Joel stillerman amc biography

As a seasoned and Emmy® Award-winning content executive, Stillerman joined AMC with more than 20 years of experience developing, producing and.
Working with boss Charlie Collier, Stillerman helped turn Bad and Men into bigger hits, while also taking what at the time seemed like a major.
Joel Stillerman is shifting to production.

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Television executive Joel Stillerman ’84 visited campus April 11 to give students advice on how to create a hit TV show.

At cable network AMC, where he is senior vice president of original programming, Stillerman is involved in creating successful TV shows such as Breaking Bad

Joel Stillerman ’84, senior vice president of original programming at AMC, speaks with student journalists before his talk on developing hit TV shows April 11. (Photo by Michelle Kwong ’15)

“You never know things are going to be a hit,” he said. “The [shows] were both just fantastic stories with a reason to exist, which is something that I think is pretty important.”

Stillerman recalled Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan’s pitch for the show, saying it was “Mr. Chips turns into Scarface.”

“[It was] the most brilliant boiled-down-to-its-essence, character-driven pitch maybe in television history,” Stillerman said.

Stillerman said AMC follows three simple steps when it comes to crafting hit shows.

“One is the idea of being unexpected. One is the idea of being unconventional. The thir

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AMCand SundanceTV president of original programming and development to start in summer.

After a months-long search, HuluCEO Mike Hopkinsannounced today that Joel Stillermanwill join the company as chief content officer.

In the newly-created position, Stillerman will be responsible for evolving and driving the overall content strategy for the company, and will oversee Hulu’s content acquisitions, originals development and content partner management teams.

Stillerman will join Hulu’s senior management team this summer and will report directly to Hopkins.

Craig Erwichwill maintain his current role as Hulu’s senior vice-president and head of content and increase his focus on the company’s original programming.

Stillerman most recently served as president of original programming and development for AMCand SundanceTV, spearheading a slate that included Fear The Walking Dead, Better Call Saul, Into the Badlands and The Night Manager.

Prior to AMC Networks, he was founder and chairman of Yolo Films and has...

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AMC AND SUNDANCETV ANNOUNCE NEW ROLES, SENIOR LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE

NEW YORK, NY – June 16, 2015 – AMC and SundanceTV today announced a new senior leadership structure, including the elevation of Joel Stillerman to President of Original Programming and Development for both AMC and SundanceTV, and the appointment of AMC Networks veteran Jan Diedrichsen to the newly created position of Executive Director of SundanceTV. This follows the recent appointment of Charlie Collier as President and General Manager of SundanceTV, adding to his oversight of AMC.

Stillerman, who joined AMC in 2008, has guided AMC’s development of an eclectic mix of owned and licensed shows, including “The Walking Dead,” “Talking Dead” and other dramas including “Hell on Wheels,” the “Breaking Bad” prequel “Better Call Saul” and the upcoming “Fear the Walking Dead” and “Into the Badlands.” He will now oversee programming for both AMC and SundanceTV.

Jan Diedrichsen, a 14-year veteran of AMC Networks who most recently served as Senior Vice President of Affiliate Marketing, has bee