Meryl Poster

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Meryl Poster is the president and founder of Superb Entertainment. Until October 2014, she was president of television at The Weinstein Company. Poster was previously the co-president of production for Miramax Films, where she executive produced the Academy Award-winning Chicago (2002) and Academy Award-nominated Cider House Rules (1999) and Chocolat (2000). She is an executive producer of the Bravo drama The Girlfriend's Guide to Divorce, which premiered in December 2014.

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Early life and work

Poster was one of the first female trainees at the William Morris Agency, where she began working in the mailroom in New York in 1986. In 1989 she began working for Harvey Weinstein as his assistant, thereby beginning her longtime association with the Weinstein brothers and Miramax Films. She rose to co-president of production at Miramax Films.

Career

NBC Universal

Poster had a producing deal at NBC Universal for five years, and served as a consultant for Chairman Jeff Zucker. She signed it up from 2005 to 2010 after leaving Miramax. [1]

The Weinstein Company

In early 2011, Poster joined The Weinstein Company as President of Television. While at The Weinstein Company, she oversaw all television development and production, including Project Runway and spinoffs After the Runway (2011), Project Accessory (2011), Project Runway All Stars (2012), Project Runway: Threads (2014), and Project Runway: Under the Gunn (2014). She has also developed VH1’s Mob Wives (2013) and spinoffs Big Ang (2012) and Mob Wives Chicago (2012), as well as Trailer Park: Welcome to Myrtle Manor (2013) on TLC, Rodeo Girls (2013) on A&E, Supermarket Superstar (2013) on Lifetime, Million Dollar Shoppers (2013) on Lifetime. In addition to reality television, Poster has paired with Amy Sherman-Palladino, creator and writer of Gilmore Girls, for an adaptation of The Nanny Diaries for ABC.


Superb Entertainment

In October 2014, Poster left The Weinstein Company to expand her own production company, Superb Entertainment, through a partnership with A+E Studios. Through this agreement, Poster will produce both scripted and unscripted programming.

Other professional ventures and accolades

Poster is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, BAFTA, Women In Communications, and she serves as a vice chair on UJA-Federation's Entertainment, Media and Communications Executive Committee. She has been profiled in numerous publications, including Premiere, W, Vanity Fair, Mademoiselle, Elle, Gotham and Glamour and was ranked in The Hollywood Reporter 's Power 100 for five consecutive years. She is a member of the Tulane Deans' Council.

Filmography

Executive producer credits

YearFilmNotes
1996 The Pallbearer
1997 Cop Land
1998 Wide Awake
1999 The Cider House Rules Film nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
1999 Music of the Heart Co-Producer
2000 Bounce
2000 Chocolat Film nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
2001 Blow Dry
2001 The Shipping News
2002 Chicago Film won the Academy Award for Best Picture
2003 Duplex
2004 Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
2005 An Unfinished Life
2011–Present Project Runway Nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program (2011–2015)
2011After the Runway
2011Project Accessory
2012 Supermarket Superstar
2012–Present Project Runway: All Stars
2013–Present Mob Wives
2014 Under the Gunn
2014 Cement Heads
2014–Present Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce

Awards

YearAwardNominated WorkWon
2001Muse Award; New York Women in Film and TelevisionMeryl PosterWon
2012 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program Project Runway Nominated
2013Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition ProgramProject RunwayNominated
2014Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition ProgramProject RunwayNominated
2015Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition ProgramProject RunwayNominated

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References

  1. Adalian, Josef (2005-11-29). "Poster inks tube deal". Variety. Retrieved 2021-10-19.