Ted Sarandos

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Sarandos on the South by Southwest in 2016

Theodore Anthony "Ted" Sarandos Jr. (born July 30, 1964 in Phoenix , Arizona ) is an American manager and film producer . He is Chief Content Officer (CCO) of the media company Netflix and is responsible in this function, the entire content - strategy with the license purchasing, program design and development of all productions of the streaming service .

Life

Sarandos grew up in his birthplace. His father was an electrician and his mother a housewife . He has four siblings, three older sisters and one younger brother. Sarando's paternal grandfather came to the United States as a young boy from the Greek island of Samos . His family name was originally Kariotakis, but was later changed to Sarandos.

While writing for his high school student newspaper , Sarandos was able to interview actor Ed Asner when he was in Phoenix for a Screen Actors Guild meeting . Asner then introduced Sarandos to other greats in the entertainment industry so that he could interview them too. Ted Sarandos attended Community College in Glendale , Arizona.

He then went to Arizona State University , where he studied journalism until he left college to continue working at the video rental chain Arizona Video Cassettes West, where he had been employed since high school . From 1983 to 1988, Sarandos managed eight Arizona Video Cassettes West retail video stores. In 1988, Ted Sarandos became Regional Director of Sales and Operations for East Texas Distributors (ETD), one of the largest video distributors in the United States. Until March 2000, Sarandos was Vice President of Product and Merchandising at the nearly 500-strong Video City / West Coast Video chain. While at West Coast Video, he was a. a. responsible for negotiating the subsidies his company received for the conversion from VHS to DVD format.

After meeting Reed Hastings , he was hired by Netflix as chief content officer in 2000 . Sarandos was responsible for setting up the first program on Netflix with series like Lilyhammer . In March 2011, he bought the political series House of Cards for $ 100 million . Sarandos accompanied the company's transformation from a DVD post rental to a global video-on-demand service and was responsible for the program design, which was increasingly focused on in-house productions such as Arrested Development and Orange Is the New Black .

2013 he was appointed by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people nominated this year, 2013.

Private life

Sarandos has two children from his first marriage. In 2009 he married the diplomat Nicole Avant , who was the United States Ambassador to the Bahamas from 2009 to 2011 . She is the daughter of former Motown chairman Clarence Avant . The couple live in the district of Hancock Park in Los Angeles . Sarandos is Catholic .

Filmography (selection)

  • 2005: The Comedians of Comedy (documentary)
  • 2006: Joe Rogan: Live (documentary)
  • 2007: Two Days in April (documentary)
  • 2015: The Ridiculous Six (The Ridiculous 6)
  • 2016: Special Correspondents
  • 2016: The Do-Over
  • 2016: Jadotville (The Siege of Jadotville)
  • 2016: Mascots
  • 2016: True Memoirs of an International Assassin
  • 2017: The Long Road of Hope (First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers)
  • 2017: Sandy Wexler
  • 2017: Okja
  • 2017: War Machine
  • 2017: Naked
  • 2017: Death Note
  • 2017: Bright
  • 2018: A Futile and Stupid Gesture
  • 2018: Mute

further activities

Sarandos is and was a member of several boards.

Web links

Commons : Ted Sarandos  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Greek who has found Hollywood for the Internet . In: grreporter.info of December 8, 2014.
  2. ↑ a b David Segal: The Netflix Fix . In: The New York Times . February 8, 2013. Accessed April 23, 2020.
  3. ↑ a b Giselle Fernandez: Big Shots: Full Conversation with Ted Sarandos (video interview) In: Youtube.com . Tane McClure, McClureFilms.com. December 18, 2015. Accessed April 23, 2020.
  4. ↑ Anastasios Papapostolou: Ted Sarandos Talks Netflix Boom and Greek Heritage . In: Greek Reporter . January 15, 2016. Accessed April 23, 2020.
  5. ↑ Karina Bland: What Ms. Fiedler taught me about telling stories . In: The Arizona Republic . May 19, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  6. ↑ Jane Martinson: Netflix's Ted Sarandos: 'We like giving great storytellers big canvases' . In: The Guardian . March 15, 2015. Accessed April 23, 2020.
  7. ↑ Tina Daunt: Obama's $ 500,000 Power Couple . In: The Hollywood Reporter . April 25, 2012. Accessed April 23, 2020.
  8. ↑ a b David Segal: The Netflix Fix . In: The New York Times . February 8, 2013. Accessed April 23, 2020.
  9. ↑ a b Stuart Jeffries: Netflix's Ted Sarandos: the 'evil genius' behind a TV revolution . In: The Guardian . December 30, 2013. Accessed April 23, 2020.
  10. ↑ Jane Martinson: Netflix's Ted Sarandos: 'We like giving great storytellers big canvases' . In: The Guardian . March 15, 2015. Accessed April 23, 2020.
  11. ^ A b Management: Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer . In: Netflix . Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  12. ↑ Giselle Fernandez: Big Shots: Full Conversation with Ted Sarandos (video interview). In: Youtube.com , December 18, 2015. Retrieved April 23, 2020. 
  13. ↑ Ken Auletta: The Red-Envelope Revolution. Outside the Box: Netflix and the future of television . In: The New Yorker . February 3, 2014. Accessed April 23, 2020.
  14. ↑ Stuart Jeffries: Netflix's Ted Sarandos: the 'evil genius' behind a TV revolution . In: The Guardian of December 30, 2013.
  15. ↑ a b Officers and Directors at netflixinvestor.com, accessed April 23, 2020.
  16. ^ Theodore A Sarandos - United States Public Records . In: FamilySearch . Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  17. ↑ a b Tina Daunt: Wiesenthal Center, Hollywood Power Elite Honor Netflix's Ted Sarandos . In: The Hollywood Reporter . March 19, 2014. Accessed April 23, 2020.
  18. ↑ Management: Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer . In: Netflix . Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  19. ^ Mark David: Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas Sell LA Estate at Record Shattering Price . In: Variety . June 17, 2015. Accessed April 23, 2020.
  20. ↑ Management: Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer . In: Netflix . Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  21. ^ Television Academy Executive Committee Appointees Announced . In: Emmy.com , January 22, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2020. 
  22. ↑ Who We Are . Grady College and University of Georgia. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  23. ↑ About ETA: Ted Sarandos, Board Treasurer . In: Exploring The Arts . Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  24. ↑ Andrew Kaiser: A Big Thanks to All Our Recent Sponsors and Donors . In: International Documentary Association . 2015. Accessed April 23, 2020.
  25. ↑ Our Board: Advisory Board . In: Los Angeles Greek Film Festival . Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  26. ^ Ted Sarandos - Film Independent . In: Film Independent . Retrieved April 23, 2020. 
personal data
SURNAME Sarandos, Ted
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sarandos, Theodore Anthony junior; Sarandos, Ted junior (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American manager and film producer; Chief Content Officer of Netflix
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Phoenix , Arizona , United States