Focus Features Professional Peter Kujawski Takes Purchases Professional Veep Publish at Universal

Universal Pictures co-chairman Donna Langley hired Peter Kujawski for the publish of EVP Worldwide Purchases. Kujawski is presently EVP Worldwide Sales for your Universal-possessed niche film label Focus Features. The Universal features team got a election of confidence when chairman Adam Fogelson was presented with an early on re-up, and Langley may also be settling to improve her term while using studio. Kujawski is charged with centralizing and streamlining Universal’s purchases and also to enhance distribution options. He’ll account to Langley and be situated in La. He isn’t altering anybody directly, but does obtain a couple of from the slack left when Christian Grass left the studio within this summer time. Kujawski may even work carefully with Universal Pictures Leader of Worldwide David Kosse. “Peter’s huge experience selling niche films gives him a unique perspective round the global marketplace and undeniably qualifies him to steer our purchases efforts,” Langley mentioned. At Focus, Kujawski has offered such films as Volver, House of Flying Daggers and Curse in the Golden Flower, Eternal Sunshine in the Spotless Mind, Burn After Reading through through, Lost in Translation, The Ceaseless Novel reader, Eastern Promises and Brokeback Mountain. Recent sales are the Joe Wright-directed Hanna, Tom Tykwer and Andy and Lana Wachowski’s Cloud Atlas as well as the Roger Michell-directed Hyde Park round the Hudson. Kujawski remains with Focus since 2002, and before he labored with Focus Boss James Schamus at Good Machine before that company was distributed around Universal when Schamus came aboard.