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'''Sue Naegle''' is an [[Americans|American]] business executive. She was the president of [[HBO]] Entertainment from 2008 until 2013, when she departed and formed her own production company.<ref name=LATimes>{{cite news|last1=Faughnder|first1=Ryan|title=Sue Naegle stepping down as HBO's president of entertainment|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep/23/entertainment/la-et-ct-hbo-sue-naegle-leaving-20130923|accessdate=23 November 2014|work=L.A. Times|date=23 September 2013}}</ref><ref name=HollywoodReporter>{{cite news|last1=Rose|first1=Lacey|title=HBO's Sue Naegle Exits for Rich Producing Deal|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hbos-sue-naegle-exits-rich-634744|accessdate=23 November 2014|work=Hollywood Reporter|date=23 September 2013}}</ref> She now works as chief content officer at [[Annapurna Pictures|Annapurna]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/sue-naegle-annapurna-chief-content-officer-promotion-film-strategy-1202540384/|title=Sue Naegle Upped To Chief Content Officer At Annapurna|last=Hipes|first=Patrick|date=2019-01-23|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2020-03-27}}</ref> In August 2012, she was recognized as the 46th most powerful woman in the world by ''[[Forbes|Forbes Magazine]]''.<ref name=Forbes>{{cite web|title=Sue Naegle|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/sue-naegle/|work=World's Most Powerful Women|publisher=Forbes|accessdate=24 August 2012}}</ref> |
'''Sue Naegle''' is an [[Americans|American]] business executive. She was the president of [[HBO]] Entertainment from 2008 until 2013, when she departed and formed her own production company.<ref name=LATimes>{{cite news|last1=Faughnder|first1=Ryan|title=Sue Naegle stepping down as HBO's president of entertainment|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep/23/entertainment/la-et-ct-hbo-sue-naegle-leaving-20130923|accessdate=23 November 2014|work=L.A. Times|date=23 September 2013}}</ref><ref name=HollywoodReporter>{{cite news|last1=Rose|first1=Lacey|title=HBO's Sue Naegle Exits for Rich Producing Deal|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hbos-sue-naegle-exits-rich-634744|accessdate=23 November 2014|work=Hollywood Reporter|date=23 September 2013}}</ref> She now works as chief content officer at [[Annapurna Pictures|Annapurna]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/sue-naegle-annapurna-chief-content-officer-promotion-film-strategy-1202540384/|title=Sue Naegle Upped To Chief Content Officer At Annapurna|last=Hipes|first=Patrick|date=2019-01-23|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2020-03-27}}</ref> In August 2012, she was recognized as the 46th most powerful woman in the world by ''[[Forbes|Forbes Magazine]]''.<ref name=Forbes>{{cite web|title=Sue Naegle|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/sue-naegle/|work=World's Most Powerful Women|publisher=Forbes|accessdate=24 August 2012}}</ref> |
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Sue Naegle joined Annapurna Pictures as President of Television in 2016 and was most recently promoted in 2019 to Chief Content Officer where she oversees TV, Film, and Theatre development. On the TV side, Annapurna is known for Coen Brother's THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS on Netflix and David Simon's PLOT AGAINST AMERICA on HBO. Upcoming credits include Hulu’s PAM & TOMMY (with Craig Gillespie; starring Sebastian Stan & Lily James), Amazon’s DEAD RINGERS (starring Rachel Weisz), THE STAIRCASE (starring Colin Firth, Toni Collette, Sophie Turner among others), and Showtime’s I LOVE THAT FOR YOU (starring and created by Vanessa Bayer). On the film side, Sue shepherded such projects as BOOKSMART (directed by Olivia Wilde; starring Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever), WHERE’D YOU GO BERNADETTE (directed by Richard Linklater; starring Cate Blanchett), KAJILLIONAIRE (directed by Miranda July; starring Evan Rachel Wood), and many more. Upcoming features include ON THE COUNT OF THREE (directed by Jerrod Carmichael), SHE SAID (starring Carey Mulligan) and LANDSCAPE WITH INVISIBLE HAND (based on the National Book Award winning novel). Annapurna Theatre has produced several Broadway productions including the Tony Award-winning plays FLEABAG and NETWORK as well as David Byrne’s AMERICAN UTOPIA, BETRAYAL, THE LEHMAN TRILOGY, and many more. In addition to her accomplishments at Annapurna, Sue produced the feature SHIRLEY, starring Elisabeth Moss, which premiered at Sundance 2020, and serves as currently serves as Executive Producer on Fox’s THE BIG LEAP. Sue serves on the Board of Directors for FILM INDEPENDENT and ALEX'S LEMONADE as well as an advisor for Riot Games. |
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== Early life and education == |
== Early life and education == |
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Revision as of 19:10, 17 November 2021
Sue Naegle is an American business executive. She was the president of HBO Entertainment from 2008 until 2013, when she departed and formed her own production company.[1][2] She now works as chief content officer at Annapurna[3] In August 2012, she was recognized as the 46th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes Magazine.[4]
Early life and education
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Naegle grew up in Rockaway, New Jersey and attended Morris Hills High School.[5] She graduated from Indiana University in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in telecommunications.[citation needed]
Career
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Naegle began her career in the mail room at United Talent Agency.[6] Two years later, she became one of their agents and went on to be named a partner and a director of the agency's TV department by 1999. While there, she is credited with developing several successful programs, including The Bernie Mac Show and the HBO dramas Six Feet Under and True Blood.[2]
In 2008, she was named President of HBO Entertainment, overseeing all original series and remained in that position until 2013. HBO's Girls, Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, and Veep were all developed under her leadership.[7] In August 2012, she was recognized as the 46th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes Magazine.[4] In the last year of her tenure, HBO won 27 Emmy Awards.[1] After her departure, she formed her own production company Naegle Ink. She is an executive producer of the Cinemax series Outcast which began production in 2015.[1][2] In 2016, she was named the head of Annapurna Television, a division of Annapurna Pictures.[8] In 2019, she was named chief content officer of Annapurna Pictures.[9]
In the media
The Simpsons character Lindsay Naegle is based on her.
Personal life
She was married to comedian Dana Gould and has three daughters adopted from China named Liu Liu, Alice, and Nell.[4]
References
- ^ a b c Faughnder, Ryan (23 September 2013). "Sue Naegle stepping down as HBO's president of entertainment". L.A. Times. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ a b c Rose, Lacey (23 September 2013). "HBO's Sue Naegle Exits for Rich Producing Deal". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ Hipes, Patrick (2019-01-23). "Sue Naegle Upped To Chief Content Officer At Annapurna". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ a b c "Sue Naegle". World's Most Powerful Women. Forbes. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ^ "President of HBO, Rockaway's Sue Naegle guest speaker for Morris Chamber.", Daily Record (Morristown), September 19, 2012. Accessed July 2, 2013. "Former Rockaway resident and Morris Hills High School graduate, Sue Naegle, c, now the president of Time Warner's HBO Entertainment was the guest speaker during the Morris County Chamber of Commerce Women in Business, 'Defining Moments on the Journey to Success' event at the Madison Hotel."
- ^ "Sue Naegle Joins HBO as President, HBO Entertainment, Overseeing All Series Programming and Specials". Time Warner. 9 April 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- ^ Hunt, Stacey Wilson (5 December 2012). "Why HBO's Sue Naegle Didn't Lose Sleep Over 'Homeland's' Big Wins". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- ^ Sandberg, Bryn Elise (27 September 2016). "Annapurna Pictures Taps Sue Naegle to Head TV Division". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- ^ Donnelly, Matt. "Annapurna Ups Sue Naegle to Chief Content Officer, Names Ivana Lombardi President of Film". Variety.