Meet the President of Universal Content Productions Beatrice Springborn via Zoom!
Beatrice Springborn is President, Universal Content Productions (UCP) and Interim President of NBCUniversal International Studios, divisions of Universal Studio Group. She reports to Pearlena Igbokwe, Chairman, Universal Studio Group. Springborn has oversight over all aspects of UCP and NBCUniversal International Studios’ award-winning content slate with a primary focus on growing the studio’s global production output.
Springborn joined UCP in November 2020 following a six-year run at Hulu, where she led comedy and drama development, co-productions and casting across the streamer’s acclaimed and award-winning slate of originals. She is known for implementing the creative strategy on strong book-based IP such as the Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Normal People,” “Little Fires Everywhere,” “The Looming Tower,” “Nine Perfect Strangers,” “Shrill” and “Conversations with Friends.” Her slate also included “The Great,” “Ramy,” “Castle Rock,” “Future Man,” “Pen15,” “Dollface,” “Casual,” “Wu Tang: An American Saga,” “Harlots,” “The First,” and the animated series “Crossing Swords” and “Solar Opposites.”
Additionally, Springborn is no stranger to Universal Studio Group, having overseen UCP’s “The Act,” which drove more new subscribers to Hulu than any other original series, and the Julie Klausner/Billy Eichner comedy “Difficult People,” along with Universal Television’s “The Mindy Project,” “Four Weddings and a Funeral” and “The Path.” Prior to joining Hulu, she was Head of Television for Craig Zadan and Neil Meron’s Storyline Entertainment, which had deals with Universal Television and NBC International.
Springborn has also served as Senior Vice President for Caryn Mandabach Productions (“Peaky Blinders”), Executive Vice President of Television/Film Production and Development at Valhalla (“The Walking Dead”) and Vice President of Production and Development at FilmNation Entertainment. She started her executive career in development at Pixar, where she worked on films including “Ratatouille” and “Finding Nemo.”
She has an MFA from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television.
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