Joe Drake

Joe Drake is a leading entrepreneur and one of Hollywood’s most respected studio executives. As Chairman of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, Mr. Drake is responsible for overseeing the Company’s feature film business, including acquisitions, production, marketing and distribution. He leads a team responsible for a portfolio of films that has generated over $10 billion at the worldwide box office over the past six years.

Mr. Drake returned to Lionsgate in October 2017 when the Company acquired Good Universe, the production and distribution company that he co founded and ran with partner Nathan Kahane, who is now President of Lionsgate’s Motion Picture Group. During his previous tenure as head of Lionsgate’s Motion Picture Group from 2007-2012, Mr. Drake and his team launched the studio’s global blockbuster Hunger Games franchise, which grossed nearly $3 billion worldwide, the box office smash Expendables films, multiple Oscar® winner Precious, and Tyler Perry films.

One of the industry’s foremost innovators, Mr. Drake has launched two companies of his own, Good Universe and Mandate Pictures. At Good Universe, he shepherded the company’s overall business and was responsible for building key financial, creative and strategic partnerships. While there, he partnered with Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver’s Point Grey Pictures on a series of critically acclaimed comedy hits including ​Neighbors ​and ​The Night Before, ​that partnership has now carried on to Lionsgate. As head of Mandate Pictures from 2004-2007, Mr. Drake produced the Academy Award​®​-winning blockbuster ​Juno​,​ ​the​ ​Golden Globe®​ -​nominated ​Hope Springs ​and ​50/50, ​and​ ​the breakout Seth Rogen comedy ​This Is The End​.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Drake held executive positions at Rysher Entertainment and Moviestore Entertainment.