Imax has employed Heather Morgan as its new Head of World Distribution.
On the identical, Craig Dehmel, who’s been Imax’s longstanding Head of World Distribution for the final 9 years, is departing the big format exhibitor.
Throughout Dehmel’s run at Imax, the corporate delivered the perfect years in its historical past on the world field workplace. Dehmel was behind determining how Imax screens might co-share a number of tentpoles in the course of the year-end holidays, one instance being Depraved, Gladiator II and Moana 2. Imax offers credit score to Dehmel for greater than doubling their variety of movies, occasions, and experiences programmed yearly throughout their world community, together with its pivotal growth into native language releases.
In her position, Morgan will oversee curation for the corporate’s expansive theatrical releases world wide.
Morgan comes from Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas the place she served as Chief Content material Officer. She’ll be based mostly within the firm’s Playa Vista workplace and report back to Jonathan Fischer, Chief Content material Officer of IMAX. Moreover, Steve Garrett will proceed in his position as Head of Home Distribution, whereas taking up an expanded position as Head of Various Content material for IMAX.
“Heather has a confirmed means to wield information, creativity, and viewers insights in creating programming methods that resonate with audiences,” stated Fischer. “As demand for the IMAX Expertise soars and our content material portfolio expands to greater than 130 movies and occasions annually, Heather’s experience can be crucial in delivering for our followers and maximizing the worth of our distinctive world platform.”
“IMAX has taken its place because the gold normal in immersive leisure to the subsequent stage in recent times, and but a lot extra potential stays as filmmakers and creators world wide line as much as create for this platform,” stated Morgan. “I’m excited to companion with Wealthy, Jonathan and the crew to additional elevate our content material portfolio and capitalize on the loyalty IMAX has constructed with its audiences.”
“On behalf of Wealthy and everybody at IMAX, I wish to categorical gratitude and admiration for Craig Dehmel and his contributions to IMAX over the course of a deeply transformational time for the corporate – which he leaves in a a lot stronger, extra diversified place,” Fischer continued.
At Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas, Morgan oversaw movie curation for the corporate’s 42 places with 350 screens exhibiting and eventizing over 1,600 releases yearly. She additionally led Alamo’s studio partnerships, spearheading its distribution agreements and driving promotional methods and oversaw enterprise improvement alternatives and income optimization. Morgan joined Alamo as Chief of Workers and Technique, a job wherein she collaborated on the corporate’s 2024 acquisition by Sony Footage Leisure. Beforehand, she held govt roles in content material and programming at Harkins Theatres and AMC Leisure.
Morgan is Chairman of the Board of Administrators for the Will Rogers Movement Footage Pioneers Basis, the place she has held a wide range of management roles. Morgan has delivered a TEDx speak on social isolation and loneliness, referring to the significance of the communal expertise of cinema.
