Biography
Josh Kramer was a British-American film producer and studio executive. He produced Roman Polanski’s Death and the Maiden (1994) and Sidney Lumet’s Night Falls on Manhattan (1996) through the Mount/Kramer Company, which he formed with Thom Mount in the early 1990s.
Kramer began his career in foreign sales for Dino de Laurentiis, handling international presales for films including Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991). He later served as head of sales at Capitol Films, worked in international acquisitions at MGM, and joined Amazon in 2005, becoming the first licensing executive for Amazon Unbox and later Head of Motion Picture Business Operations at Amazon Studios until 2018.
Born on 17 May 1956, he was educated at the American School in London, Brown University and the Wharton School. Kramer died on 27 November 2023 in Santa Monica, California.
