(Culver City, March 10, 2011) — Columbia Pictures has promoted Sam Dickerman to Executive Vice President of Production, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad, President of Columbia Pictures.

Dickerman, who has served as Senior Vice President of Production for the label since joining the studio in 2005, has overseen a series of hits including Click, You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Salt, Grown Ups and Just Go With It, among others. Dickerman was the studio’s point person on Battle: Los Angeles and is currently working on such highly anticipated films as Zookeeper, I Hate You Dad, and Total Recall, all of which were recently added to the studio’s 2012 summer slate, as well as the upcoming Kevin James comedy Here Comes The Boom.