Chigo Menakaya

Creative Exec, Blackmaled Productions
Formats Interested In
Features
TV
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?

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