Bunim/Murray Expands Development & Current Programming Teams, Ups Three Execs, Adds Four

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EXCLUSIVE: Bunim/Murray Productions, the Emmy-winning reality production company which recently launched Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Girrrls on Amazon Prime, Don’t Forget The Lyrics on Fox and is bringing its hit franchise The Challenge to CBS this summer, is bolstering its development and current programming teams, promoting three and adding four new staffers.Veteran producers Gayani Wanigaratne and Steve Ezell have both been named Senior Vice President, Development & Current.

Additionally, Michael Driscoll and Nicholette Dixon have been tapped as Vice President, Development, Monique Berduo joins BMP as Director, Development, Nikki Cameron has been promoted to Director of Development and Lauryn McCollum will serve as a development associate.“We are committed to investing in our development and current programming teams as our creative focus has continued to evolve,” said Julie Pizzi, Bunim/Murray President. “We are thrilled to expand our in-house expertise to help us further grow our content creation efforts.”BAFTA-winning producer Wanigaratne, originally from the UK, joins Bunim/Murray as SVP, Development and Current.

Since moving to LA in 2019, she has worked as a development consultant and Co-Executive Producer for Universal Television Alternative Studios.Previously, she produced several unscripted hits in the UK, including Love Island, Britain’s Got Talent, The X-Factor, I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here and This Morning.

Wanigaratne also worked as a commissioning executive for ITV Network.Ezell, who has been with Bunim/Murray since joining as an intern on The Real World in 2003, has been promoted to SVP Development & Current.