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until December 2008. In 2007, with Meyer as co-head of Paramount, the Studio received 19

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nominations. Four of the Studio's 2007 feature films were honored: ''

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'', a Paramount Vantage and Miramax co-production, received eight nominations; ''

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'', also a Miramax and Paramount Vantage co-production, received eight nominations; '' Into the Wild'' earned two nominations; ''

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'' garnered one nomination. At the 80th Academy Awards, ''Blood'' and ''No Country'' won a combined six awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture for ''No Country'', the Academy Award for Best Actor for

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in ''Blood'', and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for

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in ''No Country''. Formerly, Meyer was the long-time president of Lionsgate International, a division of Lionsgate Studios. He founded Sierra Pictures in 2009. In 2011, his Sierra Pictures merged with film sales company Affinity International to become Sierra/Affinity. In addition to representing sales of third party films, Sierra/Affinity is as the exclusive sales agent for films developed and produced by Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Bold Films and Sierra Pictures. Following Entertainment One's (eOne) strategic equity investment in Sierra Pictures in January 2016, the international sales and distribution of films produced and acquired by eOne Features, as well as eOne-distributed films from The Mark Gordon Company, are handled by Sierra/Affinity outside of Canada, the UK, Australia/New Zealand, Benelux and Spain, where eOne directly distributes films. In July 2018, eOne acquired the remaining stake in the company and Meyer was appointed as president of the company's film operations. On August 22, 2019,

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announced it will acquire eOne for $4 billion. He is a graduate of

Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a private liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church and with the support of prominent residents of Middletown, the col ...

and an MA from Middlebury.

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