Next Gen 2025: 35 Rising Hollywood Executives Under 35 Skip to main content Cover Story 'One Battle After Another' Breakout Teyana Taylor Takes Over close Photographed by Chris Patey (10) This Next Gen class is behind some of the year’s biggest entertainment. You can thank Carina Sposato for the tears you cried watching the Netflix drama Adolescence, while Olivia Heighten spurred your car obsession after that Imax screening of F1. But maybe more impressive than their credits and A-list clients — CAA’s Ben Levine handles all things Martha Stewart — is their ability to navigate an industry that continues to experience gale-force headwinds. There are fewer names from traditional studios like Warner Bros. and Paramount, as corporate cost-cutting continues to cull young talent, but these 35 upstarts are building their own companies (see: Mad Realities’ Alice Ma and Redefine’s Max Goldfarb) and making award-winning projects independently, like Anora producer Alex Coco. Just like the alums of this list — Donna Langley, Bela Bajaria and Ari Emanuel — they no doubt will lead this industry. And if they can survive (and thrive!) in Hollywood in 2025, then the future is in steady hands. Braden Bochner, 30 Image Credit: Photographed by Chris Patey Senior vp film and creative production, Unwell LOGLINE Produces everything from features like Tommy Dorfman’s directorial debut to podcast…
Published: November 5, 2025 2:45 pm
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