- Kelly Macmanus Funke is President of Littleton Road Productions, a television production company founded by writer/show-runner Patrick Macmanus, with an overall deal at Universal Content Productions (UCP). LRP's next project in production is Dr. Death, starring Alec Baldwin, Jamie Dornan and Christian Slater for Peacock and projects in active development include: The Girl from Plainville, written by Macmanus and Liz Hannah (The Post and Long Shot), Hatching Twitter, based on The New York Times best selling book by the same name, to be written by Nick Bilton and Chitlin' Circuit, written by Ahmadu Garba.
From 2010 - 2019, Funke held a series of leadership positions at global sportswear brand FILA, most recently serving as Senior Vice President, Marketing for North America. She was part of the global executive leadership team that returned the branded manufacturer from near-obsolescence in 2007 to a $5 billion dollar enterprise that won Shoe of the Year in 2018. Other notable accomplishments include shepherding the return of legendary brand ambassador Grant Hill to a lifetime deal; building an in-house ad agency from the ground up; and overseeing the creation and growth of the company's B2B and B2C ecommerce teams.
Immediately prior to her tenure at FILA, Funke was Director of Operations on a U.S. Senate primary in the '08 cycle and oversaw operations for Jamestown Associates, a nationally renowned political ad agency, in the '09 cycle. She also served as Director of Operations for Furniture Co, a high-end interior design and retail firm in New York's meatpacking district.
Funke has spent the bulk of her career, however, in entertainment. She got her start in the film industry in the 1990s, working for Cary Woods as he produced the first projects of today's most celebrated content creators, including Jon Favreau, Doug Liman, James Mangold, Alexander Payne, M. Night Shyamalan and Scott Rosenberg. Under her own company film generator, she was the associate producer on Jonas Pate's Shrink and she championed the early works of author Gregg Hurwitz, Broadway and screenwriter Jon Hartmere and television writer, Patrick Macmanus.
She graduated Cornell University with a degree in Industrial and Labor Relations and a focus on organizational psychology.
Funke is married to writer Jonathan Funke, whose work in politics, entertainment, journalism and business consulting keeps both members of the household shuttling between Los Angeles and their home in New York City.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Kelly Funke
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