Sue Naegle is an American television executive and producer, former president of HBO Entertainment, former chief content officer at Annapurna Pictures, and founder of Naegle Ink. [1] [2] [3] In 2012, Naegle was recognized as the 46th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes Magazine . [4]
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Naegle grew up in Rockaway, New Jersey and attended Morris Hills High School. [5] She studied comparative literature and communications at Indiana University, where she graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts. [6]
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Naegle began her career in 1992 in the mail room at United Talent Agency. [7] [8] Two years later, she became an agent at the company, and went on to be named a partner and co-head of the TV department by 1999. At only 32 years old, Naegle was one of the youngest partners at a major agency. [9] During her tenure, she was credited with developing several successful programs, including The Bernie Mac Show and the HBO dramas Six Feet Under and True Blood. [2]
In 2008, she was named President of HBO Entertainment, overseeing the production of all original series. Under her leadership, numerous successful television shows including Girls, Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, and Veep were developed. [10] In August 2012, she was recognized as the 46th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes Magazine, [4] and in the last year of her tenure, HBO won 27 Emmy Awards. [1] After her departure from the company in 2013, she formed her own production company, Naegle Ink.
She is an executive producer of the Cinemax series Outcast which began production in 2015. [1] [2] In 2016, she was named the head of Annapurna Television, a division of Annapurna Pictures. [11] In 2019, she was named chief content officer of Annapurna Pictures, where she oversaw TV, film, and theatre development. [12] In March 2022, Naegle departed from the company. [13]
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