Gina Balian

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 most recently oversaw the development of “Fleishman Is in Trouble” starring Jesse Eisenberg and Lizzy Caplan in the TV adaptation of Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s debut novel, “Under the Banner of Heaven” from Academy Award® winner Dustin Lance Black and starring Andrew Garfield and Daisy Edgar-Jones, “Retreat” from Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij starring Emma Corrin, and “Class of ‘09” from Tom Rob Smith and starring Brian Tyree Henry and Kate Mara.

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,” whose four installments have won a total of six Emmy® Awards, including Outstanding Miniseries, and three Golden Globe® awards, including Best Miniseries; 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.