Culpepper, Clint

Clint Culpepper is president of Screen Gems, the genre division of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). Culpepper is responsible for identifying and financing productions and acquisitions for Screen Gems as well as acquiring filmed product for the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group and for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, SPE's worldwide home entertainment division. Screen Gems releases have included Arlington Road, The Mothman Prophecies, Girlfight, Snatch, Resident Evil and its sequel Resident Evil: Apocalypse, The Medallion, Underworld, The Brothers, Two Can Play That Game, In The Cut, The Breakup Handbook, You Got Served, and Boogeyman. Other productions Culpepper oversaw include Angela Robinson's D.E.B.S., A Love Song for Bobby Long, which garnered a Golden Globe Nomination, and Saving Face. Recent releases include The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Underworld: Evolution, Hostel and When a Stranger Calls, all of which finished atop the box office their respective opening weekend. The Gospel, released in fall 2005, opened with the highest per screen average of all new releases. Upcoming Screen Gems films include the teen supernatural-thriller The Covenant, Stomp the Yard, a drama set in the world of African-American fraternity step dancing, and Resident Evil: Extinction. Prior to joining Screen Gems, Culpepper served as associate producer on Pee-wee's Playhouse for two seasons, and before that, he spent several years working in television production for Aaron Spelling.