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[10/16/24 - 10:00 AM]
FOX Entertainment Studios Names Hannah Pillemer as Head of Scripted Entertainment and Allison Wallach as Head of Unscripted Entertainment
Following the restructuring of FOX Entertainment earlier this year into three key business units - FOX Entertainment Studios, FOX Television Network and distribution arm FOX Entertainment Global - these key executive appointments round out Fernando Szew's senior creative leadership team.
[via press release from FOX]

FOX ENTERTAINMENT STUDIOS NAMES HANNAH PILLEMER AS HEAD OF SCRIPTED ENTERTAINMENT AND ALLISON WALLACH AS HEAD OF UNSCRIPTED ENTERTAINMENT

Studio President Fernando Szew Announces Creative Leadership Team as Newly Restructured FOX Entertainment Division Takes Form

October 16, 2024, Los Angeles, CA - Fernando Szew, President & Head of FOX Entertainment Studios names Hannah Pillemer as Head of Scripted Entertainment and Allison Wallach as Head of Unscripted Entertainment. Following the restructuring of FOX Entertainment earlier this year into three key business units - FOX Entertainment Studios, FOX Television Network and distribution arm FOX Entertainment Global - these key executive appointments round out Szew's senior creative leadership team.

"I am honored to be working alongside Hannah and Allison as we build the future of the new FOX Entertainment Studios. They are both incredibly talented creative executives with strong business acumen and a global point of view who will catapult our ability to create the kinds of unexpected, unforgettable scripted and unscripted original content that will define the FOX brand going forward," said Szew. "I'm energized and grateful to work with these incredible leaders, the teams they're building and the relationships they continue to foster across the global creative community."

Pillemer, who served previously as EVP Creative & Production at MarVista Entertainment, founded and led by Szew, which FOX Entertainment purchased in 2021, leads all development, creative and production for FOX Entertainment Studios' full portfolio of scripted content. FOX Entertainment Studio's scripted brand focuses on inventive and bold ways of storytelling with global appeal, working closely with in-house linear platform, FOX Television Network, on comedy series Animal Control with Joel McHale and the upcoming midseason comedy Going Dutch with Denis Leary -- to partnering with a growing roster of third-party buyers worldwide. In addition, Pillemer oversees the prolific production pipeline of nearly 100 made-for-platform movies annually, as well as successful drama series, including Hallmark's award-winning The Way Home with Andie MacDowell, now in its third season, and The Chicken Sisters on Hallmark+, starring Lea Thompson and Wendie Malick. FOX Entertainment scripted studios is also the exclusive provider of holiday movies for OWN and a major pipeline of holiday films for leading linear cable networks. Pillemer also launched the company's new independent production label, Tideline, which champions storytellers 'unique perspectives, unveiled in January 2024 at the Sundance Film Festival. Tideline recently announced its upcoming drama feature film Slanted, from writer/director/producer Amy Wang ("Crazy Rich Asians 2," "The Brothers Sun").

Wallach, who has been instrumental in building FOX's winning portfolio of culture-defining content in the unscripted space will now oversee all development, creative, and production for the Studios' full scope of worldwide unscripted entertainment with a goal of continuing to power FOX Television Network and strengthening the Studios' business with third-party platforms in the US and around the world. The diverse portfolio under Allison's leadership include content from studio engines: FOX Alternative Entertainment, home to The Masked Singer and I Can See Your Voice; Studio Ramsay Global, a partnership with culinary icon Gordon Ramsay, highlighted by the hit cooking competition Next Level Chef and recently announced Gordon Ramsay docuseries on Netflix ; Entertainment studio TMZ, which recently released TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy on Tubi; and an expanding roster of international studio partners, including Ireland's Bigger Stage. She also oversees a growing number of global formats, such as the celebrity competition Beat My Mini-Mes (TF1/France), dating series Marriage Market (ProSieben/Germany); and celebrity performance competition Celebrity Masterpiece (Workpoint/Thailand), among others.

About FOX Entertainment:

With a legacy spanning nearly 40 years, FOX Entertainment is one of the world's most recognizable media brands and a prolific content producer across its iconic broadcast network and both owned and third-party platforms worldwide. Known for its independent, innovative spirit and provocative, groundbreaking storytelling, the company includes three key business units: FOX Television Network, FOX Entertainment Studios and worldwide content sales and licensing unit FOX Entertainment Global.

While maintaining its leadership in linear television with an exceptional slate of original series, FOX Entertainment is growing its portfolio of studio engines, business operations and library of owned original content. To date, the FOX Entertainment Studios division includes the in-house unscripted studio FOX Alternative Entertainment with hits The Masked Singer, I Can See Your Voice and Name That Tune, and its scripted content studio featuring comedies Animal Control and Going Dutch and signature drama series The Way Home and The Chicken Sisters. The unit also oversees the award-winning animation studio Bento Box Entertainment with animated comedies including Krapopolis, Grimsburg, Hazbin Hotel and Universal Basic Guys; entertainment platform TMZ with its tentpole primetime series TMZ Investigates; its new independent film label Tideline Entertainment with inaugural releases including First Time Female Director, Ponyboi and Beacon; and the culinary and lifestyle content venture Studio Ramsay Global in partnership with iconic chef Gordon Ramsay, featuring new food-themed original series such as Next Level Chef, Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars and Idiot Sandwich, as well as the new next-gen global food brand and entertainment platform Bite.

As a global content creator and production partner, FOX Entertainment Studios collaborates with studios and platforms worldwide, including Disney/Hulu, Warner Bros. Discovery, Sony Pictures Television, Prime Video, Netflix, Apple+, Hallmark, TelevisaUnivision, UK's Channel 4, France's TF1, German's ProSieben, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia's Foxtel and FOX-owned streamer Tubi.

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