HRTS Board of Directors

Mr. Acosta and his team of nearly a dozen colleagues are responsible for sourcing and structuring single- and multiple-picture film financings, financing for television productions, and financings for sports teams and other media businesses.

Mr. Acosta has more than a decade of experience in the entertainment and media financing business. Prior to his current role, he served as a senior vice president, head of the entertainment, sports and syndicated finance group, and head of mid-corporate banking for Israel Discount Bank of New York.

Mr. Acosta earned his bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Columbia University in New York.

New CBS comedies include “Carol’s Second Act” starring Patricia Heaton and “The Unicorn” starring Walton Goggins.  “The Neighborhood” starring Cedric the Entertainer and Max Greenfield and “Man With A Plan” starring Matt LeBlanc both return to CBS this Fall. Adler developed the critically acclaimed Netflix series “Dead to Me” starring Christina Applegate, going into its second season, as well as the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning series “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” and the Emmy nominated Netflix series, “American Vandal.”

Prior to CBS Television Studios, Adler served as a Producer for CBS’ “Survivor Palau,” “Survivor Guatemala” and “Crime & Punishment:  Real-Life Law & Order” for NBC.  In 2002, she was a producer on the Oscar-winning documentary, “Twin Towers” which told the story of the NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit and their heroic acts on September 11th.

From 1997 to 2000, Adler was Vice President, Creative Affairs for Worldwide Pants Incorporated, where she supervised all-new series development, oversaw the production of “Everybody Loves Raymond” and “Ed,” and recruited writers for “The Late Show with David Letterman” and “The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn.”  In 1994, Adler was Director, Comedy Development for Walt Disney Network Television where she developed network comedies as well as served as Current Programming Executive on “Ellen.”

Prior to Disney, Adler worked at Creative Artists Agency as an Assistant to the Head of the Television Literary Department.

Adler received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University.

 Previously, she oversaw local language originals, original series across Europe, the Middle East, Turkey, Africa, India, Asia, and Latin America as Vice President of Local Language Originals. In this role, she managed the teams behind shows such as La Casa de Papel (Spain), The Witcher (Poland), Lupin (France), Dark Desire (Mexico), Sacred Games (India), Kingdom (Korea), Blood & Water (South Africa), and Sintonia (Brazil).

Bajaria joined Netflix in November 2016 to oversee Netflix’s push into unscripted programming including the critically acclaimed Queer Eye, Nailed It!, and Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, as well as talk series with David Letterman and Hasan Minhaj.  Bajaria also oversaw some scripted originals such as the hit series Never Have I Ever andYOU, and led the team responsible for working with studios to co-produce and co-license series internationally with Netflix, including Star Trek: Discovery (CBS), Bodyguard (BBC), Riverdale, and Good Girls (Universal Television).  

Previously, Bajaria was President of Universal Television, where she made history as the first woman of color to oversee a studio. There she shepherded creative programming including the Emmy-nominated Netflix comedy Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, as well as hit primetime broadcast series Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Mindy Project, Bates Motel, Grimm and Chicago Fire. Earlier, she held two key posts simultaneously: Senior Vice President, Cable Programming for CBS TV Studios, and Senior Vice President of Movies and Miniseries for the CBS network. 

Bajaria has been honored by THR’s Women in Entertainment list and Variety’s LA Women’s Impact Report. She was named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of 2022. She was named one of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in 2020 and 2021. And in 2021, she was honored by the Asia Society as one of their Entertainment Game Changers of the Year. She currently serves on the Los Angeles Board of Governors for the Paley Center and the Board of Los Angeles’ Saban Community Clinic; she was honored with its Lenny Somberg Award in 2018.  She also serves on the Board of Trustees for Meridian International Center. She was previously the President of the Hollywood Radio & Television Society and served on the boards of Women in Film and the executive board of the Television Academy. She is involved in a variety of philanthropic endeavors, including SAHARA, a non-profit organization that serves victims of domestic violence. Bajaria has been honored by the “I Have a Dream” Foundation of Los Angeles, The March of Dimes Foundation, and was given the Industry Leadership Award from the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. Bajaria resides in Los Angeles with her husband and three children.

Buccieri became A+E Networks Group’s fourth President in the company’s 35-year history in July 2018. The company is now in over 335 million households in more than 200 territories and across a multitude of platforms.

Previously, Buccieri served as President, A+E Studios and A+E Networks Portfolio Group where he was responsible for all business aspects across A+E Networks’ entire brand portfolio; and oversaw A+E Studios.

Buccieri joined A+E Networks in 2015 as President, A&E, and HISTORY, overseeing all content creation, programming, brand development, and marketing for A&E and HISTORY and their affiliated brands.  Some of A+E Networks’ hit shows Buccieri has overseen include HISTORY’s Vikings, Curse of Oak Island, Forged in Fire and American Pickers; and A&E’s Live PD, 60 Days In, and Emmy award-winning hits Leah Remini – Scientology and the Aftermath, and Intervention.

Buccieri is one of the leading television industry executives with extensive experience in worldwide production, distribution, syndication, and digital, both in scripted and non-scripted programming across a wide range of genres. He has a proven track record of driving forward both creative and commercial growth and implementing innovative business models.

Prior to A+E Networks, Buccieri served as Chairman, ITV Studios U.S. Group & ITV Studios Global Entertainment for the UK media company ITV, where he was responsible for building one of the largest independent content producers in the United States. He also led ITV’s international television distribution and consumer products business.

The ITV Studios U.S. Group is comprised of ITV Studios’ successful flagship U.S. production company, ITV Studios America, and the acquired businesses of Gurney Productions (Duck Dynasty), High Noon Entertainment (Cake Boss), Thinkfactory Media (Hatfields & McCoys), DiGa Vision (Teen Wolf) and Leftfield Entertainment, which is made up of Leftfield Pictures (Pawn Stars), Sirens Media (Real Housewives of New Jersey), Loud TV and Outpost Entertainment. The Group also includes Tomorrow Studios, which is a scripted joint venture studio between Marty Adelstein and ITV Studios.

Prior to joining ITV, Buccieri was President of Programming, Production, and Development at Fox Twentieth Television. Before that, he was an Executive Producer at Endemol, USA.

He leads the U.S. and global tentpole programming strategy and consumer insights, in addition to overseeing Prime Video’s brand strategy, brand social, influencer marketing, marketing operations, media and audience insights. Additionally, he is responsible for customer acquisition, retention, and engagement with the entertainment hub across SVOD, AVOD, and Marketplace.

He previously served as Chief Operating Officer at Amazon Studios, where he oversaw the general management of the company alongside Head of Amazon Studios, Jennifer Salke. Before that, he held dual roles as Co-Head of TV and COO from 2018-2021. Cheng came to Amazon Studios in 2015 as COO.

Prior to Amazon Studios, Cheng spent 15 years as an executive at The Walt Disney Company, most recently as Executive Vice President, Digital Media and Chief Product Officer for Disney/ABC Television Group. During that time, Cheng and his team won four Primetime Emmy Awards, and were the first in history to put TV episodes on iTunes in 2005, first to stream top broadcast shows online in 2006, stream in HD in 2007, first to launch an iPad app in 2010, and first to offer live broadcast network feeds in 2013.

Cheng has also held executive positions at Fox and board roles at BMI and Lifetime and was a strategy consultant with The Boston Consulting Group. Cheng earned a Bachelor’s degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.

During her 20 years in drama development at CBS, she helped develop such successful series as the CSI and NCIS franchises, Bull, MacGyver, Blue Bloods, Hawaii Five-0, Madam Secretary, Scorpion, Criminal Minds, Elementary, The Mentalist, and The Good Wife, among others.

She joined the network from her overall deal at Hulu, where she curated a strong slate of projects, including an adaption of Zakiya Dalila Harris’ acclaimed novel, “The Other Black Girl,” which she won in a highly competitive bidding war. Before joining Hulu, she was a senior creative executive at Netflix overseeing the hit series “Orange Is the New Black” and “Narcos,” and launching series with directors Spike Lee, Baz Luhrmann, The Wachowskis and Justin Simien. Prior to that, she produced the pilot “Bosch,” Amazon’s first drama series, and was a key creative executive at AMC, developing “The Killing,” “Rubicon,” and the sci-fi miniseries “The Prisoner.”  She is a founding member of Who’s In The Room, an executive mentorship program created to diversify the executive and leadership ranks in the entertainment industry. Duncan started her career at Section Eight, George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh’s production company, where she worked on the HBO series “Unscripted” and the Oscar-nominated film “Good Night, and Good Luck.” 

As Head of Business Affairs, Gomez oversees the team that negotiates original programming agreements for AMC, BBC America, IFC, SundanceTV, and AMC Studios.  This includes deals for writers, producers, directors, and actors and contracts with outside studios and streaming platforms.

Prior to AMC Networks, Rafael served as the Senior Vice President of Business Affairs for Peacock, NBCUniversal’s streaming service, and Head of Business Affairs, Original Programming, at USA Network and SYFY, responsible for managing a team negotiating deals for scripted and unscripted original programming. He began his career in television as the production lawyer on “The Office” and “House, M.D.” As a business affairs executive, he also managed multiple TV series, including “Suits” and “Royal Pains” at NBCU.

Gomez is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Berkeley Law, where he teaches Entertainment Law for TV. Before entering the entertainment industry, Rafael was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, focused on growth strategies for Fortune 500 companies. He started his career as a mergers & acquisitions attorney at Baker & McKenzie’s law firm in Chicago.

He is a graduate of Harvard Law School.

Grad was promoted to this position in May 2019 after previously serving as President, Original Programming for FX Networks and FX Productions since 2013. In that period he developed the Emmy® and Golden Globe®-winning limited series The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, and Fargo, as well as the award-winning American Horror Story franchise, FEUD: Bette and Joan, Fosse/Verdon and the upcoming limited series Devs, Shōgun, Mrs. America and A Teacher; the drama series Taboo, Legion, The Strain, Tyrant, Snowfall, Trust, Pose, Mayans M.C., Mr. Inbetween, and the upcoming Y; the comedy series Atlanta, Better Things, Baskets, What We Do in the Shadows, You’re the Worst, Married, Man Seeking Woman, Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll and the upcoming Breeders; a slate of docuseries and documentary features, including The Weekly with The New York Times.

Prior to that, Grad served as Executive Vice President of Original Programming and Development since 2005, during which he developed the Emmy-nominated drama series The Americans, the Golden Globe-winning drama series Damages, the Emmy winning Justified, the hit drama Sons of Anarchy, the drama series Terriers and The Bridge, as well as overseeing FX’s growth in comedy with the Emmy winning comedy Archer, The League, and Wilfred.

Grad joined FX as Vice President of Series Development in May of 2002 and was promoted to Senior Vice President of Drama and Comedy Series Development in 2004. During that period, he helped develop the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning dramas The Shield and Nip/Tuck, the Emmy winning drama Rescue Me, the drama series Thief and Over There, and the acclaimed comedy series It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Grad was named one of Broadcasting & Cable’s Next Wave of Leaders in 2011 and to the Adweek 50 – the Most Indispensable Executives in Marketing, Media, and Tech – in 2016. In 2018, FX Networks received 50 Emmy® Award nominations, the most of any basic cable network for the fifth consecutive year, and won 12 Emmy Awards, the most of any basic cable network, including Outstanding Limited Series for The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.

Prior to joining FX, Grad worked for Columbia TriStar Television from 1995-2002, rising to the position of Vice President of Comedy Development in 1999. At Columbia TriStar, he developed The King of Queens for CBS, and Action and The Tick for FOX. He began his career in programming at FOX in 1992.

Grad is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.

He represents traditional entertainment and digital media companies, technology companies, early-stage investors and all varieties of brand-driven enterprises, in financings, mergers and acquisitions, licensing and other general business transactions.

Scott’s entertainment practice is primarily in the area of television and digital media. Scott regularly represents television production companies in network negotiations and has served as production and clearance counsel on television programming for Netflix, History, Go90, TheCW, E!, VH1, NatGeo, WGN, CMT, WEtv, TruTV, Discovery, and A&E.

In the area of emerging media, Scott represents investors, venture capital funds, and emerging growth companies in financing transactions. Scott also represents top digital media content creators, digital media studios, YouTube Networks, and other new technology companies in a wide variety of matters including acquisitions, production, clearance, and general business matters. Scott previously served as the acting business affairs director for the publicly traded digital content company, Digital Music Group, Inc. (now The Orchard).

Scott was featured in Variety’s 2014 Legal Impact Report and is a 2017 Super Lawyer®. Scott is a professor of entertainment law at King Hall law school, U.C, Davis and he serves on the board of directors of the Hollywood Radio and Television Society (HRTS).

Scott has extensive knowledge and experience in trademark law. He has represented clients in domestic and international trademark registration and enforcement in a variety of industries such as gaming (i.e., slot machine manufacturer Aristocrat Technologies), entertainment and hospitality (i.e., the Palms Casino and Resort in Las Vegas), wine and spirit brands (i.e., Popcorn Sutton’s Tennessee White Whiskey and Oak Ridge Winery), medical devices (i.e., Cesca Therapeutics) and sports and entertainment.

Under her purview, Holland and launched award-winning and critically acclaimed projects that span drama, comedy, family/YA, documentaries, unscripted, stand-up specials, and docu-series. Previously, Holland oversaw US TV licensing for Netflix after starting her career at the company in DVD acquisition. Before Netflix, she held various business and creative development roles at e-commerce startup Kozmo.com and for film production companies including Mutual Film Company and Baltimore/Spring Creek. Holland is a graduate of Stanford University. 

Currently, Pearlena oversees the production of over 2500 hours of programming currently airing or streaming around the globe and manages a slate of ambitious storytellers including Tina Fey, Seth MacFarlane, Amy Poehler, Dick Wolf, Lorne Michaels, Michael Schur, Nahnatchka Khan, Sam Esmail, Julie Plec, Larry Wilmore, Debra Martin Chase, Gareth Neame, Alan Yang, David Heyman, Sean Hayes, and Tanya Saracho, among numerous others.

From June 2016 to September 2020, Igbokwe was President, Universal Television where she oversaw creative development, casting and production for one of the country’s largest and most successful studios. She led the division to new heights with record volume, commercial success and critical acclaim. Some of her programming highlights include “Russian Doll,” “The Good Place,” “New Amsterdam,” “The Bold Type,” “Good Girls,” and Dick Wolf’s successful new franchise,” “FBI” and “FBI: Most Wanted,” among numerous other notable projects. In a highly competitive landscape, Igbokwe was able to secure pickups for her projects on every major streaming service, a variety of premium cable outlets, and every broadcast network.

Before her studio role, Igbokwe served as Executive Vice President, Drama Programming, for NBC Entertainment, where she developed the top-rated new broadcast dramas for three out of her four years in the role (“The Blacklist,” “Blindspot” and “This Is Us”).

Igbokwe worked at Showtime for 20 years where she was involved in developing the pilot and overseeing the first five seasons of “Dexter,” Showtime’s most popular series ever. She also developed the pilot for “Masters of Sex,” starring Michael Sheen, and supervised the Emmy Award-winning and critically acclaimed original series “Nurse Jackie.” In addition, she shepherded Tracey Ullman’s “State of the Union,” Damon Wayans’ “The Underground,” Kirstie Alley’s “Fat Actress” and the television adaptation of the hit feature film “Barbershop.” She was also instrumental in the five-season run of the hit Showtime series “Soul Food,” a two-time NAACP Image Award winner for Best Drama Series.

Igbokwe has mined success from a number of original movies she developed for Showtime, including the Humanitas Award-nominated “Jasper, Texas,” starring Academy Award winners Jon Voight and Louis Gossett Jr.; the Emmy-nominated “Bojangles,” starring the late Gregory Hines; and the Peabody Award-winning “Strange Justice.”

She began her Showtime career as Manager of Direct Response, Television Marketing and earlier worked as an Associate at NBC in New York City.

Igbokwe has been featured in numerous industry trade magazines for her leadership, including The Hollywood Reporter (Women in Entertainment Power 100, Top 35 Under 35), Variety (Power of Women), Ebony (Top 50 Showbiz Players), and Essence, among others.

She currently serves on the boards of the Hollywood Radio and TV Society (HRTS) and National Association of TV Programming Executives (NATPE), as well as the Television Academy Executive Committee.

Igbowke, who was born in Nigeria, is married and has two children. She resides in Los Angeles.

Korman has been involved in several successful shows of the past two decades including Glee, American Horror Story, NBC’s Chicago franchise as well as Arrow, Riverdale, Pose, Fosse/Verdon, Sabrina, and Our Boys. He is also involved in the upcoming Epix series Godfather of Harlem, Netflix’s The Politician, and Apple’s Servant. Korman joined Endeavor as a partner in March 2008 and transitioned to WME following the agency’s merger with William Morris in 2009. He was previously a partner in the television department at United Talent Agency. He began his career as a public defender in Chicago and currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and three children.

Acknowledged for his insightful understanding of youthful audiences, Levin’s experience spans a broad range of content genres.  Considered a prominent thought leader, innovative builder and collaborative partner, Levin has been recognized by many publications and organizations for his forward-thinking influence across the entertainment, sports, advertising, and technology communities.

Currently a strategic advisor and business consultant, Levin most recently served as CEO of Awesomeness, a multiplatform media company and premier entertainment brand serving the global Gen-Z audience.  Comcast NBCUniversal recruited Levin to evaluate the majority stake in Awesomeness it acquired following its purchase of DreamWorks Animation.  In this capacity, Levin oversaw the growth of the company’s leading digital networks, its world-class film and television studio, and its full-fledged creative agency, before successfully initiating and facilitating the company’s sale to Viacom.  Before joining Awesomeness, Levin became the NFL’s first Chief Content Officer, managing the league’s content portfolio across the NFL Network, NFL Films, NFL.com, NFL Mobile, its social media channels, newsroom, event programming, including the Super Bowl Halftime Show, and external partnerships.  Prior to the NFL, Levin joined Microsoft’s nascent Xbox Entertainment Studios division as Executive Vice President, General Manager tasked with coordinating the launch of an interactive, video-on-demand programming service creating original premium content for the global, over-the-top Xbox platform.  In 2005, Levin built Generate, a pioneering studio, and talent management company.  He sold the company to Alloy Digital in 2011 and served as President of the new entity, during which time Alloy Digital subsequently merged with Break Media to form Defy Media.  Previously, Levin joined The WB Television Network (now The CW) in 1994 as part of its founding executive team where he spent a decade helping to build and brand America’s most successful broadcast network targeting young-adults.  He became the sole President of Programming in 2001, included oversight of ‘Kids’ WB,’ and two years later became the youngest CEO in broadcast television history. Earlier, Levin spent five years as a member of the creative team that revitalized the Disney brand in network television.

A frequent keynote speaker, moderator, panelist and presenter, Levin is also a published author and adjunct professor at USC in the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.  He has lent his strategic acumen to a variety of boards: including non-profit organizations, industry associations, academic institutions, political advocacy groups, and early-stage media companies, such as NATPE, for which he is a past Chairman, HRTS, for which he is a past President, the Los Angeles Board of Governors for the Paley Center for Media, the Austin Television Festival, the Austin Film Society, the University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communication Advisory Council and the Los Angeles Network for Moody College, for which he is Chair.  He was named the College’s Alumnus of the Year in 2002, was the University Alumni Organization’s 2004 Outstanding Young Texas-Ex Award recipient, and selected as one of the University’s 125 Extraordinary Exes in 2010.

While an agent, Lipstone’s clients included All3Media America, Studio Lambert, Lime Pictures, North One, Bentley Productions, MME-Filmpool, South Pacific Pictures, Lion Television, Objective Productions, Optomen Production and Zoo Productions, Nigel Lythgoe and Nigel Lythgoe Productions, Leftfield Pictures, LMNO Productions, Original Media, Jane Street Entertainment, Hoodlum, David Young’s Hindsight Productions, Ken Mok, Conrad Green, Audrey Morrissey, Alycia Rossiter, Sam Donnelly, Rupert Thompson, Ping Pong Productions, Bodega Pictures, ZnakJones, Greenbird, Collins Avenue, Arnold Shapiro Productions, Gurney Productions, Bogner Content, and Matt Kunitz, among others.

Lipstone is credited with packaging numerous successful television series including Dancing with the Stars (ABC), The Office (NBC), Hell’s Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares (FOX), Undercover Boss (CBS), Million Second Quiz (NBC), Secrets and Lies (ABC), Wilfred (F/X), Skins (MTV), Ugly Betty (ABC), I Can Do That (NBC), Beyond Scared Straight (A&E), The People’s Couch (Bravo), Top Gear (History), Chrisley Knows Best (USA), Prime Suspect (NBC), Nanny 911 (FOX), The Chase (GSN), Money From Strangers (MTV), Secret Princes (TLC), Guinness World Records Gone Wild (TruTV), Kids Say the Darndest Things (CBS), Last Comic Standing (NBC) and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (ABC).

Lipstone is the third generation of a family that has devoted over 100 years working in the entertainment business. Lipstone worked at the William Morris Agency for 21 years, initially as a trainee and subsequently rising through the ranks to head the agency’s network television department.

Lipstone is a member of the Board of Governors for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, an Associate Member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and on the board of directors for NATPE and the Hollywood Radio & Television Society (HRTS). Born and raised in L.A., he received a BA from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Madden joined AMC Networks in late 2017 after nearly two decades at Fox, where he most recently was President of Entertainment for the Fox Broadcasting Company, responsible for all programming and development, including series such as “Empire,” “911,” “Brooklyn 99,” “Masterchef Junior” and “Grease Live.” Prior to that, Madden was President of Fox Television Studios, which developed and produced programming for a variety of broadcast and cable networks in the U.S. and internationally. Series produced by FTVS during Madden’s tenure at the studio included “The Shield” and “The Americans” for FX, “The Killing,” for AMC and later Netflix, “White Collar,” “Graceland” and “Burn Notice” for USA, and many others.

At AMC Networks, Madden has most recently overseen a new slate of programming for AMC that includes the “Dispatches from Elsewhere,” from actor and writer Jason Segel and producer Scott Rudin, “NOS4A2,” a supernatural horror series, season two of the popular anthology series, “The Terror” and critically hailed drama “Lodge 49.” Current programming on AMC includes “The Walking Dead,” “Fear The Walking Dead,” “Better Call Saul,” and “Preacher.” AMC has also recently greenlit its first episodic anthology series about the intersection of love and science from Will Bridges (“Black Mirror”) and Brett Goldstein.

On the unscripted side, AMC is home to original series such as “Talking Dead,” “Talking With Chris Hardwick,” “Ride with Norman Reedus” and year-round documentary series “AMC Visionaries,” which immerses fans in favorite topics and subcultures like comics, horror, rap, and science fiction all led by the masters themselves, such as Robert Kirkman, Eli Roth, Questlove, and James Cameron.

At BBC America, Madden oversees programming that includes the critically acclaimed “Killing Eve;” top-rated phenomenon “Doctor Who;” Emmy® IDA-winning “Planet Earth II” and the producers’ next epic story of our planet, “Dynasties;” Emmy®-winning “Blue Planet II;” acclaimed drama “Luther;” ground-breaking unscripted series “Top Gear;” the buzzy and hilarious “The Graham Norton Show;” and the world’s largest darts championships. Upcoming series for BBC America include the punk rock thriller “The Watch,” based on Sir Terry Pratchett’s wildly popular “Discworld” novels.

Madden heads programming and development for IFC, home to offbeat comedies such as “Documentary Now!,” created by Bill Hader, Seth Meyers and Fred Armisen, and produced by Broadway Video, “Brockmire,” starring Hank Azaria and produced with Funny Or Die, the fast-paced and irreverent “Baroness von Sketch Show,” and “Sherman’s Showcase,” an original musical variety sketch from “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” comedy duo Bashir Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle and executive produced by John Legend. Upcoming series include “Year of the Rabbit,” a co-production with the UK’s Channel 4, starring Matt Berry as a drunk sleuth investigating crimes inspired by the world of Sherlock Holmes’ Victorian-era London.

At SundanceTV, Madden oversees a lineup of high-caliber dramas and documentary programming, including the Peabody Award-winning series “Deutschland 86,” the Leonardo DiCaprio executive produced the documentary “Jonestown: Terror In The Jungle,” and critically acclaimed dramas “The Split” and “Liar.” SundanceTV’s newest series is “State of The Union,” a ten-part short-form comedy written by the Academy Award®-nominated and BAFTA-winning writer Nick Hornby (“Brooklyn,” “An Education”) and starring Academy Award® and BAFTA-nominated Rosamund Pike (“Gone Girl,” “Hostiles”) and BAFTA-nominated Chris O’Dowd (“Bridesmaids,” “Get Shorty”).

Also central to his role at AMC Networks is Madden’s oversight of programming for the company’s expanding AMC Studios business, which allows the company to own and control more of the content it brings to fans on its national networks and emerging platforms. AMC Studios produces “The Walking Dead,” the highest-rated series in cable history, and a wide variety of popular and acclaimed originals including “Fear the Walking Dead,” “The Terror,” “Into the Badlands,” “Lodge 49” and others. The studio has also produced the Peabody Award-winning “Rectify,” and “Hap and Leonard,” as well as unscripted series “Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders” and “The Jonestown Massacre” for SundanceTV.

Prior to his tenure at Fox, Madden was a producer and partner with the Paramount Pictures-based Cort/Madden Company, with more than 20 films to his credit. “Something the Lord Made,” featuring Alan Rickman and Mos Def, for HBO, won the 2004 Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie and the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television. Madden also produced “Save the Last Dance,” starring Julia Stiles, which grossed $90+ million domestically and sold three million soundtrack units. The Cort/Madden Company also developed a series version for FOX.

While at the Cort/Madden Company, Madden and his partner produced “Against the Ropes,” with Meg Ryan, and “The Out of Towners,” with Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn, among other films.  Madden also executive-produced “Runaway Bride,” starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. The film grossed more than $150 million domestically.

Before Paramount, Madden was a producer and partner with Interscope Communications, where he developed and produced such films as the thriller “The Hand that Rocks the Cradle,” with Rebecca De Mornay; “The Associate,” starring Whoopi Goldberg; “Operation Dumbo Drop,” featuring Danny Glover and Ray Liotta; “Renegades,” starring Kiefer Sutherland; and “Blind Fury,” starring Rutger Hauer.

Prior to becoming an executive at Interscope Communications, Madden was Vice President of Production at Paramount Pictures, supervising such hit films as “The Untouchables,” “Fatal Attraction,” “The Naked Gun,” “The Accused” and “Children of a Lesser God.”  He also served as Vice President of Production at Twentieth Century Fox, where he supervised “Romancing the Stone,” “Jewel of the Nile,” “Revenge of the Nerds” and “The Fly.”

In addition to his producing career, Madden directed the Trimark feature “Separate Lives,” starring Linda Hamilton and James Belushi, and wrote and directed the Lifetime movie “A Part of the Family,” starring Robert Carradine and Ronny Cox.

Madden received a Bachelor’s Degree from Harvard University and a Master’s Degree from the University of California Los Angeles. 

ITV Studios’ scripted TV production output in North America currently includes Snowpiercer (TNT in the U.S., Netflix internationally), Physical (Apple TV+), One Piece and Cowboy Bebop (Netflix) from Tomorrow Studios, 10-Year-Old Tom (HBO Max) from Work Friends and Good Witch (Hallmark Channel) from ITV Studios America, as well as a growing development slate with multiple broadcast, cable and OTT services.

A seasoned creative entrepreneur with wide-ranging expertise in launching and growing international media brands, Maigret has extensive experience in production, global distribution, digital, business strategy and development across the entertainment landscape. He has a proven track-record of driving creative and commercial growth for television programming that continues to engage audiences worldwide. With his extensive international experience, Maigret has successfully assumed leadership positions and managed diverse teams within global organizations.

Prior to joining ITV Studios America, Maigret served as CEO, Endemol Studios, where he launched and managed Endemol’s scripted television studio operations and acquisitions in North America. Under his leadership, Endemol Studios quickly established a strong position as an independent TV studio, with a scripted portfolio that included the original hit series “Hell on Wheels” (AMC), the critically‐acclaimed Drama “Kingdom” (DirecTV Audience Network) and scripted formats adapted for U.S. broadcast including “Red Widow” (ABC) and “Low Winter Sun” (AMC). Maigret joined Endemol in March 2010 as Executive Vice President, Acquisitions and delivered the acquired series “Hot in Cleveland” (TV Land) and “Leverage” (TNT).

Before he joined Endemol, Maigret was the SVP, Business Strategy & Development, International, Disney Media Networks, where he was responsible for the distribution of Disney ABC ESPN motion pictures and television programming to 200+ clients in the EMEA. Earlier in his career, he was an executive at Centropolis Entertainment, Dreamworks SKG and Canal +. His production credits include “Kingdom” (Executive Producer), “The Young Americans” (Executive Producer) and “Boiling Point” (Co‐Executive Producer). Maigret serves on the board of the Hollywood Radio & TV Society.

A graduate of Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris, Maigret currently resides in Los Angeles, California where he is actively involved in fundraising, mentoring, guest-lecturing and can frequently be found either on the tennis court, running a marathon or playing with his two dogs.

He works with many leading creators, executive producers, directors, and production companies, and his clients have included the creators and executive producers of such critically-acclaimed shows as Ozark, Kidding, Power, Dead to Me, Snowfall, Seal Team, and Perpetual Grace, among others.

A graduate of The University of Michigan, Miller began his career as a trainee at UTA and joined CAA in 2004. Miller played baseball at The University of Michigan from 1996-1998 and remains an avid baseball fan.

She also oversees OWN’s robust digital division including the Watch OWN app, the network’s award-winning website Oprah.com, and its growing podcast business.

Perry was instrumental in OWN’s successful launch into scripted programming with popular drama series Queen Sugar, Cherish the Day, Greenleaf, The Haves and the Have Nots, the Peabody Award-winning David Makes Man, and the upcoming Delilah. She oversees the continuing success of the network’s lineup of unscripted hits that includes Iyanla: Fix My Life, Love & Marriage: Huntsville, Black Women OWN the Conversation, Family or Fiancé, Black Love, Put A Ring On It, and Ready to Love in addition to the Daytime Emmy-award winning Super Soul Sunday. Perry has spearheaded the development of OWN’s first food programming block of cooking shows including Tregaye’s Way and Lovely Bites, as well as the first holiday movies on OWN. She has also shepherded the creation of special OWN spotlight programming that tackles important issues affecting Black women today. Oprah’s two-night town hall on racism in America simulcast across all of Discovery’s networks and platforms reaching over 25 million viewers worldwide.

Perry serves on the OWN Board of Directors, The Paley Center for Media’s Los Angeles Board of Governors, The Television Academy Foundation’s Board of Directors, and the Board of Directors of The Friends of the Saban Community Clinic.

Perry was named to Ebony magazine’s Power 100 list, was honored at the Multichannel News Wonder Woman Awards in 2020, as one of the Cablefax 2020 Most Powerful Women “Wavemakers,” and received the Women in Cable Telecommunication’s LEA Award in 2019.

He founded Pilgrim Films & Television – now Pilgrim Media Group – in 1997, subsequently creating several of television’s most groundbreaking and enduring reality series for U.S. and international air.  “American Chopper,” three-time Emmy® nominated “Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe,” “Fast N’ Loud,” “The Ultimate Fighter,” and the “David Tutera,” “Wicked Tuna” “Street Outlaws,” and “Ghost Hunters” franchises are among his broad list of credits.  Piligian has also expanded into producing award-winning documentary series and features; celebrity talk shows; scripted content; and sports and eSports projects.

A testament to Piligian’s impact and ingenuity in the unscripted space, he has consistently ranked among the top 10 producers featured in The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Reality Power List and Variety’s annual Reality Impact Report. Realscreen has honored him with its Producer Extraordinaire award and inducted him into its Hall of Fame.  Piligian was Broadcasting & Cable magazine’s first-ever Producer of the Year and was also recognized by Next TV Summit as Innovator of the Year.  In 2015, Lionsgate acquired a majority interest in Pilgrim Media Group.

Formerly Head of Nonfiction Development and Current Programming for Apple TV+, Kim was responsible for managing all scripted and nonfiction series, as well as all Oprah content spanning across the streaming service. Hired as employee number 4, Kim was a key conduit between the creative team in Culver City and the Strategy, Platform, Business Operations, Product, Design and Cross Media Marketing teams in Cupertino.

He joined Apple after segueing from Sony Pictures Television where he served as Executive VP of Scripted Programs for Sony Pictures Television. There he was responsible for all of the studio’s scripted comedy and drama series (including Better Call Saul, Blacklist and Outlander) spanning across a dozen broadcast, cable and digital networks.

Kim re-entered the executive ranks after having completed a multi-year development deal as an Executive Producer at ABC Studios. There, he developed all genres of television and produced the drama series, Huge. Previously, he produced and directed the hit television comedy Two Guys And A Girl, produced the comedies Baby Talk and Dinosaurs as well as the Emmy Award Winning non-fiction series, American High. Additionally, he developed and Executive Produced the award-winning reality series, Bands Reunited and the controversial Breaking Bonaduce.

Previously Kim had served as the Senior VP of Current Series Programs for the ABC, having supervised over 400 hour of scripted programming annually. He’s also served as the VP of Series Development and Programming for VH1. Involved in the re-branding of the cable network, he engineered and managed the channel’s development think tank – The Launch Pad – from which came the popular comedy/reality hybrids Motormouth and Home James, both of which Kim executive produced. Additionally, he developed and executive produced such acclaimed series as Military Diaries and Rock The House among others.

Kim previously held the roles of VP – Comedy Programs for ABC, developing and supervising such shows as Dharma And Greg and Sports Night. He was also Dir. of Series Development for Columbia/TriStar Television.

Working Bird’s current slate includes a limited series based on Joan Didion’s The White Album and Slouching towards Bethlehem, with Sarah Gubbins and Heidi Schreck adapting and Griffin Dunne and John Lyons attached to produce. Michelle Williams will also produce and star as Didion. Other upcoming projects: We Set the Dark on Fire for Amazon, adapted by Felicia Hilario and Jaquén Castellanos from Tehlor Kay Mejia’s novel and produced by Melissa Barrera, Horse, from acclaimed playwright Ming Peiffer based the Amy Bonnaffons short story, an adaptation of Matt Young’s kaleidoscopic war memoir Eat the Apple from Andrew Neel and Mike Roberts, neowestern cli-fi epic American Refugee from Perry Janes and Pat Charles with Melina Matsoukas attached to direct, Ashley Skidmore’s animated bible camp comedy Holier than Thou starring Cristin Milioti, and Jihan Crowther’s transatlantic rom-com The London Assignment starring Sasheer Zamata.

In their exclusive multiyear deal with global content leader, Lionsgate, Selak is developing and producing a variety of new content across multiple platforms through Kemp’s End of Episode banner, which encompasses multiple projects inspired by the world of Power, led by the recently announced Power Book II: Ghost, as well as dirty cop drama Dirty Thirty in development at HBO.

Before joining End of Episode, Ms. Selak was Executive Vice President and Head of Worldwide Scripted Television for Lionsgate, where she oversaw creative development and programming for all Lionsgate scripted television projects. In her tenure, she built on Lionsgate’s legacy series like Mad Men (AMC), Nurse Jackie (Showtime) and Weeds (Showtime) with ground-breaking shows like Orange is the New Black (Netflix), Nashville (CMT/Hulu), The Royals (E!), Step Up: High Water (YouTube Red), Dear White People (Netflix), and The Rook (Starz). She continued to expand scripted programming with upcoming shows like The Continental based on the John Wick feature franchise (Starz), Kingkiller Chronicle (Showtime), and Jerusalem (Starz).

Ms. Selak also spearheaded the Lionsgate Television Group’s collaboration with the Lionsgate UK television business, led by UK CEO Zygi Kamasa and UK Television Creative Director Steve November.

Prior to joining Lionsgate in 2011, Ms. Selak served as SVP at John Wells Productions, where she worked on shows including ER, The West Wing, Shameless, and Southland. Prior to that, Ms. Selak was VP at Mandalay Television, a Peter Guber Company, serving as a producer on the Showtime series Rude Awakening. She also oversaw the development and production of the ABC series Cupid and The WB’s Young Americans.

Led by Springborn, UCP is known for genre-defying, ground-breaking and intentional storytelling with a sense of discovery. This best-in-class studio collaborates with visionary storytellers, including Nick Antosca, Brian Chamberlayne, Sam Esmail, Selwyn Seyfu Hinds, Soo Hugh, Seth MacFarlane, Elliot Page and Tanya Saracho. The studio’s top titles include “Chucky,” “Based On A True Story” and “Resident Alien”; the Emmy® Award-winning series “The Umbrella Academy,” “Monk” and “Mr. Robot”; Emmy-nominated series “Candy” and “Gaslit”; as well as acclaimed dramas “Dr. Death,” “A Friend of the Family” and “The Girl From Plainville.”

Universal International Studios (UIS) partners with storytellers from around the globe to create bold and distinctive shows with universal resonance. Based in London, the business’ in-house production companies include Carnival Films, Monkey, Matchbox Pictures, Working Title Television and Heyday Television. UIS productions include the Netflix global hit “Clickbait,” Peabody Award-winning music comedy “We Are Lady Parts,” BAFTA-winning reality show “Made in Chelsea,” Emmy Award-nominated series “Hanna,” worldwide TV phenomenon “Downton Abbey,” as well as “Apples Never Fall” for Peacock and “The Day of the Jackal” for Peacock and Sky.

Springborn joined the studio group in 2020 following a six-year run at Hulu, where she led comedy and drama development, co-productions and casting across the streamer’s acclaimed and award-winning slate of originals. She is known for implementing the creative strategy on strong book-based IP, such as the Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Normal People,” “Little Fires Everywhere,” “High Fidelity,” “The Looming Tower,” “Nine Perfect Strangers,” “Shrill” and “Conversations with Friends.” Her slate also included “The Great,” “Ramy,” “Castle Rock,” “Future Man,” “Pen15,” “Dollface,” “Casual,” “Wu Tang: An American Saga,” “Harlots,” “The First” and the animated series “Crossing Swords” and “Solar Opposites.”

Prior to her time at the studios, Springborn was no stranger to Universal Studio Group, having overseen UCP’s “The Act” and the Julie Klausner/Billy Eichner comedy “Difficult People,” along with Universal Television’s “The Mindy Project,” “Four Weddings and a Funeral” and “The Path.” Before joining Hulu, she was Head of Television for Craig Zadan and Neil Meron’s Storyline Entertainment, which had deals with Universal Television and NBCUniversal International Studios (renamed Universal International Studios). Springborn has also served as Senior Vice President for Caryn Mandabach Productions (“Peaky Blinders”), Executive Vice President of Television/Film Production and Development at Valhalla (“The Walking Dead”) and Vice President of Production and Development at FilmNation Entertainment. She started her executive career in development at Pixar, where she worked on films including “Ratatouille” and “Finding Nemo.”

Springborn currently serves on the Advisory Council for the Hollywood Radio & Television Society. She is based in Los Angeles and has an MFA from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television.

Von Goetz’s clients have been involved with many successful series including The Handmaid’s Tale, Better Call Saul, Star Trek: Discovery, Black Lightning, Star, and the upcoming Untitled Star Wars “Rogue One”, Emergence, and Mixed-ish series.

Von Goetz joined the Broder Webb Kurland Webb and Uffner Agency (later renamed Broder Webb Silbermann Chervin Agency) as a television literary agent in 1997.  BWCS Agency was acquired by International Creative Management in 2006, and in 2008, von Goetz became the co-head of the television literary department.  In 2012, von Goetz and a group of partners were instrumental in leading the management buyout of International Creative Management which was renamed ICM Partners that year.  Von Goetz serves on the board of directors.