Imax has employed Heather Morgan as its new Head of International Distribution.
On the identical, Craig Dehmel, who’s been Imax’s longstanding Head of International Distribution for the final 9 years, is departing the massive format exhibitor.
Throughout Dehmel’s run at Imax, the corporate delivered the most effective 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 enlargement into native language releases.
In her position, Morgan will oversee curation for the corporate’s expansive theatrical releases all over the world.
Morgan comes from Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas the place she served as Chief Content material Officer. She’ll be primarily based 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 over an expanded position as Head of Various Content material for IMAX.
“Heather has a confirmed capability to wield knowledge, creativity, and viewers insights in growing programming methods that resonate with audiences,” mentioned Fischer. “As demand for the IMAX Expertise soars and our content material portfolio expands to greater than 130 movies and occasions every year, Heather’s experience can be essential in delivering for our followers and maximizing the worth of our distinctive world platform.”
“IMAX has taken its place because the gold commonplace in immersive leisure to the subsequent stage lately, and but a lot extra potential stays as filmmakers and creators all over the world line as much as create for this platform,” mentioned Morgan. “I’m excited to associate with Wealthy, Jonathan and the staff 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 need to specific 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 growth alternatives and income optimization. Morgan joined Alamo as Chief of Employees and Technique, a job during which she collaborated on the corporate’s 2024 acquisition by Sony Photos Leisure. Beforehand, she held government 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 Photos Pioneers Basis, the place she has held quite a lot of management roles. Morgan has delivered a TEDx discuss on social isolation and loneliness, concerning the significance of the communal expertise of cinema.