EXCLUSIVE: Fox Entertainment Studios has appointed JJ Klein as SVP, Current for Scripted Entertainment and Brie Neimand as SVP, Scripted Development. Klein, who is joining FES from FX, and former CBS Studios executive Neimand, who has been at FES for a couple of months, report to Hannah Pillemer, EVP & Head of Scripted Entertainment for Fox Entertainment Studios.
They are part of Pillemer’s senior leadership team that also includes Ani Kevork, SVP Physical Production and Larry Grimaldi, SVP Creative Affairs & Current, as well as Tomii Crump, SVP Talent Strategy, who works across scripted and unscripted content with a dual report to Pillemer and Allison Wallach, EVP & Head of Unscripted at Fox Entertainment Studios.
Fox Entertainment Studios, which absorbed MarVista Entertainment where Pillemer came from, has been beefing up its scripted slate as the Fox network has been focusing on owning more of its scripted series. Upcoming FES drama Best Medicine and limited series The Faithful join returning comedy series Animal Control and Going Dutch — all for Fox. FES also produces former MarVista series The Way Home and The Chicken Sisters for Hallmark Channel, and oversees the Fox-owned animation studio Bento Box. Entertainment
“With executives like JJ and Brie in these newly created roles, our Scripted Entertainment leadership team is locked and set to deliver creative that captivates and connects audiences globally,” said Pillemer. “From the Fox Television Network to third-party partners worldwide, and from broadcast to streaming to digital storytelling, the team is shaping Fox into a next-gen studio, where bold stories move audiences and meet them where they are.”
Klein spent 12 years at FX Networks, most recently as SVP, Current Series, where she shepherded such series as The Bear, Better Things and Snowfall. Prior to that, she worked at Charlize Theron’s Denver & Delilah Films, Comedy Central, Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps Entertainment, and Demi Moore and Suzanne Todd’s Moving Pictures.
Neimand was previously SVP of Current Programming at CBS Studios where she oversaw such series as Criminal Minds: Evolution, Digman, Glamorous and Rabbit Hole. Earlier in her career, she held executive roles at Fremantle, Mojo Films, Take Fountain Productions and Participant Media.
