Lionsgate stated that Lee-Kim is a member of Motion Picture Group leadership teams and content strategy teams. She has generated nearly $1bn of sales since returning to Lionsgate in December 2017. (She previously served as president of International from 2007-2012). Under her new deal she will continue to head the international licensing of the company’s film slate and shepherd the company’s multi-platform and global direct-to-to-streaming business. Two members of Lee Kim’s team, Michael Meyer, chief operating officer of the international Motion Picture Group and Brent Jack, executive vice president of global marketing at Lionsgate also received new long-term contracts. Lee-Kim and her team have recently worked on box office hits
John Wick: Chapter Four
and
Saw X and closed deals with international partners on Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes and John Wick spinoff Ballerina. Joe Drake, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Chair, said: “Helen has proven to be a superstar in her ability to increase the studio’s status as a leading supplier of first-run premium films. Her success in growing the John Wick and Saw
franchises around the world is just the latest instance of this.” She is a trusted partner, a great leader and an extraordinary sales executive who will continue to play a key role in moving the Company forward.”Lionsgate international president Helen Lee-Kim talks company’s evolving distribution strategy
