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HOLLYWOOD’S
N E W L E A D E R S
worked on “Straight
Outta Compton” and is
helping with Universal’s
Monsters Cinematic
Universe and a possible
reboot of “Scarface.”
Wonder how he got
this far? “You really
have to prove your
worth. Pull your
weight.”
BERNSTEIN
BASKIN
SEGNA
SEPIOL
PAULSON
JORDAN
MAKKOS
JORDAN
PARK
PEED, 35
SENIOR VP,
INTERNATIONAL
CREATIVE
ADVERTISING,
PARAMOUNT
PICTURES
Peed’s internships gave
him a good sense of the
ins and outs of both the
creative side and the
marketing side of the
film business. And even
before he graduated
from college, one of
his goals was to work
internationally. “It was
a little more exciting
and broad and I liked
the idea of being able
to specialize a creative
campaign based on
countries and different
regions.”
GERSTENBLATT
ZUCKERMAN
PEARL
WIBLE, 30
DIRECTOR,
DIGITAL CONTENT
AND STRATEGY,
LEGENDARY
ENTERTAINMENT
Wible jump-started her
career in 2006 when
she wrote and directed
Disney’s first foray into
viral marketing. She
ported her background
to Legendary in 2014
and spearheaded
an initiative for
“Godzilla” at YouTube
Space LA. Another
achievement: YouTube
House of Horrors, in
collaboration with
helmer Guillermo del
Toro, to find fresh
voices for the genre.
“We built haunted
houses at YouTube
Spaces in L.A., New
York, London, Tokyo
and Sao Paulo, and had
over 200 filmmakers
participate, producing
over 200 horror shorts.
Interactivity between
content creators and
audiences (will grow) in
the future .”
ALEX
BASKIN, 35
PARTNER, EXEC VP,
EVOLUTION MEDIA
Since joining
Evolution in 2006,
Baskin has executiveproduced
over 20
series, specials and
pilots, including ABC
Family’s “Beverly Hills
Nannies,” WE’s “High
School Confidential”
and Disney’s hiddencamera
comedy
“Code: 9.” He oversees
a development team
of six. With his eye for
spinoff potential, he’s
produced nine seasons
of “Real Housewives
of Orange County,”
six seasons of “Real
Housewives of Beverly
Hills,” four seasons
of “Vanderpump
Rules” (all for Bravo)
and three seasons of
“Botched” for E! The
secret of his success:
“I’m also a huge fan of
these kinds of shows .”
T E L E V I S I O N
NICK
BERNSTEIN,
38
VP, LATE NIGHT
PROGRAMMING,
WEST COAST, CBS
Landing in late night
was a lifelong dream
for Bernstein, who
grew up captivated
by “Saturday Night
Live” and “Late Night
With Conan O’Brien”
and now oversees
the blossoming “The
Late Late Show With
James Corden” for
CBS. Earning a newly
created West Coast
title last December,
Bernstein has helped
the effervescent
Corden establish
himself in a field that’s
more crowded than
ever, and break out
with the requisite
viral bits like “Carpool
Karaoke.” Bernstein’s
first gig as an NBC
page led to a meteoric
rise at the Peacock
before he shifted
to the Eye. And he
still monitors the
competition. “I’m a fan
of the genre, period,”
he says. “I love to see
what the other shows
are up to.”
JENNIFER
GERSTEN-
BLATT, 37
VP CURRENT
PROGRAMMING,
ABC FAMILY
Joining the network
soon-to-be-named
Freeform in 2006
as an assistant,
Gerstenblatt is now at
the top of the cabler’s
current programming
department, after
being promoted last
summer. “We are now
not only responsible
for keeping these
series on air and
moving forward,
but also evolving
within a new brand,”
Gerstenblatt says,
referring to the net’s
imminent rebrand.
The exec has overseen
long-running comedies
and dramas “Baby
Daddy,” “Switched
at Birth” and “Pretty
Little Liars,” which will
see a five-year time
jump to cater to a
“more sophisticated
story arc” when it
returns in January,
coinciding with
Freeform’s launch. “I
recently gave the note
‘be sexier’ to ‘PLL’ —
we’re aging them up
after all!”
ROBERT
JORDAN, 28
MUSIC SUPERVISOR,
FOX SPORTS
MARKETING
When Jordan was
growing up his mother
used to tell his brother
and him they “would
always be athletes
and musicians.” After
pursuing a career in
lacrosse and studying
at Berklee College of
Music, Jordan
has managed to
combine those two
strands as music
supervisor for Fox
Sports Marketing.
After leaving school,
Jordan apprenticed
under music
supervisor John
Houlihan, logged a
subsequent stint at
Warner Bros., and
joined Fox Sports in
2014. “It’s important
not to be stuck in a
lane” when selecting
typical sports music,
Jordan says. “When I
first got here, we used
‘Das Rheingold’ for
a soccer promo . For
college basketball,
we’ve used ‘Super
Stupid’ by Funkadelic,
but we’ve also used a
composed piece that’s
real dubsteppy. You
have to try to mix it up
all the time.”
TARA LONG, 31
EXEC VP, U.S.
ALTERNATIVE
TELEVISION
PROGRAMMING,
ENTERTAINMENT ONE
TELEVISION
Launching the
company’s alternative
division five years
ago, Long has had
seven straight-toseries
orders under
her purview and
no cancellations.
Promoted this past
year, the young exec
wants to double
eOne’s unscripted
content and create
more international
programming. “Right
now, we have 11 series
on the air. By this
time next year, my
goal is to have 20!”
she exclaims. With
TruTV’s David Spade
prank show “Fameless”
recently landing 10
more episodes, “Mary
Mary” getting a
season five renewal at
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