BEAT SHAZAM
BARRY POZNICK
Executive Producer
Barry Poznick serves as general manager of a division of Amazon MGM Studios that includes MGM Alternative, as well as Evolution Media and Big Fish Entertainment. He is responsible for domestic and international development and production of content for broadcast, streaming, cable and syndication. A 30-year veteran of the entertainment business, Poznick oversees series, including FOX’s Beat Shazam, Survivor, The Voice, Shark Tank, Generation Gap, The Real Housewives of Orange County, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Vanderpump Rules, 007: Road To A Million, On Patrol: Live, Ugliest House in America, and Gladiators, as well as the upcoming series Are You Smarter Than A Celebrity?, hosted by Travis Kelce; and In the Ring with Kevin Hart.
Prior to joining MGM, Poznick founded ZOO Productions and built it into a prolific independent production company, which was acquired by the U.K.’s All3Media in 2008. ZOO Productions series included the Emmy-nominated Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Buckwild, Girls Behaving Badly, Speeders and The Mandy Moore Show. Poznick is a founding member of the Starts with Us foundation (a movement to foster curiosity, compassion, and courage), an advisor for American Corporate Partners (counseling Veterans transitioning into the entertainment business), and sits on the advisory board for The American Influencer Awards and Global Citizen Live.
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Barry Poznick serves as general manager of a division of Amazon MGM Studios that includes MGM Alternative, as well as Evolution Media and Big Fish Entertainment. He is responsible for domestic and international development and production of content for broadcast, streaming, cable and syndication. A 30-year veteran of the entertainment business, Poznick oversees series, including FOX’s Beat Shazam, Survivor, The Voice, Shark Tank, Generation Gap, The Real Housewives of Orange County, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Vanderpump Rules, 007: Road To A Million, On Patrol: Live, Ugliest House in America, and Gladiators, as well as the upcoming series Are You Smarter Than A Celebrity?, hosted by Travis Kelce; and In the Ring with Kevin Hart.
Prior to joining MGM, Poznick founded ZOO Productions and built it into a prolific independent production company, which was acquired by the U.K.’s All3Media in 2008. ZOO Productions series included the Emmy-nominated Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Buckwild, Girls Behaving Badly, Speeders and The Mandy Moore Show. Poznick is a founding member of the Starts with Us foundation (a movement to foster curiosity, compassion, and courage), an advisor for American Corporate Partners (counseling Veterans transitioning into the entertainment business), and sits on the advisory board for The American Influencer Awards and Global Citizen Live.