Simon Swart
Non-Theatrical / Digital / Streaming Distribution Expert
As EVP and General Manager of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Simon managed the development and release of hundreds of programs - generating over $3Bn in annual sales with over 200 new releases a year. He managed the distribution and marketing for Twentieth Century Fox Film & Television in addition to MGM, Relativity, and
DreamWorks Animation, including the management of many major franchises such as Avatar, Titanic, Star Wars, Ice Age, Alvin and the Chipmunks, James Bond, Die Hard, Aliens, the X-Men and many more.
In addition to launching worldwide franchises, he recognized an underserved market and launched Fox Faith in 2002 (the first ever big studio division dedicated to serving the faith based audience), which generated more than $700mm in revenue.
He selected and secured rights to multiple successful properties such as Passion of The Christ, Strawberry
Shortcake, Love Comes Softly, Ultimate Gift, and The Bible. He also developed and greenlighted several highly successful sequels such as Behind Enemy Lines, Wrong Turn, Dr. Dolittle and The Marine.
He has championed and created new markets within the realms of entertainment and digital media delivery channels during his tenure at Fox, Disney and Warner Brothers in a career spanning more than two decades. He is currently Producing/Executive Producing several movies including 6 Below, I Can Only Imagine, The Amy Purdy Story, The Kings
Daughter and Tour Dates.
I Can Only Imagine exploded into the Box Office on March 16, 2018 becoming the most profitable movie of the year, doing more than $80MM of Domestic Box Office.