Panelist:Kary Antholis
President, HBO Miniseries
Kary Antholis is president, HBO Miniseries, for Home Box Office, responsible for overseeing the development and production of miniseries for the network. He was named to this position in October 2008.
Most recently Antholis was program executive for the multiple Emmy(r)-winning miniseries John Adams as well as Generation Kill. He is currently working on The Pacific.
Antholis first joined HBO in 1992 as director, Documentary Programming, where he oversaw the development and production of HBO's documentaries and acted as program executive on award-winning documentaries such as Educating Peter, The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter and Gang War: Bangin' in Little Rock.
He left HBO in 1994 to produce and direct the documentary One Survivor Remembers, which debuted on HBO and won an Oscar(r) in 1996 and Primetime Emmy(r) in 1995. He also created and was executive producer of The Cape, a one-hour drama syndicated during the 1996-97 television season.
Antholis rejoined HBO in April 1997 as a consultant on the Emmy(r)-winning miniseries From the Earth to the Moon. He was promoted to vice president, Original Programming, Drama Events, in 1998, responsible for overseeing the development and production of drama programming for HBO, and worked as a program executive on the miniseries The Corner during that time. In 1999, Antholis was made vice president, HBO Films, supervising such projects as Wit and The Gathering Storm, and was named senior vice president, HBO Films & Miniseries in 2004, serving as program executive for the multiple Emmy(r) winning miniseries Angels In America and Elizabeth I among others.
He started his television career in production as vice president, Business Affairs and Documentary Production for ZM Productions in 1990. Previously, Antholis practiced law and taught history.
Antholis is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Writers Guild of America, the Directors Guild of America as well as the Bars of New York, New Jersey and the District of Columbia.
He holds a BA in History and French Literature from Bowdoin College, an MA in European History from Stanford University and a JD from Georgetown University.
