Prior to becoming a producer, he was an agent at ICM Partners from 2003 to 2010, primarily representing directors and screenwriters for film.[2][3][4][5]
He was profiled by The Hollywood Reporter in November 2008 in their "Next Gen 35 Under 35", which recognizes entertainment executives in their yearly issue.[5][6]
Mr. Ross is on the board for the Palm Springs International Film Festival/Society.[7]
He was also executive producer on Wild, directed by Vallée for Fox Searchlight, starring Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern, both of whom were nominated for Academy Awards. The film was released on December 3, 2014.[11][12]
Ross' most recent film release was Demolition, which Vallée also directed, and starred Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, and Chris Cooper, for Fox Searchlight. It was released April 8, 2016 and won the "Headliners Audience Award" at the 2016 SXSW Film Festival.[13][14]
Ross was developing the story of John Lennon and Yoko Ono for Universal Pictures.[15] “Its the first time Yoko is allowing her story to be told,” and “We wanted to bring the right type of intimacy to the storytelling,” Ross told Rolling Stone in an interview for the August 2019 issue.[16]
Television
Ross is an Executive Producer on the HBO series, Big Little Lies, an adaptation of Liane Moriarty's 2014 darkly comic novel about three mothers of kindergartners, starring Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon.[17] The show premiered in February 2017. It won 8 Emmys at the 69th Annual Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Limited Series, with 16 overall nominations. At the 75th Annual Golden Globes, Big Little Lies won 4, including Best Limited Series or TV Movie, out of 6 nominations. The second season aired in 2018 with Meryl Streep added to the cast.[18][19][20][21][22]
Ross executive produced The Lady In the Lake for Apple. This straight-to-series limited mystery stars Academy Award winners Natalie Portman and Emmy Nominated Moses Ingram - and is directed by Alma Har’el. Fifth Season is the studio.[26]
Production Company
Ross is a co-founder of Crazyrose, a film and television production and financing company, founded with Jean-Marc Vallée in partnership with Bloom and Endeavor Content.[27] In 2021, the company signed a first look deal with HBO and HBO Max.[28]
The duo commented "We are honored to formalize our long and fruitful relationship with HBO and to begin a new one with HBO Max. “We are grateful to Casey, Frannie, and Sarah for their continued partnership and look forward to supporting and promoting storytellers we admire in this next stage for Crazyrose.” The company will also continue its relationship with Endeavor Content by extending its first look film and forming a second look television deal with them.[29]
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