The layoffs this week at Netflix that saw it cut 1,000 jobs or around 6% of its workforce, have also hit the streamer’s unscripted TV division.
Deadline understands that a number of executives in its unscripted casting and development teams have been impacted by the cuts.
They include Amy Cohen, Rich Leist and Annie Roberts.
Cohen, who has been with the company for nearly 10 years, was Director, Nonfiction Series. She joined the streamer in 2017, having spent over a decade at Fox, where she worked under Mike Darnell, who recently struck an overall deal with Netflix.
Leist, who has been with the company for more than five years, was Director of Unscripted Casting, having joined in 2021 from All3Media America. Alongside Brittany Grooms and Cesar Rocha, he was part of the team that launched Netflix’s first in-house casting department in 2021.
Roberts was also an unscripted casting executive. She joined the streamer in 2021 from NBCUniversal, having worked across Peacock, USA Network, E!, Oxygen and Bravo.
The cuts have also seen a number of executives across its awards team, product, tech and HR impacted as well as scripted television and film.
On Wednesday, Deadline revealed that Lisa Lang McMullen, James Oh, Andrew McQuinn and Carolina Garcia, who were all part of Netflix’s scripted division, were let go alongside a number of managers including Dan Evans, Jason Pan and Aaron Davidson.
On the film side, Doug Belgrad, who was VP, Film and film chief Dan Lin’s first hire after he replaced Scott Stuber, Sheroum Kim, who was Director of Independent Films, and features manager Sebastian Hernandez were also impacted by the layoffs.
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