Disney Studios Content Names Paige Olson as Chief Counsel (EXCLUSIVE)
Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterPaige Olson has been named chief counsel of Disney Studios Content, Variety has learned exclusively.A 25-year Disney veteran, Olson will succeed longtime studio general counsel Steve Bardwil when he retires at the end of March. She will lead the division’s legal affairs team, and report to Disney Studios chairman Alan Bergman and Walt Disney Company general counsel and secretary Horacio Gutierrez.Disney Studios Content encompasses all of the company’s marquee content engines, including Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Marvel, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures.