UPDATED with additional departures: More names are starting to emerge of Amazon MGM Studios executives affected by the sweeping companywide layoffs today.
They include Nathan Kitada, Senior Creative Executive, Tentpole & Universe Development. He has been at the studio for more than three years, working on Criminal, starring Charlie Hunnam, and other genre and MGM IP development. Prior to that, he was a creative executive at Netflix and YouTube Originals.
Also leaving are:
Liz Cohen, Senior Creative Executive, First-Look & Overall Deals. She has been at Amazon for almost four years and worked on the upcoming series Life Is Strange and Sterling Point as well as the previously announced Silent River. Previously, Cohen was SVP of Development at Jax Media.
Pricilla Light, Senior Creative Executive, YA & Comedy Series. She has been at the studio for more than four years. Prior to that, she was a creative executive at Facebook.
Additionally, departing is Meggie Choi, Drama Series Executive who has been at the studio for more than three years. She was part of the team that had oversight of such series as hits The Summer I Turned Pretty and Mr. & Mrs. Smith as well as Butterfly and the upcoming Scarpetta. Prior to Amazon, Choi was VP Current Programming at Paramount TV Studios.
Several more recent additions to the Amazon MGM Studios TV executive ranks also are leaving. They include:
Jenny Koff, Creative Executive, YA & Comedy Series. She has been at the studio for three years, in her current role for a year. Koff worked on the new Bosch spinoff series Ballard.
Christina Pope, Creative Executive, Comedy & Drama Development. She has been at Amazon for almost four years, in her current role for more than one. Among the shows she worked on is the upcoming YA series Off Campus.
Taylor Sumners, Creative Executive. She has been at the studio for more than four years, in her current role for almost two.
Sahhara Assafiri, Creative Executive, Tentpole & Universe Development
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The group joins Donna Rosenstein, a 12-year Amazon MGM Studios veteran who is departing after serving as Worldwide Head Of Casting and, more recently, Head of Series Casting.
The staff cuts come a month after the leadership change at the studio, with Peter Friedlander succeeding Vernon Sanders as Head of Global TV for Amazon MGM Studios. He is yet to put his stamp on the studio’s senior TV executive team.
Amazon MGM Studios parent Amazon this morning revealed that it is eliminating 14,000 jobs across different areas, with AI advancements among the reasons cited. Looking ahead to 2026, the company expects “there will be additional places where we can remove layers, increase ownership, and realize efficiency gains” as it continues to review its operations.
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