Nicole Clemens Hired to Head Amazon MGM's International Originals
Nicole Clemens is joining Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios as vice president and head of international originals. Beginning July 7, she'll report to Kelly Day, vice president of Prime Video International.
Clemens, the former president of Paramount Television Studios, will oversee the international originals regional and production leaders; she'll work out of Amazon MGM Studios' Culver City headquarters for a bit before relocating to her new home in Prime Video's London office. Clemens previously was president of original scripted series for Paramount+.
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Prior to Paramount, Clemens was a producer at Anonymous Content. Her résumé also includes top roles at FX Networks (executive vice president and head of series development) and at ICM Partners (partner, head of the Motion Picture Literary Department).
Paramount TV Studios shut down last year amid greater corporate restructuring; Paramount Global is in the process of merging with Skydance.
Amazon MGM has been undergoing its own TV shakeup: head honcho Jen Salke was exited her post just a few months ago.
Read Day's email announcement to her staff here:
Team,I'm delighted to share with you that Nicole Clemens will be joining us as Vice President and Head of International Originals, effective July 7. Nicole is a highly respected and experienced media executive who most recently served as President of Paramount Television Studios, where she led the development and production of a wide range of global hit shows, including our very own Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, Reacher, and Cross. Previously, Nicole also held a dual role as President of Original Scripted series for Paramount+, leading the streamer's programming strategy at launch.
In her new role, Nicole will report to me and lead our International Original teams, which will continue building on the incredible success we've seen with global audiences. Last year was our biggest year ever, with more than 140 International Original series & movies produced across more than 20 territories, and our slate for the remainder of 2025 is incredibly strong. Just a few upcoming highlights include the third movie installment in Mercedes Ron's Culpables trilogy (Culpa Nuestra – Spain), along with the first movie from her Dímelo book trilogy in development; returning seasons of hit series including Maxton Hall (Germany), Red Queen (Spain), and Betty La Fea (Colombia); and new projects like Newtopia (Korea), Superboys of Malegaon (India), Graduation Trip: Mallorca (Spain), Costiera (Italy). Nicole will guide our future International Originals slate as we invest for the long term in international series and movies. I'm so proud of the work we've done, and I know Nicole's leadership will take us to even greater heights.
Nicole will onboard and spend a period of time at our Amazon MGM Studios' Culver City HQ, before relocating to London. Our International Originals leaders – including Javiera Balmaceda (Head of International Originals, Latin America, Canada & Australia), Tara Erer (Head of International Originals, Northern Europe), Nicole Morganti (Head of International Originals, Southern Europe) and John Holmes (Director of International Originals Production & Post) – will report directly to Nicole. Nikhil Madhok (Head of International Originals, India) will continue to report into Gaurav Gandhi (VP, Prime Video APAC & MENA) while remaining part of Nicole's leadership team. Marc Hausmaninger (Head of Content Strategy, International Originals) and Sam Semon (Head of International Business Affairs) will also support Nicole and the International Originals team.
I look forward to Nicole joining the Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios family next month and I'm sure you'll provide a warm welcome!
Kelly
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