a live-action, short-form series from Robert Rodriguez and starring Michelle Rodriguez; New Tricks, directed and produced by Ed Helms; and The Kiev Exchange, a spinoff of STXfilms' Mile 22. In December 2017, it was announced that STXdigital acquired the exclusive Chinese distribution rights to Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve from Dick Clark Productions (dcp), along with the Chinese distribution rights to the 2018 Golden Globes broadcast from dcp and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. STXdigital and Tencent partnered to broadcast both shows on Tencent Video. In January 2018, the companies announced they would also co-produce a live Chinese-language Golden Globes red carpet pre-show, to air live with the telecast. STXinternational In April 2016, a dedicated international division (STXinternational) opened. Headquartered in London, the division is led by former Film4 head David Kosse. The division launched with a slate of six films that included Andy Serkis's directorial debut Breathe (which opened the 2017 London Film Festival), Home Again starring Reese Witherspoon, and Wind River starring Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen. Additional titles on the STXinternational slate include Ridley Scott's All the Money in the World, Morten Tyldum's The Marsh King's Daughter, and Bart Layton's American Animals; and titles from the main STXfilms slate. In March 2019, John Friedberg was named president of STXinternational. Accolades In 2014, Simonds was featured as one of Hollywood's top dealmakers in Variety magazine's Dealmakers Impact Report for his work at STX. The Hollywood Reporter has named Simonds one of the 100 Most Powerful People in Entertainment in each of their annual rankings through 2018, since first publishing them in 2016. In 2017, Variety featured Simonds on their first annual Variety500: Entertainment Leaders and Icons list. He made the list again in 2018. Personal life While attending Yale Simonds dated actress Jennifer Beals. Simonds married Anne Biondi in 1999, and the couple live in Los Angeles with their son and four daughters. About 2010 Simonds bought a house at Mulholland Estates for $4.7 million. Filmography As producer As executive producer Television As executive producer References External links Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Blue Ribbon Committee Nuverra Environmental Solutions Board of Directors Q&A With William McGlashan and Robert Simonds Worth August/September 2014 National Academy of Sciences Water Sciences & Technology Board Members Living people Businesspeople from Phoenix, Arizona Yale University alumni STX Entertainment American film studio executives Film producers from Arizona 1964 births