Searchlight Distribution Boss Frank Rodriguez Heads To Amazon MGM Studios As General Sales Manager
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Big shift in the film distribution sphere here today as Searchlight’s longtime Head of Distribution Frank Rodriguez is heading to Amazon MGM Studios as their new General Sales Manager.
Rodriguez will report to Amazon MGM Head of Distribution Kevin Wilson, who was named to the position in April following the passing of longtime distribution boss Erik Lomis.
The recent hire of Rodriguez is part of the restructuring of the theatrical distribution group over at Amazon MGM. Already at Amazon MGM is East Coast distribution vet Mark Boxer, who came to the studio during the Bob Berney era, who was named Head of Specialty Theatrical Distribution back in April.
Rodriguez–who received the distinguished ShowEast honor the “Bingham Ray Spirit Award” last month– has been at Searchlight since 2012 when it was Fox Searchlight and has overseen the domestic distribution of a slew of Oscar and award winning arthouse hits including Wes Anderson’s highest grossing movie ever, The Grand Budapest Hotel ($59.3M domestic, $174.5M WW), Guillermo del Toro’s Best Picture winning The Shape of Water ($63.8M domestic, $195.2M), Taikia Waititi’s absurdist political comedy Jojo Rabbit ($33.3M domestic, $93.5M WW), Steve McQueen’s Oscar Best Picture winning 12 Years a Slave ($56.6M domestic, $187.7M), Michael Keaton’s comeback movie Birdman ($42.3M domestic, $103.2M WW), and Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite ($34.3M domestic, $95.9M WW).
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