Artists Equity hires Amy Baer as president of film and television
Artists Equity, the studio founded by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, has expanded his leadership team with the addition of producer and director Amy Baer to serve as president of film and television.
Baer will report to Affleck and Dillon West, co-founder, CEO and Chief Operating Officer of artists Equity. She joins Artists Equity after departure from Gidden Media, which she founded in 2012, as president for more than 13 years.
Baer’s experience includes leading several Oscar-nominated films and production entities and completing 17 years at Sony Pictures, in which artists Equity has recently launched a three-year partnership that Sony Finance will have and will have the worldwide theatrical distribution for films developed and produced.
“Amy is an executive and producer of world -class whose track record speaks for itself,” Affleck said in a statement. “She brings a wealth of experience, not only in leadership roles in large studios, including our valued partner in Sony Pictures, but also as a successful independent producer, a deep understanding of the developing industrial landscape.”
He continued: “During her career, she has a proponent of work that balances creative integrity with commercial success. Our goal at Artists Equity has always been to empower talent, and Amy is perfectly suited to represent our principles while we expand our vision of film and television.”
Baer will supervise the production of artists Equity Equity and expand a portfolio with “Air”, “The Instigators““” The Accountant 2 “,” Not to stop “and” Small things like this. “The coming releases of artists Equity include” The Rip “,” Dieren “and” Kiss of the Spider Woman. ”
With a career of three decades, Baer contributed to films that jointly have more than $ 2 billion to the world of the Global Box Office, including ‘The Apprentice’, ‘Las Vegas’, ‘Mary Shelley’, ‘Mary Shelley’, ‘Brian Banks’, and Executive who Produces the Netflix film film ‘Film film film film films film film films film film films film films film films filmmilmmilm movies’ film film.
She previously served as president of regular photos, who supervised the development and production of films, including “Jerry & Marge Go Large” and the upcoming comedy “The Best can still be coming”. Before he founded her own company, Baer CBS films launched and served as President and CEO for four years.
During Sony she supervised films ‘Moneyball’, ‘The Pursuit of Happessness’, ‘Adjustment’, ‘Something’s Gotta Give’ and ‘The Holiday’.
