Epilepsy Foundation

Andrew Gumpert

Member, Board of Trustees

Andrew Gumpert is the President of Worldwide Business Affairs and Operations for Columbia Pictures. In that role, he oversees all theatrical business affairs negotiations for the company’s theatrical motion picture side. His deal making includes negotiations with actors, actresses, and behind the camera talent, including producers, writers, and directors. Additionally, he also works to acquire the screen rights for screenplays and books from writers and authors, which are then developed into feature films. Andrew also plays an integral role in negotiating co-financing arrangements for feature films, as well as the distribution agreements for those films, for both the domestic and international markets. The hit feature films Andrew has been actively involved with include "2012,", “The Pursuit of Happyness,” “Casino Royale,” “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” “The Da Vinci Code,” “Click,” “SpiderMan 3", "Superbad,” "Hancock," "Pineapple Express," and "The Quantum of Solace."

A native of Scarsdale, New York, Andrew attended Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications, graduating in 1989, and then attended law school at American University’s Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C., graduating in 1992. Andrew started his professional career in Los Angeles as a business litigator with an emphasis on intellectual property litigation at the law firm Hill, Wynne Troop and Meisinger. In early 1995, Andrew left Hill Wynne and joined Columbia Pictures' legal affairs department where he was responsible for drafting a wide array of motion picture production, distribution and finance agreements. Then, in 1998, Andrew joined Miramax Films (then headed by Bob and Harvey Weinstein) as the Senior Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs. After 7 years with Miramax, Andrew returned to Columbia in his current position as head of business affairs. Andrew met his wife Nicole here in Los Angeles in late 1996 and we were married in April 1999. We have 3 children. Our oldest child, Chloe, is 9 years old and she suffers from cerebral palsy and has epilepsy as an ancillary malady to the CP. Our middle child, Jacob (Jake), is presently 8 yrs old, and our youngest, Alexandra is 5 years old.