Gina Balian is president of FX Entertainment, overseeing scripted
original programming including development, current series, casting,
production and business affairs for FX and FX Productions. Balian was
promoted to this position in October 2022 after previously serving as
president, Original Programming.

Balian has been instrumental in developing FX’s slate of original
programming that has received a total of 637 Emmy® Awards nominations
and 136 Emmy wins, including an FX record 93 nominations in 2024 and
36 Emmy Award wins, the most of any brand or streamer that year.

Balian most recently oversaw the development of “The Beauty” and
“Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette,” and the
global event series “Alien: Earth” and “Shōgun,” which won 18
Emmy® Awards, setting the record for the most wins by any series in a
single season. Balian was also instrumental in developing “Dying for
Sex,” “Say Nothing,” “American Crime Story: Aaron Hernandez”
and “FEUD: Capote Vs. the Swans.” Prior to that, Balian developed
“A Murder at the End of the World,” “Fleishman is in Trouble,”
“Under the Banner of Heaven” and “Class of ’09.”

Balian joined FX Networks in 2012 to lead a newly created division
devoted to making FX the premiere destination for limited series. She
developed FX Networks’ first limited series, “Fargo,” which has
delivered five award-winning installments and the award-winning “The
People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story.”

Prior to joining FX Networks, Balian served as senior vice president
of Drama Series at HBO.
