Netflix’s latest round of layoffs has reached the ranks of the executives responsible for developing and acquiring its movies and television shows, with film vice president Doug Belgrad, original-series director Carolina Garcia and several other programming leaders among those departing the streaming giant.

The cuts, announced Wednesday, Oct. 14, are part of a company-wide reduction affecting approximately 1,000 employees, or about 6 percent of Netflix’s workforce. Although the majority of the reductions are concentrated in product, technology, legal and human resources, the departures within the entertainment divisions encompass executives with experience at major studios and credits on some of the service’s most prominent productions.

The most prominent film-side departure is Doug Belgrad, who joined Netflix in 2024 and became a key lieutenant to film chairman Dan Lin.

Belgrad arrived with a lengthy studio résumé. He joined Sony Pictures in 1989 and went on to serve as president of production at Columbia Pictures, president of the studio beginning in 2011 and president of Sony’s Motion Picture Group in 2013. His appointment at Netflix was among Lin’s first major executive hires after Lin succeeded Scott Stuber in overseeing the streamer’s movie business.

At Netflix, Belgrad helped manage the company’s slate of original live-action features, working with the executives overseeing individual film teams. His departure comes as the company continues to invest in a wide-ranging movie operation that spans commercial star vehicles, prestige projects and filmmaker-driven productions.

Belgrad had also been visible on the film circuit shortly before the layoffs, attending the Los Angeles world premiere of Ben Affleck’s Animals earlier in October.

Sheroum Kim, another member of Netflix’s film organization, was also let go. Kim joined the company in 2019 as director of independent films, placing the executive within the team responsible for evaluating and acquiring movies outside the studio’s traditional in-house production pipeline.

The two departures touch different parts of Netflix’s film operation: Belgrad’s senior oversight of original live-action features and Kim’s work in independent-film acquisition.

Netflix’s television organization has also lost a group of executives responsible for overall deals, drama, original series and animation.

The departures span both director and manager levels, with several of the affected executives having arrived from established broadcast and studio operations before moving into Netflix’s streaming-focused model.

Lisa Lang McMullen — Director, Overall Deals and Series

McMullen most recently served as director of overall deals and series. She joined Netflix in 2021 after 12 years at Disney, bringing experience in the studio relationships and talent agreements that help underpin a streaming service’s development pipeline.

James Oh — Director, Drama Series

Oh served as director of drama series, placing the executive within the team overseeing the development of scripted dramatic programming. The departure represents another reduction among the director-level ranks of Netflix’s television operation.

Carolina Garcia — Director, Original Series

Garcia was a director of original series and joined Netflix in 2016 from 20th Century Fox Television. Her work at the streamer included involvement with major titles such as Stranger Things and 13 Reasons Why.

Her departure is notable given her tenure at Netflix and her experience working on high-profile series during the company’s expansion into global original programming.

Andrew McQuinn — Director, Original Series

McQuinn also served as director of original series. He joined Netflix in 2018 from ABC Signature, bringing a background in traditional television production to the streaming operation.

His credits at Netflix include American Primeval, Zero Day and Griselda, according to TheWrap’s reporting.

Jason Pan — Manager, Original Series

Pan was among the managers affected in the television cuts. His role was in original series, a part of the organization responsible for developing and managing scripted programming.

Aaron Davidson — Manager, Adult Animation Comedy

Davidson worked in adult animation comedy. The departure adds an animation-specific role to the list of publicly identified creative staffers affected by the restructuring.

Dan Evans — Manager, Original Animation

Evans was a manager in original animation. His departure was reported alongside those of the other television executives, though further details about his projects and tenure were not provided in the reporting reviewed for this story.

The seven television departures span overall deals, drama, original series, adult animation comedy and original animation.

The departures in film and television are part of a much larger reduction. Netflix employed approximately 16,000 full-time workers at the end of 2025, and the latest cuts represent its largest round of layoffs in several years.

In a message to employees, co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters framed the decision as a matter of prioritizing people and resources around the company’s ambitions. The majority of the reductions are reportedly concentrated in product, technology, legal and human resources rather than in programming.

The distinction matters. The names emerging from film and television coverage do not establish that the creative divisions account for a substantial share of the overall cuts. Rather, they identify a notable set of individual departures from teams that shape Netflix’s content strategy and production pipeline.

The layoffs also come as streaming services face pressure to maintain audience engagement and turn large programming investments into sustained viewing. Netflix remains one of the entertainment industry’s most powerful buyers and producers, but its scale makes the allocation of development resources, executive oversight and programming budgets an ongoing strategic question.

For now, the publicly identified departures offer a partial view of the changes underway. Netflix has not released a comprehensive roster of employees affected, and additional names may emerge as former employees update their professional profiles or announce their next moves.