Obamas Hire Priya Swaminathan for New Netflix Production Company

Barack and Michelle Obama hire Priya Swaminathan, a seasoned entertainment executive with a background in documentaries and social activism, to work at the Los Angeles-based Netflix production company. She will team with the Obamas on developing new Hollywood projects, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Swaminathan is the former director of development at Annapurna Pictures. She produced and co-directed Very Young Girls, a 2007 documentary on New York's teenage prostitutes that aired on Showtime. She formerly worked for Dickhouse Productions. Swaminathan has served as an industry advisor for the Sundance Institute's FilmTwo Initiative to encourage minority filmmakers. She's also been recently involved in the Time's Up Initiative.

In May, Netflix announced that it signed the Obamas to a multiple-year deal to produce films and TV series.

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