Liz Gateley
Prior to Spotify, Gateley was EVP Head of Programming at Lifetime Television. At Lifetime, Gateley developed You (TV series), the scripted series starring Penn Badgley, oversaw "UnReal" and Executive Produced "Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)" which won an Oscar in 2020 for Best Documentary Short.
She was also a founding partner and co-owner, along with Tony DiSanto, of DiGa, a studio and production company hybrid. In what Gateley describes as her "dream job", she is responsible for leading the development of new weekly and daily series for the channel including both scripted and reality projects.
Gateley is known for creating the hit reality series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, inspired by her childhood growing up in Palos Verdes, California. It was the first thing she pitched at MTV back in 2003, the summer in which she started, and she went on to serve as executive producer of that series as well as its spinoffs, The Hills and The City. Her next creation was 8th & Ocean, which also went on to become a hit series for MTV. During her 9 years at MTV, Gateley developed a diverse slate of hit series for the network, which most recently included Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant, on which she also served as executive producer. Gateley has successfully expanded MTV programming to include hit shows such as The Hills, Randy Jackson Presents America's Next Best Dance Crew, The Buried Life, Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory, Nitro Circus, The City, Human Giant and Run's House as well as the 2009 documentary, Britney: For the Record. She is also an executive producer for the former MTV and now, VH1 series Scream. In 2019, Gateley was appointed as Spotify's head of creative development in podcasts.
Projects in scripted development under Gateley's guidance at MTV include the series Teen Wolf, a thriller reinvention of the 1985 blockbuster film, "Awkward," and the critically acclaimed British hit series, Skins. Recent projects include two scripted comedy series, The Hard Times of RJ Berger and Warren the Ape, which aired in June 2010.
Prior to MTV and her current position at Lifetime, Gateley worked at Lifetime Television where she was responsible for the development of primetime and daytime scripted and reality original series and specials, including Strong Medicine, The Division, Intimate Portrait, and Weddings of a Lifetime. She now works as head of all programming. Before Lifetime, Gateley got her first shot in the entertainment industry while working at William Morris Agency in their agent trainee program. She is also an attorney who practiced corporate law.
Gateley graduated from Loyola Law School with a J.D. degree after earning a B. A. in Economics/Business from University of California, Los Angeles.
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