Full Name
Brian Robbins
Job Title
President, Nickelodeon Group
Speaker Bio
Brian Robbins is President of Nickelodeon, with oversight of all strategy, creative and business operations for the global brand leader in kids and family entertainment. He is responsible for evolving Nickelodeon for a new generation of young audiences by enhancing its robust content offerings and expanding its cultural footprint on next-generation platforms and in film.

Robbins most recently served as President of Paramount Players, a production division of Paramount Pictures that develops, produces and markets feature films from original source material and in collaboration with Viacom flagship brands Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and BET.

Upcoming Players projects led by Robbins include the division’s first release, Nobody’s Fool, directed by Tyler Perry and starring Tiffany Haddish; What Men Want directed by Adam Shankman and starring Taraji P. Henson; the adaptation of Trevor Noah’s autobiography Born a Crime; and film versions of classic Nickelodeon shows Rugrats, Dora the Explorer and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, among others.

Prior to establishing Paramount Players, Robbins founded multiplatform media company Awesomeness, which Viacom purchased in July 2018. As Founder and CEO, he drove all Awesomeness creative, producing hit web series and films Expelled, Guidance, Foursome, t@gged, and Freakish, as well as the theatrical release Before I Fall.

A prolific producer of television, film and digital media, Robbins is best known for executive producing numerous popular and critical television hits aimed at teens and young audiences, including the long-running CW series Smallville and One Tree Hill; Nickelodeon’s All That and Kenan and Kel; Disney Channel’s Sonny with a Chance and So Random; and Spike TV’s Blue Mountain State. He also produced the popular WB series What I Like About You and HBO’s Arli$$.

In feature film, his director and producer credits include Paramount Pictures’ Coach Carter, Hardball and Varsity Blues; Disney’s Wild Hogs and Shaggy Dog; DreamWorks’ Norbit and A Thousand Words; and Sony’s Radio, along with many other works.

Mr. Robbins is the recipient of a Directors Guild Award, a Peabody Award, and the Pioneer Prize by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He is based in Los Angeles, CA.
Speaker Brand/Department
Nickelodeon
Internal/External
Internal
Brian Robbins