Iris Boelhouwer heads Endemol’s global creative operations. Working with Endemol’s Creative Board she is responsible for coordinating the Group’s creative processes and teams around the world. This includes overseeing the creative consultancy and format distribution teams as well as orchestrating Global Creative Team meetings, comprising the Group's creative leaders in key markets.
She has guided local adaptation of major formats around the world such as Big Brother, Deal or No Deal and Wipeout and plays a leading role in the decision making process for selecting formats to be showcased at international markets.
Iris first joined Endemol in 1994 and since then has held a number of key roles within the company. This has included Executive Producer and Creative Director at Endemol Netherlands and most recently Executive Director, Creative Support at Endemol Group.
Additionally, Iris spent five years with Dutch broadcaster SBS as the Editor in Chief to their news department.
ABOUT ENDEMOL
Endemol is the largest independent television and digital production company in the world. It comprises a global network of over 80 companies in 31 countries and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Endemol works with approximately 300 broadcasters, digital platforms and licensees worldwide and covers all elements of the entertainment spectrum including development, production, marketing, distribution and franchise management. The company annually produces 10,000 hours of content across genres, including entertainment, reality TV, game shows, comedy, drama, sport, docu-dramas, animation, features and feature films.
Its credits include international hits such as Big Brother, Deal or No Deal, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, 1 vs. 100, Star Academy, Wipeout and The Money Drop. Its growing drama portfolio includes Hell on Wheels, Hot in Cleveland, Home and Away, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Rush, Nini and Penoza.
Endemol is also one of the world’s largest independent distributors of formats and finished programming, with a growing library of over 2,300 formats and more than 24,000 hours of content. The company’s creative teams around the world are continuously developing new ideas that are shared across the Endemol network.
