{"id":15634,"date":"2026-02-17T14:21:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/apploff-entertainment-promotes-for-director-of-development-role\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T14:29:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:29:17","slug":"apploff-entertainment-promotes-for-director-of-development-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/apploff-entertainment-promotes-for-director-of-development-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Apploff Entertainment Promotes for Director of Development Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apploff Entertainment has promoted Zach Gelfand to director of development.<\/p>\n<p>Gelfand joined Apploff three years ago and has shepherded projects across the company\u2019s wide portfolio. As a co-executive producer, he is a pivotal force behind Netflix\u2019s newly launched <em>Best Guess Live<\/em>. He also helped shape the last two seasons of FOX\u2019s<em> Beat Shazam<\/em> and <em>Don\u2019t Forget the Lyrics!<\/em> as an associate producer.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining Apploff Entertainment, Gelfand worked in virtual event production, producing and designing live game experiences, and held strategic roles at multiple creative advertising agencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom day one, Zach has demonstrated an exceptional talent identifying what makes a great format tick and stick, evolving it for today\u2019s audiences,\u201d said Jeff Apploff, CEO. \u201cHe\u2019s a game changer whose fingerprints are across our slate, and his passion, work ethic and collaborative spirit make him an invaluable part of our future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apploff Entertainment has promoted Zach Gelfand to director of development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":15635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[2683,842,2802],"class_list":["post-15634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-apploff-entertainment","tag-jeff-apploff","tag-zach-gelfand","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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