Jennifer Salke

Jennifer Salke serves as Head of Amazon and MGM Studios. In her role, she oversees all aspects of series and film development, production, acquisitions, theatrical distribution, marketing creative, and U.S. licensing.

Under Salke’s tenure, Amazon Studios earned its first comedy series Emmy win for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and first competition series Emmy win for Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls. The studio has also released acclaimed series titles such as the Emmy-winning comedy Fleabag, Reacher (one of the most-binged Original series ever on Prime Video), The Terminal List, The Wheel of Time, Harlem, The Summer I Turned Pretty, Emmy nominee The Boys, and high-profile film titles such as the Chris Pratt-led action feature The Tomorrow War, Coming 2 America starring Eddie Murphy, Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse, Oscar winner Sound of Metal, Golden Globe winner Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, the Oscar-nominated Lucille Ball biopic Being the Ricardos, George Clooney’s coming-of-age drama The Tender Bar, the Emmy-winning documentary Lucy and Desi, and Thirteen Lives.

Over the past two decades, Salke has established herself as one of the most prolific executives in the industry, being a major force behind some of television’s most successful comedy and drama series, including This Is Us, Modern Family, The Blacklist, Superstore, and The Good Place, as well as Dick Wolf’s hugely successful Chicago franchise.

Also under Salke’s leadership, Amazon signed the ReFrame agreement, supporting a formal action plan to further gender parity in the media industry; sponsored Free the Work, a global initiative to increase the number of underrepresented voices working in entertainment; and teamed with The Hollywood Reporter and WME to launch the Young Executives Fellowship Program, which is designed to create a more diverse and inclusive pipeline for future leaders in entertainment.

Prior to joining Amazon, Salke was president of NBC Entertainment for seven years, where she was responsible for comedy and drama development, current programming, casting, and diversity programming initiatives, as well as the entirety of Universal Television operations. Salke served as executive vice president of creative affairs at Twentieth Century Fox Television, after joining Twentieth Century Fox as senior vice president of drama development in 2002. Salke began her career at Aaron Spelling Productions in the early 1990s.

A member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Salke is also aboard member for the Los Angeles chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters, and acts as an ambassador for the nonprofit Operation Smile. Salke and her husband, Bert, reside in Los Angeles and have three children, twin daughters Kate and Georgia, and son Henry.

Amazon MGM Studios

Amazon MGM Studios is a leading entertainment company focused on the production and global distribution of film and television content. Original series premiere on Prime Video, which is available to watch on hundreds of compatible devices in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. Original films are produced and acquired by the studio for theatrical release and exclusively for Prime Video. Amazon MGM Studios also produces content for MGM+, the premium pay television network, and Freevee, Amazon’s premium free streaming service.

 

 

 

 

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