Amy Entelis

Amy Entelis is the Executive Vice President for Talent and Content Development for CNN Worldwide.[1] She leads the development, production, and acquisition of original, long-form premium content for the network.[2] Entelis is the senior talent executive at CNN and is responsible for the recruitment and development of all on-air correspondents, anchors, and contributors for CNN programming and global platforms.[1][3]

Amy Entelis
Born
Amy Lynn Radwell
Alma materVassar College (B.A)
Columbia University (M.S.)
OccupationMedia executive
Known forExecutive Vice President for Talent and Content Development for CNN Worldwide
SpouseCharles Franklin Entelis

Biography

Entelis was born Amy Lynn Radwell, the daughter of Jeanne and Louis Radwell, on Long Island, NY.[4][5] Entelis graduated from Vassar College, where she majored in psychology, and later attended Columbia University, where she earned a Master of Science in Journalism.[1][4]

Entelis began her career in television journalism at ABC News as a producer for the weekly news magazine 20/20 and then as a producer at World News Tonight with Peter Jennings.[6] During her thirty-year tenure, Entelis worked in various roles of increasing responsibility, ultimately serving as senior vice president for talent strategy, development, and research. She recruited and managed talent for the network's most high-profile news programs including Good Morning America, World News Tonight, Nightline, and 20/20.[3] While at ABC News, Entelis received several journalism honors, including a National News Emmy, a DuPont-Columbia Award, a Planned Parenthood Media Excellence Award, the Headliner Award from the Association for Women in Communications, and a Front Page Award from the Newswomen's Club of New York for Distinguished Journalism.[6][3]

In 2012, Entelis joined CNN.[7] Under her leadership, CNN launched four premium content brands for the network's global platforms: CNN Original Series and HLN Original Series, for which Entelis and her team develop nonfiction programming; CNN Films, for which Entelis produces and acquires documentary films for festival, theatrical, broadcast, and streaming distribution; and CNN Films Presents, for which Entelis acquires encore runs of notable documentary films for broadcast on CNN.[1][8][7]

Entelis is credited with building the CNN Original Series brand, bringing to audiences the 13-time Primetime Emmy Award winner Parts Unknown with Anthony Bourdain;[9] Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy, winner of the 2021 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series;[10] This is Life with Lisa Ling;[11] the five-time Primetime Emmy Award-winning, United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell;[12] the Primetime Emmy Award-nominated "Decades Series": The Sixties, The Seventies, The Eighties, The Nineties, The 2000s, executive produced by Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, and Mark Herzog;[13] the forthcoming Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico;[14] and many others.

Notable CNN Films executive produced by Entelis include Navalny, directed by Daniel Roher, about the attempted assassination of Russian opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, which won the Audience Award at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival;[15] Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain, directed by Academy Award winner Morgan Neville and distributed in theaters by Focus Features;[16] Apollo 11, directed by Todd Douglas Miller and featured on 2020 Oscars Shortlist in the category of Best Documentary Feature;[17] RBG from Betsy West and Julie Cohen, which earned nominations for Best Documentary Feature and Best Original Song ("I'll Fight") at the 91st Academy Awards;[18] Three Identical Strangers, directed by Tim Wardle, which was a nominee in the Best Documentary category at the 72nd British Academy Film Awards; Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, which won Best Music Film at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards;[19] We Will Rise: Michelle Obama’s Mission to Educate Girls Around the World, which features Former First Lady Michelle Obama, Meryl Streep, Freida Pinto, and CNN’s Isha Sesay and was honored with a Television Academy Honors Award and a CINE Golden Eagle;[20] and Blackfish, directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite, which was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary.[21]

Personal life

Entelis is married to Charles Franklin Entelis and resides with her family in New York City.[5]

She serves as the Chair of the Board of Visitors of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[22]

References
  1. "Amy Entelis - EVP for Talent and Content Development, CNN Worldwide". CNN. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  2. White, Abbey (13 September 2022). "CNN Films, Points North Institute Announce 2022 American Stories Doc Fellowship Grantees (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  3. Ariens, Chris (January 4, 2012). "Amy Entelis Joins CNN". Adweek.
  4. "Vassar Quarterly, Volume LXXV, Number 1, 1 September 1978". Vassar College. p. 66. Amy Radwell Entelis (now in Columbia J-school),
  5. "Amy Radwell Is a Bride". The New York Times. July 2, 1971.
  6. Weprin, Alex (March 21, 2011). "Amy Entelis Leaving ABC News". Adweek.
  7. Lieberman, David (January 4, 2012). "CNN Taps Amy Entelis To Oversee Talent And Content Development". Deadline.
  8. Kashty, Meagan (October 25, 2017). "Amy Entelis on five years of storytelling evolution at CNN". Real Screen Summit 2019.
  9. "Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown". Emmys.org. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  10. Andreeva, Nellie (September 12, 2021). "'Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy' Tops Oprah's Harry & Meghan Interview, David Letterman To Win Emmy For Hosted Nonfiction Series Or Special". Deadline.
  11. "New Season of the CNN Original Series, "This is Life with Lisa Ling," Premieres Sunday, Nov. 29 at 9pm ET/PT". The Futon Critic. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  12. "United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell". Emmys.org. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  13. "The Seventies". Emmys.org. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  14. White, Peter (May 18, 2022). "HQ Trivia Doc Set At CNN As Eva Longoria Series Moves From CNN+ To Linear Network". Deadline.
  15. Debruge, Peter (January 28, 2022). "Sundance 2022 Winners: From 'Nanny' and 'Navalny' to Crowd-Pleaser 'Cha Cha Real Smooth,' Indie Fest Spreads the Wealth". Variety.
  16. White, Peter (February 12, 2020). "CNN Content Chief Amy Entelis On 'The Windsors', Evolving Its Docuseries Strategy & Expanding Its Universe Via HBO Max". Deadline.
  17. "92nd Oscars Shortlists". Oscars.org. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  18. Ryzik, Melena (January 22, 2019). "Ruth Bader Ginsburg Reacts to Oscar Nomination for 'RBG'". New York Times.
  19. Masley, Ed (March 14, 2021). "How the documentary 'Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of my Voice' did at the 2021 Grammy Awards". Arizona Republic.
  20. "Television Academy Honors CNN Films for WE WILL RISE: Michelle Obama's Mission to Educate Girls Around the World". CNNpressroom.com. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  21. "Documentary in 2014". BAFTA.org. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  22. "About the School – Columbia Journalism School". Columbia Journalism School. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
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