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Amazon Studios Marketing and Distribution Chief Bob Berney

Bob Berney is stepping down as head of selling and distribution at Amazon Studios, a person near Berney informed TheWrap.

Berney, a veteran unbiased movie distribution govt, joined the studio in 2015 after serving as CEO of indie advertising and marketing and distribution firm Picturehouse. He was introduced in initially of Amazon’s foray into producing and releasing authentic movies.

It’s not recognized at this level if Berney plans to proceed his profession in movie elsewhere. In his time at Amazon Studios he helped set up the streamer as a good friend of Hollywood and theatrical exhibitors, releasing movies in keeping with conventional theatrical home windows.

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Under Berney, Amazon Studios grew right into a Hollywood staple. Among different achievements, in 2017 the corporate grew to become the primary streamer to provide a Best Picture-nominated movie with Kenneth Lonergan’s “Manchester by the Sea,” which earned six Oscar nominations total, profitable two: Best Actor for Casey Affleck and Best Original Screenplay for Lonergan. Amazon’s “The Salesman” additionally gained the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2016.

Berney additionally oversaw the profitable releases of Amazon’s “The Big Sick” and “Cold War.”

The studio not too long ago launched the Mindy Kaling, Emma Thompson comedy “Late Night,” which has grossed $11.9 million on the field workplace to date after Amazon acquired the movie for a hefty $14 million after it premiered at Sundance.

In Berney’s absence it’s possible that Matt Newman, one among three heads of Amazon’s movie group — together with Ted Hope and Julie Rapaport — will oversee the advertising and marketing and distribution workforce within the interim.

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