EXCLUSIVE: Veteran indie distribution executive Bob Berney is leaving Amazon Studios, sources said. It was his decision and came at the end of his four-year contract, which just ended last week.
Berney was hired in mid-2015 to oversee distribution and marketing for Amazons original films. Much has happened at the company since then, as Roy Price exited, and Jennifer Salke was brought in to run both the film and TV operations, this after Jason Ropell exited last year.
Timing is coincidental but unrelated to the disappointing returns of the Nisha Ganatra-directed Late Night, which stars Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling (who wrote it), and for which Amazon paid $13 million, the most ever paid in a U.S. rights deal for a film that premiered at that festival. After its first two weekends, the film has grossed $10.6 million domestically.
This was more about Berney wanting to move on, which he has done during his long career. Berney had been at indie company Picturehouse, where he was CEO, when he came to Amazon. His career highlights include releasing Pans Labyrinth, The Passion Of The Christ and My BigRead More – Source
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