Understand the nuts and bolts of production and participate in all aspects of pre, production, and post from budget and casting to production issues in the field from to final delivery. Manage and supervise post-production/editing of content to ensure quality of finished product meets Amazon’s quality and creative standards. With an emphasis on excellent storytelling skills.
Browsing: Documentary
Generate original ideas and formats across a range of unscripted genres including documentary, competition, lifestyle, and true crime. Source and evaluate pitches from external producers, creators, and talent to determine viability and development potential.
Oversee assigned shows and support development including evaluation of source material, creative concept and casting and current and production matters including staffing of showrunners, directors and key production positions.
Watching internal cuts and attending internal and external notes meetings. Watching buzzworthy documentary films and providing timely and thorough coverage. Tracking and evaluating incoming submissions and attending pitch meetings.
History TV Nederland and Hearst Networks have commissioned “Straten van Toen (Streets of the Past).”
Develop and execute an outreach strategy to secure program-qualified pitches. Build and foster relationships with B.C. and Alberta-based producers, particularly among equity- and narrative sovereignty-seeking filmmakers.
Diabla Cine and We Are Not Zombies will produce “The Paradise” created by Claudio Araya Silva.
BBC Studios will produce “Untitled Amazon Docuseries.”
Find and develop IP for potential projects. Prepare general creative feedback/notes on slate projects. Read and watch material and provide feedback on external submissions.