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Fifth Season proprietor CJ ENM has a brand new scripted chief within the US
Elsie Choi has joined CJ ENM America as Head of Scripted TV, efficient instantly and can report back to the South Korean firm’s US Scripted President, Angela Killoren.
She’ll work out of LA and deal with CJ ENM’s mission to develop and produce inclusive authentic sequence globally. Choi would be the artistic level of contact for the corporate and its internationally-based subsidiary/affiliate content material studios within the US Moreover, she’ll look to adapt titles from CJ’s library for English-speaking and international audiences.
Earlier than becoming a member of, Choi was non-writing exec producer on upcoming Hulu sequence Inside Chinatown, which Charles Yu is creating and twentieth Tv is producing based mostly on the 2020 novel of the identical title. Extra not too long ago, she was Head of Cable/Streaming TV at Rideback, the place she was additionally Govt Director for the MRC x Rideback TV incubator.
Choi started her profession at SVP stage at Purple Arrow Studios (now Seven.One Studios) and The Handmaid’s Story exec Kari Skogland’s three way partnership Mad Rabbit and labored as Head of Improvement for Bruce Willis’ manufacturing home Willis Brothers Movies. Previous to TV, she labored at Morgan Stanley, the place she managed financing for cultural establishments comparable to The Getty Heart and the American Museum of Pure Historical past, and held publicity roles at Dreamworks Footage in New York and LA.
“This appointment displays our ongoing dedication to delivering distinctive content material that resonates with various audiences all over the world,” stated Killoren. “Together with her spectacular observe report championing underrepresented voices and tales, Elsie is an distinctive addition to our management staff.”
CJ ENM’s subsidiaries embody Fifth Season, Studio Dragon and ENM Studios. It additionally owns a minority stake in Skydance, with which it has a strategic partnership, and has a co-pro pact with Paramount to create authentic sequence and movies for each corporations’ streaming companies.
CJ ENM Hires ‘Inside Chinatown’ EP Elsie Choi As Head Of Scripted TV – Deadline
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