EPIX has appointed Maureen Taran has joined the company as Vice President of Original Programming Live Events, effective immediately.
Taran was the supervising producer for Showtime’s celebrity talk show, The Green Room with Paul Provenza, before joining EPIX.
She served as Vice President of Programming for The Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal and founded The Taran Company Consulting based in New York City where she served as a talent consultant for Warner Brothers and programming consultant for Just for Laughs.
She spent close to fifteen years as a talent manager, ten of which were with The Barry Katz Entertainment Group, managing the careers of such celebrity comedians as Dane Cook, Wanda Sykes, Tracy Morgan, Dave Chappelle, Jim Gaffigan and Jim Norton, among others.
Taran will report to Laverne McKinnon, Executive Vice President of Original Programming and Development at EPIX.
Taran said “I am extremely excited to be a part of the EPIX team and am certain that many of the talented actors, comedians and writers with whom I’ve worked over the years will be eager to bring their creative ideas to the supportive, talent-friendly environment at EPIX.”
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