Edward Barnieh is Vice President of Development, BBC Studios Kids & Family. He leads a hugely talented development production team across a large portfolio of development projects, providing expert creative direction across multiple genres, managing the transition from development to production while assessing marketplace opportunities and risks.
Barnieh is a hugely experienced content leader and storyteller, with a demonstrated history of success developing content for major broadcasters and working with independent studios. He joins BBC Studios from Netflix, where his roles included Manager, Animation Series, EMEA, based in London, and Manager, International Originals, Kids & Family, APAC, based in Singapore. Prior to that, he spent some seven years at Warner Bros. Discovery in Hong Kong, where he was latterly Director, Acquisitions and Co-productions; and over five years at Nickelodeon in similar roles.
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