Meryl Poster

Meryl Poster is an American film producer. Until October 2014, she was president of television at The Weinstein Company. Poster was previously the co-president of production for Miramax Films, where she executive produced the Academy Award-winning Chicago (2002) and Academy Award-nominated Cider House Rules (1999) and Chocolat (2000). She is an executive producer of the Bravo drama The Girlfriend's Guide to Divorce -- Bravo's first ever scripted series -- which premiered in December 2014 and ran for 5 seasons.

Career

William Morris

Poster had her beginnings as the second-ever female trainee in the New York Mailroom at the William Morris Agency.

Miramax

Poster served as the co-president of production for Miramax - alongside Jon Gordon - from 1998 to 2005.

NBC Universal

Poster had a producing deal at NBC Universal for five years, and served as a consultant for Chairman Jeff Zucker. She signed it up from 2005 to 2010 after leaving Miramax.

The Weinstein Company

In early 2011, Poster joined The Weinstein Company as president of television, having previously worked for Harvey and Bob Weinstein for 16 years at Miramax. While at The Weinstein Company, she oversaw all television development and production, including Project Runway and spinoffs After the Runway (2011), Project Accessory (2011), Project Runway All Stars (2012), Project Runway: Threads (2014), and Project Runway: Under the Gunn (2014). She has also developed VH1’s Mob Wives (2013) and spinoffs Big Ang (2012) and Mob Wives Chicago (2012), as well as Trailer Park: Welcome to Myrtle Manor (2013) on TLC, Rodeo Girls (2013) on A&E, Supermarket Superstar (2013) on Lifetime, Million Dollar Shoppers (2013) on Lifetime. In addition to reality television, Poster has paired with Amy Sherman-Palladino, creator and writer of Gilmore Girls, for an adaptation of The Nanny Diaries for ABC.

Superb Entertainment

Since then, Poster has developed her own production company, Superb Entertainment. The production company led on Poster's Ambie Award nominated, Call Your Grandmother. She also serves as an executive producer on an array of projects, including Jake Sumner's most recent documentary, that premiered at Tribeca Film Festival.

Poster is an artist in residence for the New Orleans Museum of Art, leading their "Producer's Choice" series.

Filmography

Executive producer credits

Year	Film	Notes
1996	The Pallbearer
1997	Cop Land
1998	Wide Awake
1999	The Cider House Rules	Film nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
	Music of the Heart	Co-Producer
2000	Bounce
	Chocolat	Film nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
2001	Blow Dry
	The Shipping News
2002	Chicago	Film won the Academy Award for Best Picture
2003	Duplex
2004	Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
2005	An Unfinished Life
2011–Present	Project Runway	Nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program (2011–2015)
2011	After the Runway
	Project Accessory
2012	Supermarket Superstar
2012–Present	Project Runway: All Stars
2013–Present	Mob Wives
2014	Under the Gunn
	Cement Heads
2014–Present	Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce

Awards

Year	Award	Nominated work	Won
2001	Muse Award; New York Women in Film and Television	Meryl Poster	Won
2003	Golden Globe Award for Best Musical or Comedy Picture	Chicago		Won
2012	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program	Project Runway	Nominated
2013			Nominated
2014			Nominated
2015			Nominated

References

• "One of the Few in Hollywood Who Can Say 'No' to Harvey Weinstein Meryl Poster By Emma Bazilian". Adweek. May 20, 2013.
• "The Formula for Success". Marie Claire. April 18, 2012.
• "Meryl Poster: Featured Panelist, Women of New York, 2012". Broadcasting & Cable. February 9, 2012.
• "Weinstein Company Plans to Launch TV Division with Meryl Poster in Talks to Run It". Deadline. January 11, 2011
• "Meryl Poster Poised to Return Working with Weinsteins". The Wrap. January 18, 2011.
• "Meryl Poster’s New Perch: Weinstein TV". WWD. December 30, 2011.

External links

• Meryl Poster at IMDb