Mike Fazzino is a Principal Content Acquisition Manager for Amazon Studios/Prime Video, where he is responsible for much of Prime Video’s worldwide licensing of 3rd party content – having closed over $1BN in licensing deals with Warner Brothers, Paramount Global, BBC, MGM and more for some of the most iconic series and movies available globally, including Lord of the Rings, the James Bond franchise, The Big Bang Theory, Supernatural, and Two and a Half Men. He also helped build and manage Prime Video Direct (PVD) –Prime Video’s distribution service for independent filmmakers – helping thousands of filmmakers find distribution opportunities for their films on SVOD, TVOD, and AVOD. 
He is a member of The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and holds an MBA from Cornell’s Johnson School of Management (where he was Editor of the Cornell Business Journal) and a Bachelor’s degree from Sacred Heart University.