker....
, best known as the executive producer of
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a 2005 epic fantasy film directed by Andrew Adamson based on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first published novel in C. S. Lewis's children's fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. It was produced by Walden Media and...
.
Early life
Moore grew up in
Virginia Beach, VirginiaVirginia Beach is an independent city located in the South Hampton Roads area of Virginia, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Although Fairfax County is the most populous jurisdiction, Virginia Beach is the most populous city in Virginia and the 42nd largest city in the...
and attended
Norfolk AcademyNorfolk Academy is an independent co-educational day school in Norfolk, Virginia. Chartered in 1728, it is the oldest secondary school in Virginia and the eighth oldest in the United States...
. He majored in English at the
University of VirginiaThe University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
, where he was an Echols Scholar, and later served as an intern in the
White HouseThe White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian style and has been the residence of every...
for President
Bill ClintonWilliam Jefferson "Bill" Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the third-youngest president; only Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy were younger when entering office...
before starting his entertainment career in talent and development at
MTVMTV is a cable television network based in New York City and launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs...
and
VH1VH1 is an American cable television network based in New York City...
.
He worked as part of the original production team for
The Rosie O'Donnell ShowThe Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell. It aired for six seasons from 1996 to 2002...
. Moore next worked as a
development executiveIn film production, a development executive is in charge of reading scripts and finding source material which can be turned into feature films.Like most corporations, there is a development hierarchy...
for the late filmmaker
Ted DemmeEdward "Ted" Demme was an American film director and producer.- Early life and career :Born in New York City, Demme grew up in Rockville Centre on Long Island, New York and attended South Side Senior High School. He was the nephew of movie producer and director Jonathan Demme...
and producer Joel Stillerman before joining
Walden MediaWalden Media is a children's film production and publishing company best known as the producers of The Chronicles of Narnia film series. Its films are based on notable classic or award-winning children's literature, compelling biographies or historical events, documentaries and some original...
, where he developed and oversaw such film projects as
I Am David, the film adaptation of
Anne HolmAnne Holm, born Else Anne Lise Jørgensen was a Danish journalist and children's writer. At times she also wrote under the pseudonym Adrien de Chandelle....
’s acclaimed novel
North to Freedom.
Moore is
openlyComing out of the closet, or simply coming out, is a figure of speech for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people disclosing their sexual orientation and gender identity...
gayThe term gay was originally used, until well into the mid-20th century, primarily to refer to feelings of being "carefree", "happy", or "bright and showy"; it had also come to acquire some connotations of "immorality" as early as 1637....
and lives in
New York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
with Hunter Hill (a writer for
PaperPaper Magazine is a New York City centric American monthly magazine for the Gay, Lesbian, and Trans-Gender Community covering fashion, pop-culture, nightlife, music, art and film, founded in 1984 by life partners Kim Hastreiter & David Hershkovits. Paper's website, www.papermag.com, was founded in...
magazine).
Film career
Moore is also the executive producer of
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a 2005 epic fantasy film directed by Andrew Adamson based on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first published novel in C. S. Lewis's children's fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. It was produced by Walden Media and...
. He was a longtime production executive for Walden Media, and was instrumental in bringing
The Chronicles of Narnia series to the company. After landing the rights to the
C. S. LewisClive Staples Lewis , commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis and known to his friends and family as Jack, was an Irish-born British novelist, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist...
series, he moved into a production deal with the company. The film represents his first as a motion picture executive producer.
He continued his role as executive producer of
Prince CaspianThe Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is a 2008 epic fantasy film based on Prince Caspian, the second published novel in C. S. Lewis's fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. It is the second in The Chronicles of Narnia film series from Walden Media, following The Chronicles of Narnia: The...
, released in 2008.
His most recent project is
Lake CityLake City is a 2008 film directed by Perry Moore and Hunter Hill and stars Sissy Spacek, Troy Garity, and Dave Matthews. It was filmed in Virginia was released in a single theater on November 21, 2008....
, a drama that tells the story of a mother (
Sissy SpacekMary Elizabeth "Sissy" Spacek is an American actress and singer. Her screen debut was in the 1972 film Prime Cut co-starring Lee Marvin and Gene Hackman....
) and son (
Troy GarityTroy O'Donovan Garity is an American film actor. He is best known for his role as "Isaac Rosenberg" in the Barbershop films.-Early life and education:...
) who reunite under desperate circumstances years after a family tragedy drove them apart.
He is also co-directing a documentary about legendary children's book author and illustrator
Maurice SendakMaurice Bernard Sendak is an American writer and illustrator of children's literature. He is best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, published in 1963.-Early life:...
with partners Hunter Hill and filmmaker Spike Jonze.
Writing career
In addition to his work in production and development, The C.S. Lewis Company appointed Moore to write
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion, a
New York Times bestseller.
A longtime fan of children's literature and comic books, Moore's first novel,
HeroHero is a Lambda-winning first novel by openly gay film producer and novelist Perry Moore. The fantasy novel is about a teenage superhero, Thom Creed, who must deal with his ex-superhero father's disgrace, his own sexuality, and a murderer stalking the world's heroes.-Plot summary:Thom Creed is a...
, the first of a fantasy series about a group of modern-day superheroes, was published by Hyperion Books on August 28, 2007. The UK edition was published 8 May 2008. The young adult novel tells the story of the world's first gay teen superhero. In May 2008,
Hero won a
Lambda Literary AwardLambda Literary Awards are awarded yearly by the US-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works which celebrate or explore LGBT themes. Categories include Humor, Romance and Biography. To qualify, a book must have been published in the United States in the year current to the award...
as the best LGBT Children's/Young Adult novel of the past year. A television series is in the works with
Stan LeeStan Lee is an American comic book writer, editor, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics....
. In 2009, Moore began writing a sequel to
Hero.
External links
- "Beautiful People 2006: Perry Moore." Paper. April 4, 2006. Accessed October 14, 2007.
- Faraci, Devin. "The Coverage of Narnia, Part 1." CHUD.com. August 11, 2005. Accessed October 14, 2007.
- Moring, Mark. "A Narnia Geek's Dream Come True." Christianity Today. December 6, 2005. Accessed October 14, 2007.
- PerryMooreStories.com
- "Video: Perry Moore - 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'." Independentfilm.com. No date. Accessed October 14, 2007.
- People Magazine