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Gail Berman is an American media executive and film producer. She is the former President of Paramount Pictures, and the former Chairman and CEO of Fox Broadcasting Company. She is currently the President of The Jackal Group, a production company she founded in 2013.
Berman was born in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in communications. She began her career in the entertainment industry in the early 1980s, working as a production assistant on the television series The Jeffersons. She then moved to Los Angeles, where she worked as a production executive at Paramount Pictures.
In 2000, Berman was named President of Paramount Pictures, becoming the first woman to head a major Hollywood studio. During her tenure, she oversaw the production of such films as Mission: Impossible II, The Italian Job, and School of Rock.
In 2005, Berman was named Chairman and CEO of Fox Broadcasting Company, becoming the first woman to head a major broadcast network. During her tenure, she oversaw the launch of such hit shows as Glee, Bones, and House.
In 2013, Berman founded The Jackal Group, a production company that produces television, film, and digital content. The company has produced such shows as The Orville, The Dangerous Book for Boys, and The Twilight Zone.
Berman has been honored with numerous awards, including the Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment Power 100, the Paley Center for Media's She Made It Award, and the National Association of Television Program Executives' Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award.
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Media executive |
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68 years old |
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Leo |
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17 August, 1956 |
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17 August |
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Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality |
United States |
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Gail Berman Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Gail Berman's Husband?
Her husband is Bill Masters
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Bill Masters |
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2 |
Gail Berman Net Worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Berman began her career as a theater producer after graduating with a bachelor's degree in theater from the University of Maryland. At 23, she and her college friend Susan Rose co-produced their first Broadway show, the original Broadway production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, which went on to garner seven Tony Award nominations. Berman’s other Broadway productions include Hurlyburly by David Rabe (1984), Athol Fugard’s Blood Knot (1985), and The Nerd by Larry Shue (1987), all of which received Tony Award nominations.
In 2019, FOX and Berman's Jackal Group announced their partnership on a new production venture called SideCar, described as a content development accelerator. FOX will be the sole owner of all series that originate under the SideCar banner. The accelerator's development slate includes Mr. Black, the animated comedy Saloon, and the drama The Perfect Couple.
Berman served as executive producer on both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel, and is reported to be involved with the reboot of Buffy being developed in 2018.
Prior to founding The Jackal Group, Berman spent seven years as co-founder and co-owner of the media company BermanBraun with Lloyd Braun, which was an innovator in the digital arena, creating and operating successful online brands. The company's properties have included reality and scripted programs as well as live-action and animated projects. In February 2014, Braun became the sole owner of BermanBraun, renaming the company Whalerock Industries.
Berman became president of Paramount Pictures in March 2005 and was responsible for the studio's annual slate of films, including the acquisition of literary properties, development, budgeting, casting, and the production of motion pictures for Paramount Pictures, MTV Films and Nickelodeon Movies. She left Paramount in January 2007.
Then, Berman served from 2000 to 2005 as president of Entertainment for Fox Broadcasting Company. At Fox, Berman was in charge of all program development and scheduling as well as marketing, business affairs, and promotions. Network shows under Berman's tenure included American Idol, 24, House, Arrested Development, Bones, and Family Guy.
Berman next served as founding president of Regency Television, the TV studio created in 1998 as a co-venture between Fox Television Studios and New Regency Productions. Under Berman, Regency Television's programs included Malcolm in the Middle.
Berman was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn but the family soon moved to Bellmore, New York where she was raised. In 1974, she graduated from Abington High School and in 1978, she graduated with a B.A. in theater from the University of Maryland.
Gail Berman (born August 17, 1956) is an American producer and television executive. She is co-owner and founding partner of The Jackal Group (now Sidecar), a production entity formed in partnership with Fox Networks Group. The Jackal Group develops and produces scripted, unscripted and factual entertainment programming for FNG's channels, including Fox Broadcasting Company, FX/FXX, the National Geographic Channels, and Fox International Channels. The partnership also provides for opportunities in digital and film, as well as for non-21st Century Fox distribution entities.
