Exclusive: Kira Innes has left J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions where she had been for four years, most recently as SVP, Television, Deadline has learned. A rep for Bad Robot declined comment.
Innes joined the Warner Bros. Discovery-based company in 2019 as VP, Television and was promoted to SVP two years later, according to her Linkedin bio. During her tenure, she worked on a number of projects, including two series that ultimately didn’t get made, Demimonde at HBO and My Glory Was I Had Such Friends at Apple TV+.
Before going to Bad Robot, Innes spent four years at Fox TV Studios and its successor Fox21 TV Studios, rising to Director, Creative Affairs.
Innes joined the Warner Bros. Discovery-based company in 2019 as VP, Television and was promoted to SVP two years later, according to her Linkedin bio. During her tenure, she worked on a number of projects, including two series that ultimately didn’t get made, Demimonde at HBO and My Glory Was I Had Such Friends at Apple TV+.
Before going to Bad Robot, Innes spent four years at Fox TV Studios and its successor Fox21 TV Studios, rising to Director, Creative Affairs.
- 8/18/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
As Bad Robot is ramping up its series portfolio, adding a slate of HBO Max projects to the mix, the company is bulking up its television team. Bad Robot has hired Alex Phillips as VP of Television. She joins VP Kira Innes, who joined the company a year ago, as well as Bad Robot’s Jamila Kerr, who has been promoted to VP, and Derek Martin, who has been upped to Director of Television.
Prior to joining Bad Robot, Phillips served as a film and television executive at Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions, where she was involved on projects including Showtime’s The Chi; Radha Blank’s debut Sundance feature The Forty-Year-Old Version, which premiered on Netflix this past fall; and Waithe’s loosely autobiographical comedy Twenties.
Innes joined Bad Robot as VP of Television in 2019 where she is actively involved in the upcoming HBO series Demimonde and Apple...
Prior to joining Bad Robot, Phillips served as a film and television executive at Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions, where she was involved on projects including Showtime’s The Chi; Radha Blank’s debut Sundance feature The Forty-Year-Old Version, which premiered on Netflix this past fall; and Waithe’s loosely autobiographical comedy Twenties.
Innes joined Bad Robot as VP of Television in 2019 where she is actively involved in the upcoming HBO series Demimonde and Apple...
- 2/17/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
J.J. Abrams’ production company Bad Robot is aiming to continue to grow its development slate and existing television footprint by expanding its TV division.
The company is bringing on board Alex Phillips as vice president of television, joining vice presidents Jamila Kerr and Kira Innes and director of television Derek Martin.
“We couldn’t be prouder of the team,” said Bad Robot head of TV Ben Stephenson and exec vice president of TV Rachel Rusch Rich, to whom Phillips will report. “Each and every one has excelled; from executives who have impressively grown their careers within Bad Robot to those who have newly brought their formidable skills and relationships to the department. The strength of this group inspires us for all the tremendous work that is to come,”
Phillips was most recently a film and TV exec at Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions, where she worked on Showtime’s “The Chi,...
The company is bringing on board Alex Phillips as vice president of television, joining vice presidents Jamila Kerr and Kira Innes and director of television Derek Martin.
“We couldn’t be prouder of the team,” said Bad Robot head of TV Ben Stephenson and exec vice president of TV Rachel Rusch Rich, to whom Phillips will report. “Each and every one has excelled; from executives who have impressively grown their careers within Bad Robot to those who have newly brought their formidable skills and relationships to the department. The strength of this group inspires us for all the tremendous work that is to come,”
Phillips was most recently a film and TV exec at Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions, where she worked on Showtime’s “The Chi,...
- 2/17/2021
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
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