EXCLUSIVE: Endemol Shine Australia has been responsible for shows such as CBS’ The Summit, ABC’s Family Food Fight and Paramount+’s NCIS: Sydney.
Now the Australian division of the Banijay-owned production company is looking for more growth in the U.S. and beyond. It has hired Dan Cazzola as SVP, Development to achieve this.
Cazzola will be based in LA and reports to ESA’s Creative Director Elliot Spencer. He has been tasked with expanding its slate of English-language originals and developing “big, bold, and dynamic IP”.
It marks a homecoming of sorts for Cazzola, who spent five years at Endemol Shine North America, where he was SVP, Unscripted Development. He developed and sold series such as NBC’s Deal or No Deal Island and Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge, Disney+’s Foodtastic and Domino Challenge, which aired on broadcasters including France’s M6.
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He also oversaw US adaptations of Banijay
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