Michelle Grady
President, Sony Pictures Imageworks
Michelle Grady is President of Sony Pictures Imageworks, where she leads the studio's global operations, strategic direction, planning, and production. Headquartered in Vancouver, BC, with additional locations in Montreal, QC, and Los Angeles, CA, Imageworks is an award-winning visual effects and animation studio recognized for its work on high-profile global releases.
The studio's recent projects include GOAT, PROJECT HAIL MARY, the Academy Award®-winning KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (Netflix's most-viewed film), IN YOUR DREAMS, THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS, and A MINECRAFT MOVIE, which set a new record for the biggest worldwide opening for a video game adaptation. Additional Imageworks highlights include the Academy Award®-nominated SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE, THE SEA BEAST, and SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, as well as the Academy Award®-winning SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.
With more than two decades of experience in Vancouver's visual effects and post-production industry, Grady has built her career alongside the city's rapidly expanding film sector. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Visual Effects Society, serves as Chair of the Animation & VFX Alliance of BC, and is an Executive Board Member of Creative BC.