Blake Avery

Blake Avery is currently a Manager in the Original Film group at Netflix, serving as a studio executive on such titles as Cedric Nicolas-Troyan’s Kate, starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Woody Harrelson; Adam Randall’s Night Teeth, starring Debby Ryan, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Megan Fox, and Sydney Sweeney; and Mike Barker’s Luckiest Girl Alive, starring Mila Kunis. Blake's upcoming films include Gareth Evan’s Havoc, starring Tom Hardy and Forest Whitaker; Jeremy Saulnier's Rebel Ridge, starring Aaron Pierre and Don Johnson; and Johan Renck’s Spaceman, starring Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan, and Paul Dano.

Blake is also a founder and leader of Indigenous @ Netflix, an employee resource group that advocates for greater representation and accurate portrayals in the stories told by Netflix, while also seeking to build an inclusive, supportive community for Indigenous employees.

Blake began his career at Creative Artists Agency working in the Motion Picture Literary department while also serving as a full-time reader for Sundance’s Screenwriter Labs, then jumping into film development at Studio 8 of Sony Pictures. Prior to joining Netflix, Blake worked in the film team at Legendary Entertainment, where he helped shepherd titles like Chris Landon’s We Have a Ghost, the reimagining of the cult VHS-era hit Faces of Death, and the revival of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise.

Blake was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska, and is an enrolled member of the Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak. Blake is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where he majored in Film and Gender Studies.