Netflix Layoffs Hit Unscripted Executives and Talent

The Netflix layoffs that cut 1,000 jobs, or about 6% of its workforce, have also hit the streamer's unscripted television division. Several executives in unscripted production and development teams were affected by the cuts. They are Amy Cohen, Rich List and Annie Roberts. Cohen, who […]

Netflix's layoffs, which saw it cut 1,000 jobs, or about 6 percent of its workforce, have also affected the broadcaster's unscripted TV division.

Deadline understands that a number of executives on the unscripted production teams have been affected by the cuts.

They include Amy Cohen, Rich List and Annie Roberts.

Leist, who has been with the company for more than five years, was director of unscripted casting when he joined the company in 2021 from All3Media America. Along with Brittany Grooms and Cesar Rocha, she was part of the team that launched Netflix's first in-house acting division in 2021. Watch on Deadline

Roberts was also an unscripted casting director. He joined the broadcaster in 2021 from NBCUniversal and has worked across Peacock, USA Network, E!, Oxygen and Bravo.

The cuts have also affected a number of executives in the awards, product, technology and human resources teams, as well as TV and film scripting.

Earlier today, Deadline revealed that Lisa Lang McMullen, James Oh, Andrew McQueen and Carolina Garcia, who were all part of Netflix's scriptwriting department, were let go, along with a number of executives including Dan Evans, Jason Penn and Aaron Davidson.

On the film side, Doug Belgrad, who was VP of film and Dan Lane's first hire as film director after Scott Stauber, Schrum Kim, who was an indie film director, and director of film Sebastian Hernandez were also affected by the layoffs.

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