The following is a list of Paramount Pictures executives.

Paramount executives

Hiram Abrams Hiram Abrams (February 22, 1878 – November 15, 1926) was an early American movie mogul and one of the first presidents of Paramount Pictures. He was also the first managing director of United Artists. Biography Hiram was born in Portland, Ma ...

Jesse L. Lasky Jesse Louis Lasky (September 13, 1880 – January 13, 1958) was an American pioneer motion picture producer who was a key founder of what was to become Paramount Pictures, and father of screenwriter Jesse L. Lasky Jr. Early life Born in to ...

Samuel Goldwyn Samuel Goldwyn (; born Szmuel Gelbfisz; ; July 1879 (most likely; claimed to be August 27, 1882) January 31, 1974), also known as Samuel Goldfish, was a Polish-born American film producer and pioneer in the American film industry, who produce ...

* Emanuel Cohen *

Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch (; ; January 29, 1892November 30, 1947) was a German-born American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; a ...

* B. P. Schulberg * George Weltner *

William LeBaron William LeBaron (February 16, 1883February 9, 1958) was an American film producer, lyricist, librettist, playwright, and screenwriter. LeBaron authored several plays for Broadway; including the books and lyrics for several musicals in addit ...

Walter Wanger Walter Wanger (born Walter Feuchtwanger; July 11, 1894 – November 18, 1968) was an American film producer active from the 1910s, his career concluding with the turbulent production of ''Cleopatra,'' his last film, in 1963. He began at Paramo ...

* Y. Frank Freeman * Jacob Karp *

Charles Bluhdorn Charles George Bluhdorn (born Karl Georg Blühdorn; September 20, 1926 – February 19, 1983) was an Austrian-born American industrialist. He built his fortune in auto parts and commodities such as zinc, and following a 1966 acquisition became C ...

Robert Evans Robert Evans (born Robert J. Shapera; June 29, 1930 – October 26, 2019) was an American film producer who worked on ''Rosemary's Baby (film), Rosemary's Baby'' (1968), ''Love Story (1970 film), Love Story'' (1970), ''The Godfather'' (1972), ...

* David Picker * Michael D. Eisner * Martin S. Davis * Ned Tanen * Barry London *

John Goldwyn John Howard Goldwyn (born August 10, 1958) is an American film producer. Early life Goldwyn was born on August 10, 1958, in Los Angeles, California, the son of producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr., and his wife, film and stage actress Jennifer Howard. H ...

Sumner Redstone Sumner Murray Redstone ( Rothstein; May 27, 1923 – August 11, 2020) was an American billionaire businessman and media magnate. He was the founder and chairman of the second incarnation of Viacom, chairman of CBS Corporation (both companies m ...

President

*1912–1935:

Adolph Zukor Adolph Zukor (; ; January 7, 1873 – June 10, 1976) was a Hungarian-American film producer best known as one of the three founders of Paramount Pictures.Obituary ''Variety Obituaries, Variety'' (June 16, 1976), p. 76. He produced one of Ameri ...

*1935–1936: John E. Otterson *1936–1964:

Barney Balaban Barney Balaban (June 8, 1887 – March 7, 1971) was an American film executive and innovator in the film industry who was president of Paramount Pictures from 1936 to 1964, and honorary chairman until his death. Life and career Barney Balaban w ...

*1964–1967: George Weltner *1967–1971:

*1971–1975:

Frank Yablans Frank Yablans (August 27, 1935 – November 27, 2014) was an American studio executive, film producer, and screenwriter. Yablans served as an executive at Paramount Pictures, including President of the studio, in the 1960s and 1970s. Early life ...

*1975–1984:

Michael Eisner Michael Dammann Eisner ( ; born March 7, 1942) is an American businessman and former chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Walt Disney Company from September 1984 to September 2005. Prior to Disney, Eisner was president of rival film ...

*1984–1990: Sid Ganis *1990–2004:

Sherry Lansing Sherry Lansing (born Sherry Lee Duhl; July 31, 1944) is an American former film studio executive serving as chairwoman of Universal Music Group's board of directors since 2023. She previously served as chairwoman and CEO of Paramount Pictures, ...

*2004–2007:

Gail Berman Gail Berman (born August 17, 1956) is an American producer and television executive. She is co-owner and founding partner of The Jackal Group, a production entity formed in partnership with Fox Networks Group. The Jackal Group develops and prod ...

*2007–present

Brian Robbins Brian Robbins (born Brian Levine, November 22, 1963) is an American film producer, director, and executive. He is the Co-CEO of Paramount Global; President and Chief Executive Officer of Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon; and Chief Content Offi ...

Executive Vice President

* 1965–1967: Martin S. Davis * 1967–1977: Stanley R. Jaffe * 1977–1991: Peter M. Cary * 1991–after 2001: William Bernstein * 2001–present: Mark Badagaliacca

Senior Vice President

* 1993–2000: Mark Badagaliacca

Chief Executive Officer

* 1974–1984:

Barry Diller Barry Charles Diller (born February 2, 1942) is an American billionaire businessman. He is chairman and senior executive of IAC and Expedia Group and founded the Fox Broadcasting Company with Rupert Murdoch and USA Broadcasting. Diller was ind ...

* 1984–1991: Frank Mancuso, Sr. * 1991–2004:

* 2004–2017:

Brad Grey Brad Alan Grey (December 29, 1957 – May 14, 2017) was an American television and film producer. He co-founded Brillstein-Grey Entertainment (now Brillstein Entertainment Partners), and afterwards became the chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictur ...

* 2017–2021:

Jim Gianopulos James N. Gianopulos () is an American businessman. He served as chairman and CEO of 20th Century Fox and chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures until his departure in September 2021. Early life and education Gianopulos was born in 1952 in Brookl ...

* 2021–present:

Chief Operating Officer

* 1970–2006: Stanley R. Jaffe * 2006–2016: Frederick Huntsberry * 2016–2022: Andrew Gumpert * 2022-present

Chief Financial Officer

* 1997–present: Mark Badagaliacca

Chief Marketing Officer

* 2011–2014: Josh Greenstein

Chairman of the Board

* 1935–1964:

* 1964–1966:

* 1966–1974:

* 1974–1984:

* 1984–1991: Frank Mancuso, Sr. * 1991–1992:

Brandon Tartikoff Brandon Tartikoff (January 13, 1949 – August 27, 1997) was an American television executive who was head of the entertainment division of NBC from 1981 to 1991. He was credited with turning around NBC's low prime time reputation with several ...

* 1992–2005: Jonathan Dolgen * 2005–2017:

* 2017–2021:

* 2021–present:

Chairman Emeritus

* 1964–1976: Adolph Zukor

Vice Chairman

* 2008–2016: Rob Moore

President, Motion Picture Group

* 1984–1988: Ned Tanen * 1988–1990 Sid Ganis and Barry London * 1990–1993: David Kirkpatrick and Barry London * 1993–2009: John Lesher * 2009–2015: Adam Goodman * 2015–2017: Marc Evans * 2017–2020:

Wyck Godfrey Wyck Godfrey is an American film and television producer. He is best known for co-founding the production company Temple Hill Entertainment with Marty Bowen in 2006. He was also named President of Paramount Motion Pictures Group in 2017, but ret ...

* 2020–2021: Emma Watts * 2021–present: Mike Ireland and Daria Cercek

Head of Production

* 1960–1964: Martin Rackin * 1964–1966: Howard W. Koch

President of Production

* 1981—1982: Don Simpson * 1982—1984:

Jeffrey Katzenberg Jeffrey Katzenberg ( ; born December 21, 1950) is an American media proprietor and film producer. He served as chairman of Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios from 1984 to 1994, a position in which he oversaw production and busin ...

* 1984—1987:

Dawn Steel Dawn Leslie Steel (August 19, 1946 – December 20, 1997) was an American film studio executive and producer. She was one of the first women to run a major Hollywood film studio, rising through the ranks of merchandising and production to head ...

* 1987—1991:

Gary Lucchesi Gary Lucchesi (born January 4, 1955, in San Francisco, California) is an American film producer who was President of Lakeshore Entertainment and past President of The Producers Guild of America. Career Lucchesi began his career at The William ...

* 1991—1997:

* 1997—2005: Michelle Manning * 2005—2007: Brad Weston & Allison Shearmur * 2007—2008: Brad Weston * 2008—2009: Adam Goodman * 2010—2015: Marc Evans * 2015—2020: Elizabeth Raposo * 2020–2025: Michael Ireland & Daria Cercek

Vice President of Production

* 1980–1983:

* 2003–2006: Marc Evans * 2017–?: Jon Gonda

Senior Vice President of Production

* 1983—1985:

* 1985—1994: Michelle Manning * 2004—2008:

Marc Evans Marc Evans (born 1960) is a Welsh director of film and television, whose credits include the films ''House of America'', ''Resurrection Man (film), Resurrection Man'' and ''My Little Eye''. Biography Evans was born in 1960 in Cardiff, Wales. H ...

* ?—2022: Jon Gonda * ?—2022: Vanessa Joyce

Executive Vice President of Production

* 1994—1997: Archbold Sedney * 2008—2010: Marc Evans * 2022—present: Jon Gonda * 2022—present: Vanessa Joyce

Senior Executive Vice President of Production

* ?—2022: Ashley Brucks

President of Worldwide Marketing

* 2018–2019: David Sameth

President of Worldwide Marketing and Distribution

* 2014–2017: Megan Colligan (president of domestic marketing & distribution 2011–14) *2017–present: Marc Weinstock

Executive Vice President of Creative Advertising

* 2005–2008: Josh Greenstein

President, Home Media Distribution

* 2011–present: Hal Richardson

President of Worldwide Home Media Distribution

* 2011–2015: Dennis Maguire * 2015-Present: Bob Buchi

References

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