Christian Barcellos

SVP Development & Production

Fox International Channels

As FOX International Channels’ Executive Vice President of Unscripted Entertainment, seasoned producer and Emmy Award®-winning production executive Christian Barcellos leads the overall content strategy and brand editorial of FIC’s original unscripted productions. He is responsible for overseeing all original development & production, and developing and implementing long-term unscripted programming for the group’s entertainment brands: FOX, FOXLife, FX, Star World SEA, Star Chinese Channel.

Before joining FIC in November 2013, Barcellos was the Vice President of Production and an Executive Producer at Bravo where he oversaw some of the channel’s most-watched, groundbreaking and prestigious series, ranging from Emmy Award winners Queer Eye for the Straight Guy to Inside the Actors Studio to five incarnations of The Real Housewives franchise, including the top-rated Atlanta and New Jersey versions. He was behind titles like this year’s Emmy nominated Flipping Out, I Dream of Nene, Bethenny Ever After, Don’t Be Tardy..., Interior Therapy with Jeff Lewis and many more. In 2012, over half of Bravo's top 10 series were executive produced by Barcellos. In 2013, he oversaw the highest rated season and most watched series in Bravo's history, Real Housewives of Atlanta, as well as Married to Medicine, the network’s highest-rated non-franchise/non-spin-off freshman series since Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.

A graduate of University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, Barcellos started his media career as a freelance screenwriter for various producers including Imagine Entertainment. He grew up overseas and his first after-school job was at WAPA-TV in Puerto Rico, which he describes as a "My Favorite Year experience" bouncing from soap operas to variety, game and news shows.

Speaking at: 30 Minutes With: Christian Barcellos, FOX International Channels (10:45-11:15)