Andrew Stearn, the former head of Working Title Television U.S., has set up shop as a producer with an overall deal at ABC Studios.
Stearn has enlisted Alie Rivier Gutman to serve as VP of Andrew Stearn Productions. ABC Studios is part of the newly established Disney Television Studios unit encompassing the separate labels of 20th Century Fox TV, ABC Studios and Fox 21 Television Studios.
“I’ve been lucky enough to learn the business and work for some of the best producers in town. I can only hope that a smidgen of their success rubs off on me and my new company,” Stearn said in unveiling his new banner and move to ABC Studios. “The fact that I get to do this at Disney under the studio guidance of (ABC Studios executives) Patrick Moran, Tracy Underwood, Patrick Maguire, Mark Taylor and Emily Cummins makes it all the more exciting.
Stearn has enlisted Alie Rivier Gutman to serve as VP of Andrew Stearn Productions. ABC Studios is part of the newly established Disney Television Studios unit encompassing the separate labels of 20th Century Fox TV, ABC Studios and Fox 21 Television Studios.
“I’ve been lucky enough to learn the business and work for some of the best producers in town. I can only hope that a smidgen of their success rubs off on me and my new company,” Stearn said in unveiling his new banner and move to ABC Studios. “The fact that I get to do this at Disney under the studio guidance of (ABC Studios executives) Patrick Moran, Tracy Underwood, Patrick Maguire, Mark Taylor and Emily Cummins makes it all the more exciting.
- 5/20/2019
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Former Working Title Television U.S. and John Wells Productions president Andrew Stearn is launching his own production company, Andrew Stearn Productions. It will be based at ABC Studios, a division of Disney Television Studios, with an overall deal.
Stearn is coming off a three-year stint as president of Working Title Television U.S., where he served as executive producer on the Netflix series Gypsy, starring Naomi Watts, and the upcoming Tales Of the City; as well as the HBO docuseries The Case Against Adnan Syed. During his tenure at the company, a joint venture between NBCUniversal International and UK-based Working Title Films’ Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, Stearn also set up projects at NBC, ABC, CBS, Amazon, Hulu, E!, Showtime and Fox.
Before joining Working Title, Stearn worked with John Wells for 15 years, including a lengthy stint as president of Warner Bros TV-based John Wells Prods. During his time at the company,...
Stearn is coming off a three-year stint as president of Working Title Television U.S., where he served as executive producer on the Netflix series Gypsy, starring Naomi Watts, and the upcoming Tales Of the City; as well as the HBO docuseries The Case Against Adnan Syed. During his tenure at the company, a joint venture between NBCUniversal International and UK-based Working Title Films’ Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, Stearn also set up projects at NBC, ABC, CBS, Amazon, Hulu, E!, Showtime and Fox.
Before joining Working Title, Stearn worked with John Wells for 15 years, including a lengthy stint as president of Warner Bros TV-based John Wells Prods. During his time at the company,...
- 5/20/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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