Elizabeth Franco leaves Netflix to join Amazon as creative exec for non-scripted

Elizabeth Franco

Elizabeth Franco has joined Amazon MGM Studios’ unscripted team as a creative executive following nearly five years at Netflix.

She was previously the manager of original docuseries at Netflix, where she worked on titles including Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model, Sean Combs: The Reckoning, Chef’s Table, Turning Point: The Vietnam War and American Murder: Gabby Petito.

LA-based Franco joins the team led by Jenn Levy, the former Netflix, Bravo and 32 Flavors exec who was tapped to helm Amazon MGM Studios’ unscripted efforts in January of this year. In the spring, another Netflix alum, Ariane Wu, also joined Amazon.

Before joining Netflix, Franco was a manager at CNN Original Series, working on projects such as United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell and Lincoln: Divided We Stand. Prior to that she worked on the television development team at Vox Media Studios and in the TV business affairs department at WME.

Deadline was the first report the move.