Paramount names former Showtime exec Geoff Stier to senior film production role

Paramount has appointed former Showtime executive Geoff Stier executive vice president of production at the motion picture group.

Stier will report to motion picture group co-presidents Daria Cercek and Michael Ireland.

At Showtime he served as senior vice president of original programming, developing and supervising production on titles including Emmy-nominated Ripley for Netflix and Fellow Travelers for Showtime and Paramount+, as well as Halo on Paramount+.

Prior to Showtime, Stier was head of US production for Fabula for Pablo Larraín and Juan de Dios Larrain; and EVP of production at Paramount from 2009-2017, when he oversaw titles like True Grit, World War Z, The Big Short, Daddy’s Home 1 and 2, and Annihilation.

Before that, Stier served as senior vice president of production and development at Paramount Vantage, and from 1992-2002 served as a producer for Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella’s Mirage Enterprise.

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