Season 5 (formerly Endeavor Content) has named Marie Lisieux as Executive Vice President of Non-Script Development and Production.
In her new role, Lisieux will expand Season 5’s slate of unscripted content across all platforms. She will be collaborating with Kevin Iwashina, Head of Documentary on Season 5.
“Mary is an exceptional product and an amazing human being,” said Graham Taylor and Chris Rice, Season 5 co-CEOs. “Her deep experience and exquisite taste make her the ideal person to build both scripted and documentary development and production work.”
Lisieux joined Blumhouse Television’s fifth season, overseeing the company’s off-screen roster. Her work there included such projects as Worst Roommate Ever, The People vs. the Klan, Pray Away, The Anarchists, What Happened, Brittany Murphy?
“I am delighted to join this exceptional and visionary group in Season 5,” said Lisieux. “We share a passion for creating documentary, non-scripted and non-scripted content motivated by purpose with amazing talent on and off screen. Season 5’s culture is just what I was looking for – inclusive, collaborative and most of all, respectful. Thank you Graham and Chris for this tremendous opportunity.”
Before working at Blumhouse, Lisieux worked for Ridley Scott’s Scott Free Productions and RSA Films. She was also the Vice President at RJ Cutler’s Reality Pictures.
Season 5 has a number of documentaries and non-scripted projects on his to-do list at present. These include: “Omnivore” produced and narrated by Chef Rene Redzepi for Apple and co-produced by Film45; the feature documentary Second Chance, directed by Ramin Bahrani, co-produced with The Vespucci Group and Samuel Marshall Films, who also co-financed; Being Mary Tyler Moore and a feature-length documentary about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, directed by Sean Penn and Aaron Kaufman in association with Vice Studios
Season 5 also has a first-look deal with Rick Rubin and his Shangri-La Studios to develop both documentary and non-scripted projects.
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