Amy Pascal was named Co-Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment in September 2006.  She has also served as Chairman of the Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group since December 2003.

In addition to her role in running Sony Pictures Entertainment, Ms. Pascal is responsible for overseeing all development and production activities at Columbia Pictures. Highly anticipated projects from the legendary studio include Spider-Man® 3 directed by Sam Raimi and starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst, Reign Over Me, starring Adam Sandler, Angels & Demons, Bond 22, Sony Pictures Animation's Surf's Up, and many others.

Under Ms. Pascal's guidance, Columbia Pictures has enjoyed sustained success with such hit films as Casino Royale, The Pursuit of Happyness, Ghost Rider, The DaVinci Code, Spider-Man® and Spider-Man 2®, Hitch, Fun With Dick and Jane, R.V., Click, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, The Grudge, 50 First Dates, Something's Gotta Give, Closer, Big Fish, Guess Who, Bad Boys 2, S.W.A.T., Once Upon A Time in Mexico, Charlie's Angels®: Full Throttle, Panic Room, Mr. Deeds, Men in Black II, Charlie's Angels®, and Big Daddy, among others.

With the success of these titles and many others, Sony Pictures Entertainment was #1 in North American market share in 2006, 2004 and 2002 and was the #2 studio in 2003. In addition, Sony Pictures Entertainment has earned the top two spots in the motion picture industry's all-time record books for annual domestic box office.

Since 2002, Sony Pictures Entertainment has released 45 #1 films and has generated more cumulative domestic ticket sales than any other studio. In addition, Sony has generated more than a billion dollars at North American ticket booths for each of the past five years, a record matched by only one other studio in the history of box office.

Ms. Pascal was a studio executive for Columbia from 1987 to 1994, then was named President of Production for Turner Pictures for two years before rejoining Columbia in 1996.

Earlier in her career, Ms. Pascal was Vice President of Production at 20th Century Fox in 1986-1987.  Before joining Fox, she worked for producer Tony Garnett at Kestral Films, an independent production company affiliated with Warner Bros.

During the past two decades, she has overseen the production of such hit films as Michael, Groundhog Day, A League of Their Own, Little Women, and Awakenings, among many others.

In addition to her creative achievements in filmed entertainment, Ms. Pascal serves on the AFI Board of Trustees as well as the Executive Board of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.  She graduated from UCLA with a degree in International Relations.