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Amazon is making immoderate changes to its nonfiction accumulation team.
Months aft landing nan top unscripted occupation astatine nan streamer, Levy has tasked Justin Dudek to lead each of its unscripted and doc bid accumulation teams arsenic good arsenic MGM Alternative Production.
Dudek was formerly SVP, Physical Production astatine MGM Alternative, wherever he oversaw accumulation connected shows including Survivor, The Voice, Shark Tank and The Real Housewives franchise.
Head of Nonfiction Series Levy laid retired nan plans successful a statement to staff, seen by Deadline, which you tin publication below. Dudek starts nan caller domiciled adjacent week.
It marks nan latest alteration for Amazon’s unscripted accumulation divisions. Last year, Deadline revealed that MGM Alternative, which includes On Patrol: Live producer Big Fish Entertainment and Vanderpump Rules producer Evolution Media, moved nether Amazon MGM Studios.
It is nan latest move by erstwhile Netflix exec Levy, who brought successful former Disney exec Tiffany Faigus and ex-Netflix exec Ariane Wu to her squad successful April.
Jenn Levy’s Note To Staff:
Team,
I’m penning to stock an organizational update for nan Nonfiction Production squad present successful nan US.
As we proceed to build nan caller Nonfiction initiative, a cardinal privilege is creating a unified Nonfiction Production statement that would bring Unscripted, Doc Series, and MGM Alternative accumulation together nether a azygous leader — streamlining processes, establishing shared champion practices, and building an moreover much businesslike cognition arsenic we turn our slate.
Effective Monday 6/8, Justin Dudek will service arsenic nan single-threaded leader owning each of Nonfiction Production. Justin brings complete 25 years of acquisition successful unscripted accumulation crossed network, cable, and streaming platforms. Serving arsenic SVP of Physical Production for MGM Alternative he oversees accumulation crossed title series, crippled shows, docu-series, and branded contented — including immoderate of nan biggest franchises successful genre history like Survivor, The Voice, Shark Tank, The Real Housewives and more. Justin played a cardinal domiciled successful transitioning MGM Alternative into Amazon Studios systems pursuing nan acquisition and knows nan soul workings well. Prior to MGM, Justin built nan beingness accumulation section astatine Electus, LLC from nan crushed up, establishing production, post-production, and accounting infrastructure crossed scripted and unscripted contented complete a seven-year tenure.
His extent of acquisition crossed a assortment of formats and platforms — mixed pinch his organization knowledge of really we activity — makes him nan correct personification to lead this unified team.
As portion of this change, Eugene Caldwell and his squad will move from Mark Hoerr’s statement to study to Justin. Eugene’s genre expertise and heavy Amazon MGM Studios acquisition are basal to making this successful. Malon Murphy and Wayne Brooks will proceed to study to Eugene. Nonfiction Post Production will stay nether Mark Hoerr astatine this time. Big Fish and Evolution Production Management reporting will enactment nan aforesaid and they will proceed to collaborate pinch Justin crossed various accumulation matters.
I’m thrilled to spot this squad evolving to meet nan standard of wherever we’re headed. If you person immoderate questions, please don’t hesitate to scope out.
Thank you!
