Paige Olson has been named chief counsel of Disney Studios Content, Variety has learned exclusively.
A 25-year Disney veteran, Olson will succeed longtime studio general counsel Steve Bardwil when he retires at the end of March. She will lead the division’s legal affairs team, and report to Disney Studios chairman Alan Bergman and Walt Disney Company general counsel and secretary Horacio Gutierrez.
Disney Studios Content encompasses all of the company’s marquee content engines, including Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Marvel, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures. Her purview as chief counsel will also include the Disney Theatrical Group, a producer of global stage shows, and studio marketing, operations, finance, technology, human resources and other business groups.
Olson has consistently climbed the ladder since joining Disney in 1996. She most recently served as deputy chief counsel, overseeing legal affairs for films from the Disney Live Action group,...
A 25-year Disney veteran, Olson will succeed longtime studio general counsel Steve Bardwil when he retires at the end of March. She will lead the division’s legal affairs team, and report to Disney Studios chairman Alan Bergman and Walt Disney Company general counsel and secretary Horacio Gutierrez.
Disney Studios Content encompasses all of the company’s marquee content engines, including Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Marvel, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures. Her purview as chief counsel will also include the Disney Theatrical Group, a producer of global stage shows, and studio marketing, operations, finance, technology, human resources and other business groups.
Olson has consistently climbed the ladder since joining Disney in 1996. She most recently served as deputy chief counsel, overseeing legal affairs for films from the Disney Live Action group,...
- 3/24/2022
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
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