Netflix Film VP Doug Belgrad Out In Layoffs - The Hollywood Reporter
Netflix has laid off film executive Doug Belgrad as part of a major corporate restructuring. The move follows a shift in leadership under film chairman Dan Lin.
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High-level executive turnover at major streaming platforms signals shifts in content strategy and corporate cost-cutting measures.
As part of Netflix ‘s largest restructuring in four years, film division executive Doug Belgrad has been laid off, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter .
Belgrad had served as a righthand man to film chairman Dan Lin since he joined the streaming giant in 2024 following a long run at Sony, including as president of Columbia Pictures. His hire was the first big exec move by Lin at the time after the exec succeeded Scott Stuber in the role overseeing all movies at the streaming giant.
Belgrad had just toasted the launch of the Ben Affleck-directed Animals at its Los Angeles world premiere early in October, and had been a key part of managing Netflix’s massive slate of original movies. As part of the reorg, movie exec Sheroum Kim, who joined Netflix in 2019 as director of independent films, was also let go.
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