Sarah Timlick Joining Amazon MGM Studios As Head Of Theatrical Distribution For Canada

EXCLUSIVE: I’m getting word that Elevation Pictures vet Sarah Timlick is being hired as Amazon MGM Studios Head of Theatrical Distribution for Canada. This would mark the streamer and motion picture studio’s first hire in their planned international film distribution division.

In her role, Timlick will oversee theatrical distribution in the Great White North and report into Amazon MGM Theatrical Distribution Boss, Kevin Wilson.

Timlick will begin overseeing the Canadian distribution of those Amazon MGM titles being released later this year. Previously, Warner Bros would handle the Canadian releases of Amazon MGM movies on a case by case basis. Canada wasn’t part of Amazon MGM Studios’ foreign pact with Warners.

Timlick is a seasoned Canadian film distribution executive who has also worked at Alliance Films, Entertainment One, and most recently, Elevation Pictures. Elevation handled the Canadian release of NEON’s Oscar Best Picture winner, Anora. She has also served as Board Director for Canadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters (CAFDE), the Canadian Picture Pioneers, as well as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Ontario Film Authority.

Amazon MGM is looking to fill its Head of International Distribution role, along with leadership positions in other key territories as part of its plans to scale its distribution efforts internationally.

Amazon MGM will present at CinemaCon for the first time in April. Some theatrical titles on the horizon for the studio include A Working Man (March 28), The Accountant 2 (April 25, which is also making its world premiere at SXSW this weekend), the Luca Guadagnino directed Julia Roberts-Andrew Garfield thriller After the Hunt (Oct. 10), and the Timur Bekmambetov directed, Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson starring sci-fi movie, Mercy (Jan. 23, 26).