Netflix Head Of Drama Jinny Howe Promoted As Peter Friedlander Streamlines Scripted Operations
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: In her third promotion in a little over three years, Netflix‘s Head of Drama Jinny Howe is further expanding her oversight to all of the streamer’s drama areas, adding Spectacle + Event, current series and shows coming out of Netflix’s roster of overall deals to her purview.
The elevation is part of an executive restructuring by Peter Friedlander, Netflix’s Head of UCAN Scripted series, who is streamlining the division to have two direct reports, VP Drama Howe and VP Comedy Tracey Pakosta, who has been overseeing both development and current.
As part of the restructuring, the UK-based Kelly Luegenbiehl, VP of Franchise and Spectacle Series, who reported to Friedlander, will be departing after more than eight years.
The Spectacle + Event, current and overall deal drama teams will now report to Hawe. A well liked executive, Howe has been a rising star since joining Netflix in 2018 after more than 13 years at John Wells Productions.
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