Chantal Hennessey
Burbank,CA
Summary
Twenty-plus years of Project Management, Content Production, Development and Studio Leadership experience (Netflix, Disney, Sony, Hasbro, ++). Roles have included: Head of Production, Supervising Producer, Series Producer, Development Producer, Line Producer. Highly adept at Project analysis, forecasting, budgeting and scheduling. Excellent and longstanding relationships with international and local studios and teams Worked on the vendor as well as client sides of strategy, deal-negotiation, studio build-out, and content creation. An authentic, analytical, communicative and collaborative partner Invested in culture-building, inclusivity and mentorship
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
PRODUCER
STOOPID BUDDY STOODIOS
06.2024 - 03.2025
- Producer of “Mr Beast Labs” for Moose Toys (in conjunction with Mr. Beast)
- Producer of the “Mello’s Funk” short film for the Nouns Animation festival (in conjunction with DJ Marshmello)
PRODUCER & LINE PRODUCER
POWERHOUSE ANIMATION STUDIOS
09.2023 - 10.2024
- Produced Season 3 of “Blood of Zeus” for Netflix’s Adult Animation slate
PRODUCER & LINE PRODUCER
NETFLIX ANIMATION STUDIOS
05.2019 - 11.2022
- Producer and Line Producer of the Netflix series “Inside Job” (18 episodes x 25-minutes). Inside Job was the first project for the in-house Adult Animation arm of Netflix and accordingly, we were building the studio while building the series.
SUPERVISING PRODUCER
STX ENTERTAINMENT
08.2018 - 05.2019
- Led STX internal production team in the build-out of their animated series division. This was STX’s first foray into series animation so my role was to share knowledge with in-house teams as well as engage external partners while I was building budgets, schedules and action plans.
DEVELOPMENT PRODUCER
DISNEY TELEVISION ANIMATION
07.2015 - 04.2017
- In addition to Producing multiple pilots and pre-pilot content I ran point on all things Development Production which included: working closely with new and established vendor studios, maintaining and growing alliances, negotiating deals, building and presenting new Development workflow systems to Senior Staff and mentoring teams
LINE PRODUCER
HASBRO STUDIOS
04.2014 - 07.2015
- Development and Pre-Production Producer for Hasbro’s “Stretch Armstrong” series
PRODUCER
WILDBRAIN (FKA DHX MEDIA)
01.2011 - 01.2014
- Produced over 75 x 22 episodes of the Hasbro Series “Littlest Pet Shop”
HEAD OF PRODUCTION
WILDBRAIN (FKA DHX MEDIA)
01.2010 - 01.2011
- In addition to overseeing the production of our slate and being the point-person for all project bids and deal negotiations, I was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Vancouver studio, providing guidance for management teams and crew. I worked closely with our legal, finance, technical, recruiting and production leads to foster the growth of a thriving studio. Supervised production of “My Little Pony”, and “Pound Puppies” for Hasbro, “Martha Speaks” WGBH and several other projects in Development and Production.
PRODUCER
WILDBRAIN (FKA DHX MEDIA)
01.2009 - 01.2011
- Produced “Kid vs Kat” Season 2 for Disney XD
LINE PRODUCER
RAINMAKER ENTERTAINMENT
01.2007 - 01.2009
- Produced two feature length Max Steel projects for Mattel
COORDINATOR OF DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTION
CTV TELEVISION INC.
01.2002 - 01.2007
- Business and creative coordinator for projects developed and licensed by CTV West. I managed project budgets, oversaw deliverables and evaluated project proposals
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR
MAINFRAME ENTERTAINMENT INC.
01.2001 - 01.2002
- Worked on projects with Tony Hawk, KISS, King Features and many others.
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
MAINFRAME ENTERTAINMENT INC.
01.1998 - 01.2000
- “Transformers: Beast Machines” series for Hasbro
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
AKA CARTOON INC.
01.1997 - 01.1998
- “Ed, Edd n Eddy” series for Cartoon Network
Skills
- Project Build-out & Management
- Production Budgeting & Scheduling
- Project analysis & Creative Problem-solving
- Client & Vendor Liaison
- Teamwork and collaboration-focused
- Event planning
- Final Draft, G-Suite, MMB, MS Suite
- US, Canadian & British Citizenships
Timeline
PRODUCER
STOOPID BUDDY STOODIOS
06.2024 - 03.2025
PRODUCER & LINE PRODUCER
POWERHOUSE ANIMATION STUDIOS
09.2023 - 10.2024
PRODUCER & LINE PRODUCER
NETFLIX ANIMATION STUDIOS
05.2019 - 11.2022
SUPERVISING PRODUCER
STX ENTERTAINMENT
08.2018 - 05.2019
DEVELOPMENT PRODUCER
DISNEY TELEVISION ANIMATION
07.2015 - 04.2017
LINE PRODUCER
HASBRO STUDIOS
04.2014 - 07.2015
PRODUCER
WILDBRAIN (FKA DHX MEDIA)
01.2011 - 01.2014
HEAD OF PRODUCTION
WILDBRAIN (FKA DHX MEDIA)
01.2010 - 01.2011
PRODUCER
WILDBRAIN (FKA DHX MEDIA)
01.2009 - 01.2011
LINE PRODUCER
RAINMAKER ENTERTAINMENT
01.2007 - 01.2009
COORDINATOR OF DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTION
CTV TELEVISION INC.
01.2002 - 01.2007
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR
MAINFRAME ENTERTAINMENT INC.
01.2001 - 01.2002
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
MAINFRAME ENTERTAINMENT INC.
01.1998 - 01.2000
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
AKA CARTOON INC.
01.1997 - 01.1998
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