Artists Fairness, the studio launched in 2022 by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, is shuffling key roles in its government suite.
Dillon West has been elevated to Chief Working Officer, with present COO Michael Joe transitioning to a strategic advisory function however staying on the corporate’s board of administrators. Andrew Gumpert, an trade veteran identified for tenures at Paramount, Sony and Dimension Movies, has been tapped for the newly created function of President, Enterprise Affairs & Technique.
West had been Artists Fairness’s Chief Technique Officer, overseeing the startup’s development plan and new enterprise initiatives. He additionally serves on the corporate’s Board of Administrators. West had beforehand labored at RedBird Capital Companions, whose CEO, Gerry Cardinale, co-founded Artists Fairness with Damon and Affleck. Throughout his run at RedBird, West centered on media & leisure investments, in a task much like a previous one in funding banking at at Evercore Companions.
Gumpert has spent greater than three many years within the leisure trade, most just lately as COO of Paramount Photos and Nickelodeon Studios. In that submit, he oversaw enterprise affairs, strategic planning, dwelling leisure distribution and tv licensing. Beforehand, he was President of Worldwide Enterprise Affairs & Operations for the Sony Photos Leisure Movement Image Group. He led negotiations for various high-profile productions and time period offers, together with managing partnerships with MGM, Lonestar Capital, Village Roadshow, and Dalian Wanda Group.
Previous to Sony, Gumpert led enterprise and authorized affairs for Miramax’s Dimension Movies and labored as an exec at Interscope Movie Productions. He started his profession as a enterprise litigator at Hill, Wynne, Troop and Meisinger in L.A.
Artists Fairness’s new tackle Kiss of the Spider Girl, starring Jennifer Lopez and Diego Luna and directed by Invoice Condon, simply premiered at Sundance, drawing an enthusiastic response. Lopez additionally stars within the firm’s Unstoppable, launched earlier this month by Amazon MGM Studios. Artists Fairness’s strong slate of upcoming tasks consists of The Accountant 2, additionally for Amazon MGM studios, a sequel to the 2016 hit that can see the return of director Gavin O’Connor, author Invoice Dubuque, and stars Affleck, Jon Bernthal, and J.Ok. Simmons.
