She’s an associate of the Pritzker family, as the granddaughter of A.N. Pritzker and daughter of Jay Pritzker. Pritzker was born into a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Marian “Cindy” (ne Buddy) and Jay Pritzker. Her maternal grandfather was Prague-born jurist Hugo Friend. In addition they created the Hyatt Hotel chain in 1957 and possessed Braniff Airlines from 1983–1988. After taking classes in documentary film making, she co-founded – along with her pal Deborah Del Prete – the Culver City, California based film production and financing business Odd Lot Entertainment. In 2010, Odd Lot made the movie Rabbit Hole starring Nicole Kidman and in 2011, made the movie Drive starring Ryan Gosling. In November 2013, Odd Lot released Ender’s Game a movie costarring Harrison Ford, and based on Orson Scott Card’s science fiction story. Pritzker also develops and produces live stage productions – along with her associate Ted Rawlins – through their business Relevant Theatricals. Relevant Theatricals made the play Million Dollar Quartet. Pritzker is president as well as a trustee of the Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation along with the Chicago Children’s Theater. She’s married to Michael Pucker and has three kids.
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Nominations
Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature, Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature
Movies
Mortdecai, Rosewater, Draft Day, Ender's Game, Drive, From Prada to Nada, Rabbit Hole, The Spirit, Suburban Girl, Undead or Alive, Green Street, The Wedding Planner, Mortdecai, Rosewater, Draft Day, Ender's Game, Drive, From Prada to Nada, Rabbit Hole, The Spirit, Suburban Girl, Undead or Alive, Gre...
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I think that a big hump to overcome is getting good material. It's very easy to go to Hollywood and the agents are happy to see you and they open the drawer and they pull out the 18 scripts that they haven't been able to sell in the last 10 years and say, 'Be my guest!' So, really, it was a matter of getting the credibility and the relationships to the point where we get really good material and really good access to scripts, to actors, to directors. And just kind of being there long enough.
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It was funny. When we started our business, Deb and I, after three years we were quite successful. And my dad came to New York and he said, 'All right, this is great. Now you proved your point, so you should come back and run this or do that.' And I said to him, 'No, Dad, I love this.'
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Y'know, everybody has an opinion about something. There are many jokes to be made about opinions ... but it is what it is. People like to chat about what they like to chat about. That's not my issue, to tell you the truth. I just focus on what we do.
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Fact
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Cousin of Liesel Matthews.
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With long-time friend and business part Deborah Del Prete, runs Odd Lot Entertainment. They are also owners of West Hollywood's Coronet Theater.
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Family runs the Hyatt hotel chain.
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Listed in Forbes list of richest Americans in 2005. She ranked 165th with an estimated $1.5 billion.
$2.5 Billion
