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