Mitzi Miller & Jonathan Harris Join Warner Bros. Television As VPs, Drama Development

Warner Bros. Television is beefing up its drama improvement staff.

The studio has employed former Rainforest Entertainment head of improvement Mitzi Miller and former Monkeypaw Productions improvement government Jonathan Harris as Vice Presidents of Drama Development.

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The pair will spearhead the creation of latest one-hour scripted drama sequence for all platforms, together with WarnerMedia’s HBO Max, in addition to exterior streaming companies, cable channels, and the published networks.

They will work carefully with WB’s secure of writers and producers in addition to be liable for discovering new expertise, materials and IP to show into tv drama.

Reporting to EVP and Head of Drama Development Leigh London Redman, they are going to work carefully with the drama staff that features SVP Tony Optican, VPs Parul Agrawal and Ashley Cole, and supervisor Michael Zeeck.

Their appointment comes after longtime improvement exec Aisha Summers left the studio to affix ViacomCBS, the place she is about to go BET Studios, and the departure of one other exec on the finish of their contract.

At Rob Hardy’s Rainforest Entertainment, Miller bought and produced initiatives together with BET drama sequence The Quad and an untitled function undertaking with Viola Davis at Amazon Studios. She beforehand served as editor-in-chief of African-American magazines, Ebony and Jet.

Harris beforehand labored for Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions, the place he labored on reveals together with HBO’s Lovecraft Country and TBS comedy The Last O.G. He additionally labored with The First Purge director Gerard McMurray and Kenya Barris’ Khalabo Ink Society.

Warner Bros’ drama slate at present consists of reveals similar to HBO Max’s The Flight Attendant and Gossip Girl, Apple’s Lisey’s Story, TNT’s Animal Kingdom, OWN’s Queen Sugar and David Makes Man and Netflix’s Sweet Tooth in addition to broadcast sequence together with Superman & Lois, The Flash and The Cleaning Lady.

“Mitzi and Jonathan are passionate and energetic executives with an actual love for TV. Mitzi’s expertise as not solely a improvement government but in addition a author and editor offers her an perception into the inventive course of that we hope can be extremely significant to our creators. Jonathan has labored with among the greatest expertise in comedy and drama. He brings with him expertise in each script improvement and manufacturing. We are thrilled to have Mitzi and Jonathan as a part of the staff,” mentioned Clancy Collins White, EVP and Head of Development, WBTV, and London Redman.

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