FRANCES BERWICK
SVP, Programming and Production, Bravo, NBC Universal
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As Senior Vice President, Programming and Production, Frances Berwick supervises all programming for Bravo including original production and development. Most recently, Berwick was responsible for developing and producing 2003’s most-talked about television show, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and is currently overseeing production on Bravo’s 2004 slate including Project Runway, Blow Out, and Celebrity Poker Showdown plus Project Greenlight which premieres on Bravo in 2005. Early in her career at the network, Berwick introduced such high-profile original series as Inside the Actors Studio, Bravo Profiles, Michael Moore’s The Awful Truth, First Person with Errol Morris and The It Factor as well as numerous mini-series and specials such as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Songwriters Hall of Fame Concerts. Berwick also secured a partnership deal for Bravo to become the official U.S. network of Cirque du Soleil. As a result of the partnership, Bravo exclusively presents all of Cirque’s televised performances including the Emmy Award-winning 13-part original documentary series Cirque du Soleil: Fire Within. She also oversaw programming for the Independent Film Channel (IFC), and launched and programmed Bravo and IFC networks in Latin America and Canada. Berwick joined Bravo Networks in 1996 from Britain’s Channel 4 Television, where she headed International Distribution and Licensing. Prior to that, she was in the sponsorship division at Sadler’s Wells (a leading London Theater), where she raised funds for opera and dance productions. Berwick has a Master’s Degree from Edinburgh University. The Peabody, National Association of Minorities in Communication (NAMIC), and Cable Ace Awards are among the prestigious honors Berwick has received. She has also been nominated for a Grammy Award, fourteen prime-time Emmys and has won one prime-time Emmy Award. Berwick is a member of New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT), British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), Women in Cable and Telecommunications (WICT), National Cable Television Association (NCTA) and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS).