DreamWorks appoints live-action TV head


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Michelle Clancy

| 10 December 2015




In that role, she will oversee the expansion of DreamWorks’ television business into the live-action genre.


"Television has quickly grown into one of our most successful businesses and, as the demand for kids and co-viewing content continues to rise, extending the DreamWorks Animation brand to live-action TV in a strategic and financially disciplined way will spur even further growth," said Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks.

"Katie's proven track record of developing hit live-action television programming, coupled with her success in quickly building television businesses from the ground up, makes her the perfect executive to lead us into this new genre."

Marsh has served since 2010 as the CEO of Gaumont International Television (GIT), a division of Gaumont SA she built from the ground up. Under her leadership, GIT quickly established itself as a leading global programmer, with critical and commercial hits. She was an executive at NBC before that, where she first served as SVP of development in New York, ultimately elevated to EVP of drama programming. Prior to NBC, Marsh was EVP of development and current programming at Imagine Television.

She is also a professor in the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC's School of Cinematic Arts and is a regular lecturer at the University of Notre Dame, from which she earned a BA in American Studies.

"Our move into live-action will enable DreamWorks to further capitalise on the evolving television landscape by creating new opportunities on both traditional and emerging platforms for our branded series," added Ann Daly, president of DreamWorks. "Moreover, live action will give us yet another creative lens with which to explore our library of rich storytelling and memorable characters that have resonated with audiences for the past two decades."