Amazon Studios Expands Duties For Enterprise Affairs Head Dan Scharf

Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke is making yet one more structural tweak to her workforce. Salke introduced Thursday that Dan Scharf, VP and head of worldwide enterprise affairs, will now additionally oversee manufacturing, studio operations, casting, and studios music. 

Scharf, who had already reported to Salke, will proceed to take action. The manufacturing, studio operations, casting and studios music had beforehand reported to Amazon Studios’ Albert Cheng. However Cheng, who beforehand was COO of Amazon Studios, was promoted to Vice President of Amazon Prime Video U.S. in September, and now reviews to Mike Hopkins, senior vp of Prime Video and Amazon Studios. 

Scharf has been with Amazon Studios in 2013, negotiating offers together with “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “The Boys,” “Coming 2 America” and “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy.”

Additionally underneath Scharf’s area as head of worldwide enterprise affairs, he labored out expertise offers with names together with Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Pleasure, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Donald Glover and Michael B. Jordan. 

The exec can be credited with helping in Amazon Studios’ worldwide growth and its international synergy efforts. 

Scharf beforehand served as head of enterprise & authorized affairs, basic counsel for The Jim Henson Firm, the place he oversaw all enterprise & authorized affairs, and company authorized issues for firm. His resume additionally consists of stints as government director, enterprise affairs at Disney Cable Networks Group and director of enterprise and authorized affairs at Fox Tv Studios. He started his profession by serving as in-house counsel for the Display Actors Guild.