Elizabeth Raposo is President of Production for Paramount Pictures. At Paramount, Raposo works with many of the film industry’s most celebrated filmmakers and talent, while overseeing production on several of the studio’s major franchise titles.

In the last year, Raposo has helped guide Paramount with the production and release of the successful horror film A Quiet Place, the comedy Book Club and the sixth installment in the 24-years-running franchise Mission: Impossible, which garnered the biggest-ever opening weekend for the franchise and has to date earned over $777 million globally.

Next up for the studio is the Transformers spin-off Bumblebee, the Mark Wahlberg comedy Instant Family and the Ang Lee–Will Smith film Gemini Man. In production is Reed Morano’s film Rhythm Section, Pet Sematary adapted from Stephen King’s classic horror novel, and the next chapter in the Terminator franchise in partnership with Skydance Media.

In pre-production is the Tiffany Haddish–Rose Byrne comedy Limited Partners and a Top Gun sequel with Tom Cruise returning to his iconic role as “Maverick.”

Also of top priority for Raposo and the studio is another Star Trek film to be directed by S.J. Clarkson, as well as expanding the Hasbro Universe. Of the exciting talent already lined up with Hasbro, Raposo will be working with F. Gary Gray (The Fate of the Furious, Straight Outta Compton) on M.A.S.K.; Nicole Perlman (Captain Marvel, Guardians of the Galaxy) on Micronauts; Chris McKay (The Lego Batman Movie) on Dungeons & Dragons; and Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol) on G.I. Joe.

As a senior executive in the creative group at Paramount, Raposo oversaw production on several of the studio’s major franchise titles, including Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, Jack Reacher and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as well as Interstellar and Super 8.

Prior to working at Paramount Pictures, Raposo was Director of Development for Protozoa Pictures, a New York-based production company founded in 1996 by director Darren Aronofsky. While at Protozoa, she made The Fountain and developed multiple projects including The Wrestler and Black Swan. Raposo began her career at Creative Artists Agency as an assistant to Rick Kurtzman and company partner Kevin Huvane. She joined Paramount as a Director of Development in 2005.

Raposo is also a Georgetown University alumnus and is a founding member of the Georgetown University Film & Media Studies Program.

Raposo has been a vocal advocate and driving force behind the Time’s Up movement, gender equality and parity in the workplace.