Amazon Adds Seasoned Doc Exec Liz Franco to Nonfiction Team

Amazon has bolstered its nonfiction team by hiring Liz Franco, a seasoned documentary executive from Netflix.

Franco joins Amazon as a Creative Executive after five years at Netflix, where she worked on numerous high-profile docuseries, including American Murder: Gabby Petito, Simone Biles Rising, and Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model.

Before her tenure at Netflix, Franco spent two years at CNN, overseeing series such as United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell and This Is Life with Lisa Ling.

Ariane Wu, Senior Creative Executive Documentary Series at Amazon and a former colleague of Franco's at Netflix, welcomed her to the team, highlighting her extensive experience and expertise in documentary storytelling.