Oliver Jones will leave Apple TV after six years and join Amazon MGM Studios as senior commissioner for the UK scripted.
The vice president and department head of the studio. international The original, Nicole Clemens, told her team about Jones’ appointment in an email on Monday. He will work closely with Clemens on commissioning new scripted shows in the UK starting in May and will relocate from Los Angeles to London for the role. Commissioners Gemma Brandler and Punit Mattoo will report to Jones.
“It has been a privilege to work alongside my brilliant colleagues at Apple TV over the past six years and collaborate with the notable artists I have been fortunate enough to work with,” said Jones, whose credits as senior creative executive for international scripted television at the streamer include the film starring Kurt Russell. Monarch: Legacy of MonstersSteven Spielberg and Tom Hanks masters of the air with Austin Butler, Israeli spy series Tehran with Hugh Laurie and Alfonso Cuarón Disclaimer with Cate Blanchett.
“It’s always a difficult decision to leave a job I love, but the time is right to return home and start a new adventure. Amazon MGM Studios’ commitment and drive in telling ambitious, provocative and premium stories, coupled with the scale of its largest investment in the UK, means it couldn’t be a more exciting time to join Nicole and her phenomenal team.”
In Clemens’ email, she praises the “incredible success” of the UK script series on Amazon, including Robin Wright’s. the bridedirected by Sophie Turner Steal as well as Harlan Coben’s Lazarus and Bait with Riz Ahmed.
“We have launched fan-favorite and genre-defying series that have delighted customers not only in the UK, but around the world,” he wrote. “We also recently announced the green light for the original crime thriller. Dirty by Matt Charman and an adaptation of BookTok Sensation by Chloe Walsh tommen boysand there is much, much more to come.”
“With our huge commitment to the UK, I am delighted to inform you today that Oliver Jones will be joining us as Senior Commissioner of UK Scripted,” she continued. “Oliver is an experienced scripted executive with a proven track record in developing premium international content.”
The appointment, it adds, “underlines our continued investment in premium UK scripted programming as we expand our offering to audiences in the UK and around the world.”