Albie Hecht Biography

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ALBIE HECHT (Executive Producer) is President, Spike TV, a division of MTV Networks. Prior to assuming that role in January, 2003 he served as President Film and TV Entertainment, Nickelodeon. There, he led Nickelodeon's production and development activities in television and movies, leveraging the strength of Nickelodeon's resources, key relationships and opportunities in both areas. Hecht also oversaw Nickelodeon's talent relations activities on both coasts, building and strengthening the company's relationship with producers, directors, writers and stars of film and TV.

Under Hecht's leadership, Nickelodeon Movies released an impressive slate of live-action and animation projects, achieving the division's goals of creating star-driven family movies and animated features that bring extraordinary characters and situations to everyday contemporary life. Most recently, Hecht served as executive producer on “Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events,” based on the best-selling book series.

Hecht also executive-produced the Academy-Award®-nominated “The Wild Thornberrys Movie” in 2002 and “Rugrats Go Wild” in 2003. He served as producer of the Academy Award-nominated “Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius” in 2001 and as executive producer on the live-action sci-fi adventure, “Clockstoppers,” the animated adventure, “Rugrats in Paris” and the mega-hit, “The Rugrats Movie.” Hecht also served as producer on the successful family comedy, “Snow Day.”

A 22-year production and development veteran, Hecht's creative leadership and expertise have produced many of the biggest successes the network has enjoyed, including “SpongeBob SquarePants” and “Dora, The Explorer.” Now at Spike TV, he oversees the first cable network for men, which is now available in over 86 million homes.