Hollywood's Season of Firings: 10 Ousted Executives
From Adam Fogelson to James Schamus, the top executives who are part of the movie business' biggest executive upheaval in years.
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Adam Fogelson
He spent nearly four years as chairman of Universal but was abuptly replaced in September even as the studio was rebounding.
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Anne Globe
After 17 years at DreamWorks Animation, the marketing head left after flops Rise of the Guardians and Turbo.
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Jeff Robinov
Having angled for the top Warners post that went to Kevin Tsujihara, there was nowhere for the movie group head to go but out.
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Marc Weinstock
Sony’s head of worldwide marketing became the fall guy Sept. 23 for a summer that had little the studio could brag about.
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MT Carney
She had never sold movies when she was recruited to head Disney marketing in 2010. Less than two years later, she was out.
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Rich Ross
Carney’s boss, a big success at the Disney Channel, didn’t master the movie biz, and after 2012’s John Carter flopped, it was adios.
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Steve Elzer
The loyal 12-year Sony PR veteran, who zealously protected his boss Amy Pascal, announced he will step down in December.
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Terry Curtin
When Paranoia crashed for Relativity in August, she was ousted after a little more than two years as the indie’s head of marketing.
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Tom Rothman
The Fox veteran shared the top studio job for 12 years until his brash, tight-fisted approach was blamed for a weak summer of 2012.
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James Schamus
An Oscar nominee, he ran Universal's specialty division Focus Features for more than a decade until the studio decided it wanted to make over the unit, putting FilmDistrict's Peter Schlessel in charge and sending Schamus packing.
