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Courtenay Valenti has been appointed head of film, streaming and theatrical at Amazon and MGM Studios.

The former president of production and development at Warner Bros will start in her new role on March 1, nearly a year after Amazon’s acquisition of MGM.

She reports to Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke.

Julie Rappaport, who oversaw the Amazon Original Movies and MGM film teams since the merger last year, will continue to oversee both film slates in her new role as head of film creative and strategy.

She reports to Valenti.

Valenti was at Warner Bros for 33 years and in her latest role oversaw the film slates for Warner Bros Pictures and Warner Bros Feature Animation. Under her supervision the pipeline delivered the last four Harry Potter films, The Great Gatsby, Crazy Rich Asians, and The Lego Movie, among others.

She also played a key role developing and shepherding Elvis, Happy Feet and Mad Max: FuryRoad.

Salke’s full memo to staff appears below.