Overview
- Amazon MGM Studios hired Oliver Jones as senior commissioner for U.K. scripted, with the appointment shared in an internal email to staff.
- Jones will begin in May and will relocate from Los Angeles to London for the role.
- He will steer commissioning of new British series, with existing U.K. commissioners Gemma Brandler and Punit Mattoo reporting to him.
- Jones departs Apple TV after six years, where his projects included Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Masters of the Air, Tehran, and Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer.
- Amazon positioned the hire as part of an expanded U.K. slate that features recent launches like The Girlfriend, Steal, Harlan Coben’s Lazarus, and Bait, plus new greenlights Dirty and Boys of Tommen.