Artisan Pictures CEO Steps Down
After a brief 15-month tenure, Robert Cooper is relinquishing his dual posts as chief executive of Artisan Pictures and vice chairman of its parent, Artisan Entertainment, the company said.
Cooper will relaunch his former movie and TV production company Landscape Pictures. The company will have a deal at AOL Time Warner Inc.’s New Line Cinema.
The executive remains a shareholder of Artisan, which retains a financial position in more than a dozen projects Cooper will take with him. Meanwhile, Artisan’s development and production President Richard Saperstein will assume day-to-day responsibility for the Santa Monica-based company’s feature production division.
Before joining Artisan, Cooper headed production at DreamWorks SKG.
-- Claudia Eller
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