Josh Greenstein

Josh Greenstein is an American studio executive, and has served as co-chair of Paramount Pictures and vice chair of Paramount platforms since August 2025.

Career

Early years Greenstein attended Boston University and earned a degree in communications, with which he planned to work in journalism. Following college, he took assistant jobs with film and television producers at independent film studio Dimension Films. In 2001, Greenstein was promoted to head of marketing at Dimension.

Paramount Pictures Greenstein joined Paramount Pictures in 2005.

In 2011 He was promoted to chief marketing officer for Paramount Pictures, and served in the role until December 2014. He led the global marketing campaigns for films The Wolf of Wall Street, Paranormal Activity and Transformers: Age of Extinction. He was hired by film producer and studio executive Amy Pascal, and oversaw the studio's marketing campaigns under its chairman, Tom Rothman.

In October 2019, Greenstein was named co-president of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group alongside film industry executive Sanford Pantich. Greenstein contributed Marvel Studios' Spider-Man: Far From Home in 2019, which became the studio's highest-grossing film of all time, earning $1.13 billion worldwide as of October 2019.

Paramount Skydance In August 2025, Greenstein was named co-chair of Paramount Pictures alongside Skydance's chief content officer and producer, Dana Goldberg. Greenstein was also appointed to serve as the chair of Paramount platforms, where he oversees the film studio, as well as strategic long-term planning of streaming platforms, oversight of production, distribution and marketing.

In August 2025, within five hours of the announcement of their appointments, Greenstein and Goldberg secured actor Timothée Chalamet and director James Mangold for the upcoming film High Side, marking the first collaboration between Chalamet and Mangold since the biographical film A Complete Unknown. That year, Greenstein brokered deals with the Duffer Brothers, creators of Netflix's Stranger Things franchise, and announced live-action film adaptation of video game franchises Call of Duty, with Activision, and Street Fighter, with Legendary Entertainment.

In December 2025, Greenstein entered into a three-year first-look deal with American filmmaker Chu, under which Chu and his production company relocated to the Paramount lot.

In March 2026, Scream 7 earned approximately $100M globally during opening weekend; Greenstein took oversight of the film as part of his new role as co-chair. In April 2026, Greenstein and Goldberg presented at Cinema United's CinemaCon, a convention for movie theater owners based in Las Vegas, where they outlined a slate of 15 theatrical releases for 2026, including entries from the Top Gun: Maverick, Scary Movie, and Jackass: Best and Last franchises, as well as the films Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow (based on the novel of the same name) and Get Lite. At the presentation, they debuted a short reel by filmmaker Jon M. Chu, featuring actors and filmmakers from the Paramount lot, including James Cameron and Tom Cruise.

In May 2026, Greenstein and Goldberg announced a first-look deal with Warner Music Group. In July 2026, Greenstein brokered a first-look deal between Paramount Pictures and rapper Travis Scott's record label and music publishing company, Cactus Jack Records. Also in 2026, comparable three-year first-look deals were struck with director Dan Trachtenberg, whose film Predator: Badlands became the highest-grossing entry in the Predator franchise, with actress and writer Issa Rae and actor Will Smith and his entertainment company Westbrook.

Filmography Producer A Civil Action (1998) Twilight (1998) Wonder Boys (2000) Impostor (2001)