Sue Naegle is an American television executive and producer, former president of HBO Entertainment, former Chief Content Officer at Annapurna Pictures, and founder of Dinner Party Productions.
At HBO, she was instrumental in shepherding such Emmy Award-winning shows as Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, True Blood, Treme, Eastbound & Down, Enlightened, Veep and Girls.
[7] She was instrumental in launching Annapurna’s Theater and Television departments, fostering a supportive environment for artists and amplifying distinctive voices across both spaces.
After starting Annapurna’s Theater division, she oversaw the production of several Tony Award-winning shows including Network, starring Bryan Cranston; The Lehmann Trilogy; David Byrne’s American Utopia, directed by Spike Lee; and A Strange Loop.
On the film side, Naegle produced Laura Steinel’s feature directorial debut, Family, starring Taylor Schilling and Brian Tyree Henry, which premiered at the 2018 SXSW festival.
[8][9] Dinner Party Productions is producing Peacock’s adaptation of Elin Hilderbrand’s New York Times best-selling novel The Five-Star Weekend, with Bekkah Brunstetter writing.