Sue Naegle - President of HBO Entertainment

The person I have chosen to focus this post on is Sue Naegle, President of HBO Entertainment. Although the assignment was to focus on a female artist/director, I wanted to take the assignment a step further.  Naegle started out as an agent working with United Talent Agency, where she later became partner.  As an agent she worked with her client, Alan Ball to sell what would be hit shows for HBO, Six Feet Under and True Blood.  These shows produced major numbers for the network and brought attention to Naegle's work as President. The network would also go on to have hits such as, Boardwalk Empire and Girls all under the hands of Sue Naegle.  She received a lot of recognition for building the network back up, here is the: Newsweek article  that talks about Naegle's work at HBO. 

 

The clip above is of adorable Madison Moellers interviewing Sue Naegle, as one of the most influential women in Hollywood.  Sue Naegle in essence would be considered an auteur because she is the one who decides what shows get airtime on the network.  The decisions that Naegle has made thus far has landed her on Forbes, Most Powerful Women's List: Forbes List and erned the network and its programs countless awards.

In doing my research trying to find someone to focus on, I came across many influential women that don't get the recognition they deserve.  Whether you are a feminist or not, to have a woman in the "game" that is media is an accomplishment.  I think woman have come a long way and yes, there is much more to be done, but having such women like Sue Naegle we are getting there.

Resources:

Hollywood Reporter

Forbes List

Newsweek

Clip on how Sue Naegle balances life, work and family