Alexandra Zimbler Smith

As VP, Creative Executive at Gaumont, Alexandra Zimbler Smith oversees content development across all genres in Scripted Television; imagining, discovering and packaging premium series for streaming and premium cable networks. Alexandra is responsible for identifying new projects and co-productions for the U.S. and international markets. Growing up in Russia and England, Alexandra developed a passion for storytelling and performance arts through her involvement in competitive figure skating. By performing with the Russian Ballet on Ice and competing on the British Olympic Development Team, she learned to tell stories using music and movement. Moving to the U.S., she studied Visual Arts at Harvard and the Prague Film School, before setting her sights on Hollywood. Alexandra began her professional career at Creative Artists Agency and Jerry Bruckheimer TV. Prior to Gaumont, she served as Head of Development at MAS Production, where she developed a number of film and television projects.