Michael Edelstein is President of NBCUniversal International Studios.  Based in London, he has strategic oversight of the international television production division, leading supplier of English language content originated outside of the United States.

Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe-winning executive producer of the lobal phenomenon Desperate Housewives, Edelstein assumed his role in June 2010.  Since that time, he has devised and executed a strategy to build International Studios from inception into one of the most respected content players on the international landscape, producing premium television for global audiences including the UK’s biggest television export of all time, Downton Abbey.   

NBCUniversal International Studios’ portfolio includes Carnival Films, producers of Downton Abbey, The Last Kingdom and Jamestown; Working Title Television, a joint venture with acclaimed filmmakers, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner; Monkey, producers of the hit structured-reality series, Made in Chelsea; Australian-based Matchbox Pictures, two-time recent winners of the Production Business of the Year award by the Screen Producers of Australia.  Recently, Edelstein teamed with David Heyman, producer of the Harry Potter franchise and Gravity to form Heyday Television, operating in both the UK and US.

Edelstein brokered a first of its kind co-production partnership with Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland and TF1 to produce original US-style TV procedural dramas directly for the International market.  The first series, Gone, heads into production in April 2017, starring Chris Noth, Leven Rambin and Danny Pino. 

Additionally, Edelstein oversees NBCUniversal International Formats, the international sales division for all television formats created or owned by NBCUniversal. Licensing and producing content in over 70 territories worldwide, International Formats’ hits include Law & Order, Real Housewives and Top Chef. 

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