Gail Berman

Chairman and CEO, The Jackal Group

Gail Berman is one of the most prolific content creators in the entertainment business, having launched award-winning properties for television, film, digital, and the Broadway stage. She currently serves as the President of the Producers Guild of America, as well as Chairman and CEO of The Jackal Group, a production studio creating scripted and unscripted television, feature films, and commercial theater with credits including TIDYING UP WITH MARIE KONDO for Netflix and THE ADDAMS FAMILY and THE ADDAMS FAMILY 2 hit films for MGM. For television, Jackal is currently producing MONARCH and GRIMSBURG for Fox; and THE PERFECT COUPLE for Netflix. On the feature film side, Jackal is producing ELVIS, the Baz Luhrmann musical film for Warner Bros., and developing I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT YOU at Universal. Concurrently, in 2019 Berman initiated and served as the Chairperson of Sidecar Content Accelerator, an in-house production studio for FOX Entertainment. Berman is one of the few media executives to hold the top posts at both a major film studio and a broadcast television network. She was named President of Paramount Pictures in March 2005, and before joining Paramount, she served as President of Entertainment for Fox Broadcasting Company from 2000 to 2005.