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Nick Meyer is an American film producer. He is the CEO of Sierra/Affinity and president of film operations for Entertainment One. Meyer was the president of Paramount Vantage until December 2008. [1] [2] In 2007, with Meyer as co-head of Paramount, the Studio received 19 Academy Award nominations. [3] Formerly, Meyer was the president of Lionsgate International, a division of Lionsgate. [4] He founded Sierra Pictures in 2009. [5] [6] [7] In 2011, his Sierra Pictures merged with film sales company Affinity International to become Sierra/Affinity. [8]

In addition to representing sales of third party films, Sierra/Affinity is as the exclusive sales agent for films developed and produced by Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Bold Films and Sierra Pictures. [9] Following Entertainment One's (eOne) strategic equity investment in Sierra Pictures in January 2016, the international sales and distribution of films produced and acquired by eOne Features, as well as eOne-distributed films from The Mark Gordon Company, are handled by Sierra/Affinity outside of Canada, the UK, Australia/New Zealand, Benelux and Spain, where eOne directly distributes films. [10] In July 2018, eOne acquired the remaining stake in the company and Meyer was appointed as president of the company's film operations. [11] On August 22, 2019, Hasbro announced it will acquire eOne for $4 billion. [12] [13] In August 2023, Hasbro announced that it would sell the assets to Lionsgate for $500 million. The deal closed on December 27, 2023.

He is a graduate of Wesleyan University [14] and an MA from Middlebury. [9]

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  9. 1 2 Goldstein, Gregg (18 May 2017). "Nick Meyer Leads Sierra/Affinity to New Heights With Commitment to Quality". Variety. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
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