Jack Foley is the President of Theatrical Distribution for Focus Features and Rogue Pictures and is based in the company’s Manhattan offices. He oversees the distribution of all Focus Features and Rogue Pictures releases in the United States and Canada. Focus Features is a motion picture production, financing, and worldwide distribution company committed to bringing moviegoers the most original stories from the world’s most innovative filmmakers.

Mr. Foley has been with Focus since its inception in the spring of 2002. He has overseen distribution of such releases as Michel Gondry’s critically hailed “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”; Sofia Coppola’s Academy Award-winning “Lost in Translation”; Roman Polanski’s “The Pianist”, which won three Academy Awards (including Best Director and Best Actor); Todd Haynes’ award-winning “Far from Heaven”; Francois Ozon’s hit “Swimming Pool” and of course, Ang Lee’s “Brokeback Mountain” which was nominated for eight Academy Awards and is the company’s highest-grossing film to date.

Over the past 25 years, Mr. Foley has been responsible for national film distribution of many major film releases. Among the companies he has worked for are USA Films, October Films, Miramax Films, MGM/UA, DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group, and Columbia Pictures. Mr. Foley has also worked in theatrical exhibition as a film buyer for City Cinemas, a New York-based theater chain.

Mr. Foley has been involved in charitable organizations including Variety – The Children’s Charity and the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation. He is a member of the Board of U.S. Variety and is also involved with the Research Center for Women in Somerset County, New Jersey.