Len Amato Exits As President Of HBO Films, Miniseries & Cinemax
Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVLen Amato, President of HBO Films, Miniseries and Cinemax, is leaving the premium cable network after thirteen years.His exit comes amid a wave of layoffs across HBO parent WarnerMedia, which has impacted a number of veteran, high-level executives. It also continues a consolidation on the longform side at HBO over the past 18 months as that part of the TV business has been evolving.Longtime HBO Films President Amato added miniseries and Cinemax oversight in April 2019 when 25-year HBO veteran Kary Antholis stepped down as President, HBO Miniseries and Cinemax Programming.At the time, Cinemax already had started to wind down original programming, a process that is now in its final stages.