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Feb 9, 2016 · The project ended up on the desk of Peter Schlessel, CEO of Focus Features, Universal’s specialty division. He passed. Indie distributor A24 jumped at the chance to release Ex Machina, turning...
Feb 4, 2016 · Universal Pictures International will merge with Focus Features under the latter’s banner, a union that will remove Peter Schlessel as CEO of the studio’s speciality film operations.
Feb 4, 2016 · Focus Features CEO Peter Schlessel will exit his post come April, as the studio division merges with Universal Pictures International Productions. Peter Kujawski, current Managing Director of UPIP, will assume the role in the newly-integrated Focus as Chairman.
Jun 10, 2010 · By Jeremy Kay 10 June 2010. Longtime Sony Pictures executive Peter Schlessel is joining Santa Monica-based GK Films as president. Schlessel served at the Culver City studio for more than two...
May 29, 2011 · Business. How I Made It: Peter Schlessel. By Ben Fritz, Los Angeles Times. May 29, 2011 12 AM PT. The gig: Peter Schlessel is chief executive of FilmDistrict, an independent movie...
Feb 4, 2016 · Focus Features CEO Peter Schlessel to Exit as Unit Merges With Universal Pictures International - TheWrap. Schlessel to leave April 1 as Peter Kujawski becomes chairman of new global unit....
Oct 23, 2014 · Schlessel, 52, has begun to put his mark on Focus, filling his pipeline of a planned nine to 10 films a year (up from five to seven) with a mix of genre movies ( Sinister) and, perhaps...
