Brian Robbins is the President of Kids & Family Entertainment for ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks, overseeing all strategy, creative, and business operations for the company's kids and young-adult focused brands, including Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Nick Jr., TeenNick, Nicktoons, Nickelodeon Studios, and Awesomeness.
In his most recent role, Robbins served as President of Nickelodeon, responsible for evolving the global brand leader in kids and family entertainment 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.
Prior to that, Robbins was the 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.
Under the Paramount Players division, Robbins led projects such as 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 and Dora the Explorer, among others.
Before establishing Paramount Players, Robbins founded multi-platform media company Awesomeness, which Viacom purchased in July 2018. As Founder & CEO, he drove all Awesomeness creative, producing hit web series and films such as Expelled, Guidance, Foursome, t@gged, and Freakish, as well as 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$$, and has director and producer credits in feature film, including Paramount Pictures' Coach Carter, Hardball, Varsity Blues, and Good Burger; Disney's Wild Hogs and Shaggy Dog; DreamWorks' A Thousand Words; and Sony's Radio, among many other works.
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.
