Amy Savitsky was appointed Senior Vice President of Development and Programming for A&E Network in 2015. In this position, Savitsky is responsible for driving development and production of A&E’s nonfiction series.

Savitsky joined A&E after more than a decade at Discovery Communications, where she served as Senior Vice President of Development for TLC. She oversaw the day-to-day management of the network’s development team, managed key relationships in the production community and supervised the editorial, budgetary and delivery components of the development process. Among the franchises launched under her tenure are Breaking Amish and My 600lb Life.

Prior to TLC Savitsky was Vice President, Development for Discovery Channel where her credits included Alaska: The Last Frontier, Property Wars and Swamp Brothers. She also managed the team responsible for series development. Savitsky also held development roles at Discovery Health Channel. Previously, she worked for DreamWorks SKG as a story editor.

Savitsky is also a member of the CINE Board. She holds an MA in Film from American University and an undergraduate degree in Business from the University of Virginia.

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