Sony Domestic Distribution Boss Adrian Smith Retiring After 35 Years; Adam Bergerman Promoted To Post
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Sony’s President of Domestic Distribution Adrian Smith is retiring after a 35-year run at the studio.
Taking over for Smith is Adam Bergerman who is being upped to President of Distribution. Smith was named to the post in January 2013.
Following the retirement of longtime Worldwide Distribution President Rory Bruer in April 2017, global duties were separated with Smith on domestic, and Steven O’Dell overseeing International.
Smith was key in the release of 1,025 films across all Sony labels, 202 of them No. 1 titles. His fingerprints are all over the successful revivals of the Bad Boys franchise, the animated Spider-Verse films, Ghostbusters, the Venom $1 billion+ series as well as the Tom Holland-starring Spider-Man movies which have minted close to $4B alone.
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