Chigo Menakaya

Creative Exec

Blackmaled Productions

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Interests
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Formats Interested In

Features

Particularly Interested In

Interested in everything except Horror, Thriller, slave narratives/oppression stories, and gore.

Feature Genres

Drama

Comedy

RomCom

Sci-Fi

Action

Adventure

Fantasy

Budget Range

Up to $10MM

Up to $20MM

Up to $30MM

Up to $50MM

$50MM +

TV Formats

Half-Hour Pilots (single-cam)

Half-Hour Pilots (multi-cam)

One-Hour Pilots

TV Homes

Network

Cable

Premium Cable

Streaming

TV Genres

Drama

Comedy

RomCom

Sci-Fi

Action

Adventure

Fantasy

Sub-Genres

Animation (family-friendly)

Buddy

Coming-of-Age

Dark Comedy

Documentary Adaptation

Dystopian

Family-Friendly

Female-Driven

Futuristic

Graphic Novel Adaptation

High-Concept

Kids/Children

LGBTQIA+

Musical

Mystery

Road Trip

Romance

Socially Relevant

Space

Workplace

Young Adult (YA)

More about Chigo Menakaya

Chigo Menakaya first started in the talent department at WME, working with various A-list actors. She later transitioned into feature development at Warner Bros., assisting on films like JUST MERCY, KING RICHARD, IN THE HEIGHTS, WITCHES, and JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH. Combining her talent and story development knowledge, Chigo is currently a Creative Executive in TV and Film at Malcolm D. Lee's Blackmaled Productions. She has worked on AT THAT AGE (NBC), BROTHERLY (Amazon), and more. Her primary focus is to highlight different and fresh narratives that boast black and brown leads within any genre. In her free time, she enjoys reading, hiking, planning outings, and contemplating life’s big questions like, why are we here?