3 weeks ago
Amazon is restructuring nan studio’s business affairs team. The change, which is resulting successful nan departure of Dan Scharf arsenic Head of Global Business Operations astatine Amazon MGM Studios, was revealed internally by Courtenay Valenti, Head of Film, Amazon MGM Studios, Peter Friedlander, Head of Global Television, Amazon MGM Studios, and Nicole Clemens, Head of International Originals, Amazon MGM Studios.
“In statement pinch nan moves we’ve made complete nan past twelvemonth to create 3 chopped workplace operations, we will nary longer run pinch a centralized studios BA team, and alternatively move guardant pinch 3 teams, each embedded wrong our Film, TV and International Originals studios, respectively,” nan trio wrote successful a subordinate memo, which you tin publication below. “The 3 of america are assured it will streamline our dealmaking, trim immoderate layers, and much intimately align our BA teams pinch nan divisions they serve.”
Valenti, Friedlander and Clemens are expected to stock specifications connected their groups’ business teams soon.
Since joining Amazon Studios successful 2014, Scharf has spearheaded negotiations for Amazon Studios’ biggest deals, including Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Boys, Coming 2 America, and The Lord of nan Rings: The Rings of Power. In 2022, Scharf, antecedently VP and world caput of business affairs, was promoted to his existent role, adding oversight of production, workplace operations, casting, and studios music.
Here is nan memo:
On behalf of Peter Friedlander and Nicole Clemens, I wanted to stock nan news that we are making a alteration successful nan building of our studio’s business affairs team. In statement pinch nan moves we’ve made complete nan past twelvemonth to create 3 chopped workplace operations, we will nary longer run pinch a centralized studios BA team, and alternatively move guardant pinch 3 teams, each embedded wrong our Film, TV and International Originals studios, respectively. The 3 of america are assured it will streamline our dealmaking, trim immoderate layers, and much intimately align our BA teams pinch nan divisions they serve.
In conjunction pinch this change, Dan Scharf, who has for galore years overseen our centralized business affairs squad and a number of different functions, is leaving Amazon. Dan joined Amazon successful 2014 and has been a foundational personnel of our activity squad astatine studios, helping turn nan group from nan 40 squad members he had connected Day 1 successful Sherman Oaks and contributing to much talent and contented deals than we could ever database successful a azygous note. I cognize you’ll each subordinate maine successful wishing Dan nan very champion successful his adjacent section and convey him for nan unthinkable committedness he’s made to Amazon complete nan years.
Each of america will soon stock much specifications connected nan caller building pinch our groups. Please scope retired to immoderate of america pinch circumstantial questions connected really this alteration whitethorn impact really our teams collaborate going forward.
Thanks,
Courtenay, Peter & Nicole
