Amazon’s international scripted team is bulking up.
The streamer has hired Oliver Jones, who has spent the last six years at Apple, as Senior Commissioner for UK Scripted.
The move was revealed by Nicole Clemens, VP, International Originals, in a note to staff.
Jones was previously Senior Creative Executive for International Scripted Television at Apple, where he oversaw English-language international event series, non-English language originals, co-productions, and acquisitions. These included Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, starring Kurt Russell, Masters of the Air, from Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, starring Austin Butler, Israeli spy series Tehran and Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer.
Oliver will start in May and will relocate from LA back to London. He will work closely with Clemens on UK scripted series.
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Prior to Apple, he worked at Fremantle on series including The Mosquito Coast, Fellow Travelers, and American
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