Ted Sarandos Biography

Fast Facts

• Became a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute
• When he was a child, he would watch five episodes of a soap opera satire with his family back to back every Sunday night, which helped shape his idea for releasing entire series of television shows at once
• While working part-time in a strip-mall video store in the early 1980s, he started studying how viewers consumed television
• Quote: "It is a golden age for TV, but only because the best writers and directors increasingly like to work outside Hollywood․"
• Quote: "You're watching a great television show you're really wrapped up in? You might get 50 minutes of watching a week and then 18,000 minutes of waiting until the next episode comes along․ I'd rather make it all about the joy․"
• In 2000, he began leading content acquisition for Netflix
• Worked as an executive at video distributor ETD and Video City, as well as West Coast Video
• Recognized as an innovator in film acquisition and distribution with over 20 years of experience in the industry
• At Tribeca and the Los Angeles Film Festival, he served on the Film Advisory Board
• Served on the retail advisory board for the Digital Entertainment Group