Wiip’s Lee Rierson Joins Miramax As Head Of Global Television Business & Legal Affairs
Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Lee Rierson has left independent TV studio wiip, where he was Head of Business & Operations, to join another indie, Miramax. Rierson has been named EVP, Global Television Business and Legal Affairs for Miramax, which has been ramping up their TV production operating under new Head of Worldwide Television Marc Helwig.Rierson will serve as lead negotiator for all of the company’s television business transactions both domestic and international, covering all development and production deals, rights deals, co-productions, co-financings, and license agreements with buyers of the studio’s new original content.