Sue Naegle Steps Down As Chief Content Officer At Annapurna – CB
EXCLUSIVE: Sue Naegle is leaving Annapurna after 5 and a half years at Megan Ellison’s movie and TV firm, most lately as Chief Content material Officer, overseeing movie as nicely two divisions she has been instrumental in launching, tv and theater. Naegle’s departure is alleged to be amicable and he or she is predicted to…
EXCLUSIVE: Sue Naegle is leaving Annapurna after 5 and a half years at Megan Ellison’s movie and TV firm, most lately as Chief Content material Officer, overseeing movie as nicely two divisions she has been instrumental in launching, tv and theater. Naegle’s departure is alleged to be amicable and he or she is predicted to deal with producing, together with a quantity initiatives she put in improvement whereas at Annapurna.
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Naegle won’t get replaced, with a number of senior executives taking up her tasks. Movie division Co-Heads Christina Oh and Adam Paulsen and Theater division co-Heads Kevin Emrick and Skye Optican will proceed to guide their respective divisions. The tv division’s improvement slate can be led by Ali Krug and Patrick Chu, who had been promoted from SVP Growth to Co-Heads of TV on the finish of 2021.
Krug has been a key govt within the TV division since its inception and Chu joined in 2018 from Amazon Studios, and the 2 have spearheaded improvement for the previous couple of years.
Annapurna is coming off the breakout success of Hulu’s Pam & Tommy and is gearing up for its launch of the corporate’s upcoming HBO Max restricted collection The Staircase. Different upcoming TV initiatives embrace Useless Ringers for Amazon, I Love That For You, coming to Showtime in April and The Changeling, presently in manufacturing, for Apple TV+.
Former HBO President of Leisure Naegle joined Annapurna Photos in 2016 to guide the corporate’s foray into TV with the launch of Annapurna Tv. She was promoted to Chief Content material Officer in 2019, including movie oversight.
Throughout her run at HBO, Naegle was instrumental in shepherding such Emmy-winning collection as Recreation of Thrones, Veep and Boardwalk Empire together with True Blood, Tremé, Eastbound & Down, Enlightened and Ladies.
She then segued into manufacturing by means of her Naegle Ink banner with a deal at HBO earlier than going to Annapurna, and Krug was one of many executives she introduced together with her.
