Weeks after leaving Warner Bros. Discovery (where he served as president of international theatrical distribution), Andrew Cripps will now succeed Tony Chambers as head of theatrical distribution at Disney.
He will begin on March 3. The role opened after Chambers began overseeing Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Chambers’ move was part of a major restructuring on Disney’s part, in terms of how it runs and operates their business.
Cripps is a veteran distribution executive, who previously worked at 20th Century Fox and Paramount. He also worked at United International Pictures and Imax. For Disney, he will be responsible for worldwide theatrical distribution for all films produced and released by Walt Disney’s seven banners: live-action, Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Animation, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios and Searchlight.