Speaker Details

Full Name
Oliver Jones
Company
Apple TV+
Title
Senior Commissioning Executive
Country (Address)
United States
Biography
Originally from the UK, Oliver is a Senior Commissioning Executive, currently based in LA, for Apple TV+. His focus is international scripted programming spanning original series development and production, co-production and acquisition. He sources, develops and produces shows from all international territories outside of the US.

Oliver runs point on Tehran, which just won Best Drama Series at the International Emmy's 2021. He's also responsible for Masters of The Air (EP'S: Steven Spielberg & Tom Hanks, Dir: Cary Fukunaga), Disclaimer (SR & Director: Alfonso Cuaron), Time Bandits (SR: Taika Waititi and Jermaine Clement, Studios: Paramount/MRC), Monarch (Godzilla/Kong returning series, Studios: Legendary/Toho), Sunny (Starring: Rashida Jones, Studio A24), The New Look (Chanel/Dior returning series, SR: Todd Kessler, Starring: Ben Mendelsohn & Juliette Binoche), Ferrari (SR: Steve Knight, Studio: Fremantle/The Apartment), Cosmonauts (SR: Peter Harness, Studio: Turbine/Haut Et Court), Losing Alice (SR: Sigal Avin, Studio: Dori Media) and Apple TV+ first Russian language series, Container (START).

Prior to joining Apple, Oliver was Vice President of scripted development at Fremantle. Highlights he worked on include American Gods (Neil Gaiman/Starz), Mosquito Coast (Neil Cross/Apple TV+) and Gormenghast (Neil Gaiman/Akiva Goldsman/Showtime). Prior to this, he worked at The Weinstein Company, where he was responsible for Yellowstone (Paramount Network) and Imagine TV, with Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, where he worked on Empire (FOX).
Oliver Jones