Andrew Kramer has been promoted to president of business and legal affairs for The Weinstein Company (TWC) and Dimension Films.

Kramer will remain in the Los Angeles office and will be charged with overseeing all of TWC and Dimension Films' business and legal affairs and negotiating deals covering all aspects of the film and television businesses.

He will report to Bob and Harvey Weinstein and TWC COO Lee Solomon.

Prior to joining Dimension Films in 2006, Kramer served as executive vice president of business affairs and operations for Warner Independent Pictures and played an integral role in the launch of the specialty division. Before that he was executive vice president of Phoenix Pictures, among other positions.