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Fifth Season Expands Its Non-Scripted Business With Hire Of Former Blumhouse Exec Mary Lisio
Fifth Season, the company formerly known as Endeavor Content, is bulking up its non-scripted and documentary business.
It has hired former Blumhouse exec Mary Lisio in the newly created role of EVP, Non-Scripted, Development & Production. She will build out the company’s non-scripted slate across streaming, linear and theatrical distribution and will work closely with Kevin Iwashina, who heads up the company’s documentary investment and sales business.
Lisio, who left Blumhouse last year, oversaw series such as Netflix’s Worst Roommate Ever and doc PrayAway, CNN series The People v. The Klan, HBO Max’s What Happened, Brittany Murphy? and HBO’s TheAnarchists. She also oversaw the development and sales of podcasts such as Revelations and The Oval Office Tapes.
Prior to joining Blumhouse, Lisio was at R
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Blumhouse&#;s Mary Lisio Steps Down as EVP of Alternative and Non-Scripted (EXCLUSIVE)
Blumhouse Television&#;s Mary Lisio is resigning her post.
Named executive vice president of alternative and non-scripted programming at Jason Blum&#;s division in , Lisio is departing the company amicably to pursue other opportunities.
Her departure comes as a result of Blumhouse TV&#;s recent exclusive, multi-year unscripted overall deal with ITV America. The pact was designed to pivot the division closer to the core Blumhouse brand, leaning into provokativ horror, paranormal reality and suspense-driven series. The division will also work with producers across ITV America’s six vertical labels &#; ITV Entertainment, Leftfield Pictures, Sirens Media, Thinkfactory Media, High Noon Entertainment and Good Caper Content &#; to develop new concepts and IP.
Lisio is an Emmy winner who oversaw several of the company&#;s acclaimed, premium non-fiction series and documentary films, and
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Fifth Season Hires Mary Lisio as Executive Vice President, Non-Scripted, Development & Production
Fifth Season (formerly Endeavor Content) has hired Mary Lisio for the newly created position of executive vice president of non-scripted development and production.
In her new role, Lisio will work to expand Fifth Season&#;s slate of non-scripted content across all platforms. She will collaborate with Kevin Iwashina, Fifth Season&#;s head of documentary.
“Mary is an exceptional producer and a wonderful human,&#; said Graham Taylor and Chris Rice, co-CEOs of Fifth Season. &#;Her deep experience and great taste make her the perfect person to build our non-scripted and documentary development & production business.&#;
Lisio joins Fifth Season from Blumhouse Television, where she oversaw the company&#;s unscripted slate. Her work there included projects like &#;Worst Roommate Ever,&#; &#;The People v. The Klan,&#; &#;Pray Away,&#; &#;The Anarchists,&#; an