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\n\tAmazon\u2019s international scripted team is bulking up.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe streamer has hired Oliver Jones, who has spent the last six years at Apple, as Senior Commissioner for UK Scripted.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe move was revealed by Nicole Clemens, VP, International Originals, in a note to staff.<\/p>\n
\n\tJones was previously Senior Creative Executive for International Scripted Television at Apple, where he oversaw English-language international event series, non-English language originals, co-productions, and acquisitions. These included Monarch: Legacy of Monsters<\/em>, starring Kurt Russell, Masters of the Air, <\/em>from Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, starring Austin Butler, Israeli spy series Tehran<\/em> and Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n\u2019s Disclaimer<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tOliver will start in May and will relocate from LA back to London.<\/p>\n \n\tPrior to Apple, he worked at Fremantle on series including The Mosquito Coast, Fellow Travelers,<\/em> and American Gods<\/em>, The Weinstein Company, where he worked on Yellowstone<\/em> and Imagine Television, where he worked on Empire<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tAmazon\u2019s UK scripted slate includes series such as Robin Wright\u2019s\u00a0The Girlfriend<\/em>, Sophie Turner\u2019s Steal<\/em>, Harlan Coben\u2019s\u00a0Lazarus<\/em> and Riz Ahmed\u2019s\u00a0Bait<\/em> as well as upcoming series including police thriller\u00a0Dirty<\/em>\u00a0from Matt Charman and an adaptation of Chloe Walsh\u2019s Boys Of Tommen.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\tUK scripted commissioners Gemma Brandler and Punit Mattoo will report to Jones.<\/p>\n \n\tClemens, in her note to the Amazon MGM Studios International Originals team, said it had a \u201chuge commitment\u201d to the UK.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cOliver is a seasoned scripted executive with a proven track record in developing premium international content,\u201d she wrote. \u201cThis appointment underscores our continued investment in world-class UK scripted programming as we expand our slate for UK and global audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tJones added, \u201cIt has been a privilege to work alongside my brilliant colleagues at Apple TV for the past six years, and to collaborate with the remarkable artists I was lucky enough to work with. It\u2019s always a tough decision to leave a job I love, but the time is right to come back home and start a new adventure. Amazon MGM Studios\u2019 commitment and momentum in telling ambitious, provocative, premium stories, together with the scale of their increased investment in the UK, means it couldn\u2019t be a more exciting moment to be joining Nicole and her phenomenal team.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n