Credits: Founder and President, Rosewood TV

LAURIE ZAKS is a television producer and President of Rosewood Television, a company which she founded in 2021 and has multiple projects set up at Netflix, Amazon, CBS Studios, and Starz. Previously, Zaks spent seven years as Head of Television for Mandeville Films, where she developed and executive produced a number of series, including ABC’s The Fix, The Family and Wicked City as well as Hit & Run, which is streaming on Netflix. Prior to Mandeville, Zaks developed, sold and executive produced the popular ABC series Castle with ABC Studios. Prior to that, she worked as the Head of Current Series at UPN and the VP of Series at CBS where she shepherded such series as Veronica Mars, Everybody Loves Raymond and The King of Queens. Zaks began her career in New York City as an NBC page which led to a five-year stint on Saturday Night Live, followed by four years at Comedy Central.