Perry Moore
| Perry Moore | |
|---|---|
| Born | William Perry Moore IV November 4, 1971 Richmond, Virginia, US |
| Died | February 17, 2011 (aged 39) Manhattan, New York City |
| Occupation | Film producer Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
Norfolk Academy, University of Virginia |
| Period | Modern |
| Genre |
Fantasy Children's literature |
| Notable works |
Hero, Produced The Chronicles of Narnia |
| Partner | Hunter Hill (?-2011) |
William Perry Moore IV (November 4, 1971 – February 17, 2011), widely known as Perry Moore, was an American author, screenwriter, and film director. He was an executive producer of The Chronicles of Narnia film series and the author of Hero, an award-winning novel about a homosexual teenage superhero.
Born on November 4, 1971, in Richmond, Virginia, to Nancy Norris Moore and William, Vietnam War veteran and Bronze Star recipient. Moore grew up in Virginia Beach, Virginia, with two sisters, Jane and Elizabeth, and graduated high school from Norfolk Academy in 1990. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1994, and while in college interned at the Virginia Film Festival. He also served as an intern in the White House and at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in New York City.
He worked on the production team for The Rosie O'Donnell Show, then joined Walden Media (a media production company created by conservative billionaire Phillip Anschutz to produce family-friendly movies, documentaries, and television programs). He was the executive in charge of production for the film I Am David, an adaptation the Anne Holm novel North to Freedom.
Moore was an executive producer of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Moore spent several years seeking the movie rights to the seven novels by C. S. Lewis which comprise the Narnia books. Moore's persistence proved critical for Walden Media in winning the rights; an obituary in Variety called his role "instrumental". As the New York Times reported in 2005: "At the beginning of 2001, Perry Moore embarked on a forbidding quest. Mr. Moore, an executive with an untested movie company called Walden Media, dispatched an impassioned letter to the chief executive of the C. S. Lewis Company, seeking movie rights to the much-loved Chronicles of Narnia fantasy novels." After a meeting of executives, a handshake sealed the deal for the rights. Moore continued his role as executive producer with Prince Caspian (2008) and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010).
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