Melissa Wohl

SVP, Global Content Sales & Distribution
FilmRise

Melissa Wohl serves as SVP, Global Content Sales & Distribution for FilmRise, an industry veteran who brings over 25 years of experience in sales, marketing, and acquisitions to the company.   Since 2016, Wohl has been a key player for FilmRise leading all sales efforts securing output deals with the major streaming platforms and negotiating key cable and broadcast deals for a library of over 30,000 licensed and originally produced series and films.  She has been instrumental in establishing, shaping, and maintaining the company’s global distribution footprint making FilmRise the #1 independently owned streaming company in the world with a sales team of over 15 globally. Prior to FilmRise, Wohl held several key executive level sales positions including Senior Vice President of Worldwide Distribution at Content Media/Fireworks where, for nearly a decade, she oversaw home entertainment sales worldwide and the company’s domestic sales and SVP sales at Allumination Filmworks.  In addition, she held VP sales positions at Harmony Gold and Chicago’s PBS station WTTW where she was Executive in Charge of Co-Production for the critically acclaimed music series Center Stage, Other positions included Director roles at Hearst Entertainment and Paulist Productions.  She began her career in Entertainment at Disney as a character performer at Walt Disney World.