As General Manager, Bravo Media, Frances Berwick supervises marketing, promotions, creative services, ad sales and all programming for Bravo including original production, development, scheduling and acquisitions.
From 2005-2008, Berwick held the post of Executive Vice President, Programming & Production where she supervised the business strategy and day-to-day oversight for all Bravo programming. In 2003, Berwick oversaw the development and production for the explosive, Emmy-winning series "Queer Eye” that changed the face of Bravo; after the 2002 NBC acquisition of the brand, she developed, produced and launched the multiple Emmy-nominated "Project Runway,” Emmy-nominated "Top Chef,” Emmy-winning series "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List,” pop-culture hits "The Real Housewives of Orange County,” "Being Bobby Brown,” "Work Out” and "Flipping Out,” as well as Bravo's most recent line up of new hit series including "Tim Gunn's Guide to Style,” "Shear Genius” and "Top Design.” She has also overseen the channel's longest-running original series, 13-time Emmy-nominated, "Inside the Actor's Studio.”
Early on in her tenure with the network, Berwick introduced such high-profile original series as "Bravo Profiles,” Michael Moore's "The Awful Truth,” "Cirque du Soleil: Fire Within” and "The It Factor.” Berwick secured a partnership deal for Bravo to become the U.S. network partner of "Cirque du Soleil.” She also oversaw programming for the Independent Film Channel (IFC) and programmed Bravo and IFC's international networks in Latin America and Canada. Berwick joined Bravo Networks in 1996 from Britain's Channel 4 Television, where she headed international TV distribution and licensing. Prior to that, she was in the sponsorship division at Sadler's Wells (a leading London Theater), where she raised funds for stage productions.
Berwick has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including a Peabody, three Emmys, a National Association of Multi-Ethnicity in Communications Award (NAMIC), and a Cable Ace Awards. In 2007 Berwick was named a Multichannel News Wonder Woman. Berwick is a member of New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT), British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), Women in Cable and Telecommunications (WICT), and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS). Berwick has a Master's Degree from Edinburgh University and resides in Manhattan with her husband and son.