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Meryl Poster is the president and founder of Superb Entertainment. Until October 2014, she was president of television at
The Weinstein Company The Weinstein Company, LLC (usually credited or abbreviated as TWC) was an American independent film production and distribution company, which was founded in New York City by Bob and Harvey Weinstein on March 10, 2005. TWC was one of the larg ...
. Poster was previously the co-president of production for
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, where she executive produced the Academy Award-winning ''Chicago'' (2002) and Academy Award-nominated ''Cider House Rules'' (1999) and ''Chocolat'' (2000). She is an executive producer of the
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drama ''The Girlfriend's Guide to Divorce'', which premiered in December 2014.


Early life and work

Poster was one of the first female trainees at the
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, where she began working in the mailroom in New York in 1986.


Career


NBC Universal

Poster had a producing deal at
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for five years, and served as a consultant for Chairman
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. She signed it up from 2005 to 2010 after leaving Miramax.


The Weinstein Company

In early 2011, Poster joined
The Weinstein Company The Weinstein Company, LLC (usually credited or abbreviated as TWC) was an American independent film production and distribution company, which was founded in New York City by Bob and Harvey Weinstein on March 10, 2005. TWC was one of the larg ...
as president of television, having previously worked for for 16 years at Miramax. While at The Weinstein Company, she oversaw all television development and production, including
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and spinoffs After the Runway (2011), Project Accessory (2011),
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(2012), Project Runway: Threads (2014), and Project Runway: Under the Gunn (2014). She has also developed VH1’s
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(2013) and spinoffs Big Ang (2012) and Mob Wives Chicago (2012), as well as Trailer Park: Welcome to Myrtle Manor (2013) on TLC, Rodeo Girls (2013) on A&E, Supermarket Superstar (2013) on Lifetime, Million Dollar Shoppers (2013) on Lifetime. In addition to reality television, Poster has paired with
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, creator and writer of
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, for an adaptation of The Nanny Diaries for ABC.


Superb Entertainment

In October 2014, Poster left The Weinstein Company to expand her own production company, Superb Entertainment, through a partnership with A+E Studios. Through this agreement, Poster will produce both scripted and unscripted programming.


Other professional ventures and accolades

Poster is a member of the
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,
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, Women In Communications, and she serves as a vice chair on UJA-Federation's Entertainment, Media and Communications Executive Committee. She has been profiled in numerous publications, including ''Premiere'', ''W'', ''Vanity Fair'', ''Mademoiselle'', ''Elle'', ''Gotham'' and ''Glamour'' and was ranked in ''
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''s Power 100 for five consecutive years. She is a member of the Tulane Deans' Council.


Filmography

Executive producer credits


Awards


References

* "One of the Few in Hollywood Who Can Say 'No' to Harvey Weinstein Meryl Poster By Emma Bazilian". Adweek. May 20, 2013. * "The Formula for Success". Marie Claire. April 18, 2012. * "Meryl Poster: Featured Panelist, Women of New York, 2012". Broadcasting & Cable. February 9, 2012. * "Weinstein Company Plans to Launch TV Division with Meryl Poster in Talks to Run It". Deadline. January 11, 2011 * "Meryl Poster Poised to Return Working with Weinsteins". The Wrap. January 18, 2011. * "Meryl Poster’s New Perch: Weinstein TV". WWD. December 30, 2011.


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Poster, Meryl Living people Year of birth missing (living people)