Former President and CEO of Savoy Pictures and former Executive Vice President of Columbia Pictures. He was founder and CEO of WhatsHotNow.com, a Marina Del Rey, CA, based provider of e-commerce services for entertainment, sports and lifestyle brands. Notable producing credits include "Session Man" (TV) and WITHOUT A PASS (exec. producer) (both 1991), SO I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER and RUDY (both 1993), ONLY YOU (1994), MY TEACHER'S WIFE (1995), GODZILLA (1998, co-exec. producer), "Winchell" (also 1998, TV, exec. producer), THE BOONDOCK SAINTS (1999), TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME (2001, exec. producer), COLLATERAL (2004, exec. producer), THAT MAN (2005), WEAPONS and MAN OF THE YEAR (exec. producer) (both 2006), and DAMNED (scheduled for 2008). Fried married actress Nancy Travis in 1994. His brother is producer Daniel Fried.  Best Achievement in Live Action Short Films 1991: SESSION MAN - Producer (w. Seth Winston) 1 nomination, 1 Award