Fifth Season proprietor CJ ENM has a brand new scripted chief within the U.S.
Elsie Choi has joined CJ ENM America as Head of Scripted TV, efficient instantly and can report back to the South Korean firm’s U.S. Scripted President, Angela Killoren.
She’ll work out of LA and concentrate on CJ ENM’s mission to develop and produce inclusive unique collection globally. Choi would be the artistic level of contact for the corporate and its internationally-based subsidiary/affiliate content material studios within the U.S. Moreover, she’ll look to adapt titles from CJ’s library for English-speaking and world audiences.
Earlier than becoming a member of, Choi was non-writing exec producer on upcoming Hulu collection Inside Chinatown, which Charles Yu is creating and twentieth Tv is producing primarily based on the 2020 novel of the identical title. Extra lately, she was Head of Cable/Streaming TV at Rideback, the place she was additionally Government Director for the MRC x Rideback TV incubator.
Choi started her profession at SVP degree at Purple Arrow Studios (now Seven.One Studios) and The Handmaid’s Story exec Kari Skogland’s three way partnership Mad Rabbit and labored as Head of Improvement for Bruce Willis’ manufacturing home Willis Brothers Movies. Previous to TV, she labored at Morgan Stanley, the place she managed financings for cultural establishments resembling The Getty Heart and the American Museum of Pure Historical past, and held publicity roles at Dreamworks Photos in New York and LA.
“This appointment displays our ongoing dedication to delivering distinctive content material that resonates with numerous audiences around the globe,” stated Killoren. “Along with her spectacular monitor file championing underrepresented voices and tales, Elsie is an distinctive addition to our management crew.”
CJ ENM’s subsidiaries embrace Fifth Season, Studio Dragon and ENM Studios. It additionally owns a minority stake in Skydance, with which it has a strategic partnership, and has a co-pro pact with Paramount to create unique collection and movies for each corporations’ streaming companies.
