Twentieth Century Fox Film (TCFF) Chairman and CEO Stacey Snider announced Thursday that long-time studio executive Emma Watts has been elevated to the role of Vice Chairman of TCFF and Twentieth Century Fox (TCF) President of Production.

Ms. Watts, who has served as President of Production for TCF since 2007, will continue to report to Ms. Snider, and her appointment is effective immediately.

In conjunction with her promotion, Ms. Watts will now oversee a restructured group that brings together all of TCF’s filmmaking assets, adding physical production, post production, visual effects and music to her ongoing leadership of the studio’s production, story, creative affairs and casting departments.

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Fox Animation will continue to be led by its President, Vanessa Morrison, who will now co-report to Ms. Snider and Ms. Watts, and Fox International Productions President Tomas Jegeus will now co-report to Ms. Watts and Andrew Cripps, the studio’s President of International Distribution.

Fox Searchlight Pictures and Fox 2000 will continue to report to Ms. Snider, as will the studio’s Marketing, Distribution and other functional departments.

Ms. Watts first joined Fox in 1997, following stints as a creative executive first with Russell Simmons’ Def Jam Pictures and later for Oliver Stone.

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