Jonna McLaughlin
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    New York, NY, 10001, United States of America

Jonna McLaughlin

EIC
Lucky 8 TV

Full Bio
Throughout college and through my mid-20s I worked as an intern, PA and production coordinator on a variety of television shows, independent films, commercials, music videos, and live TV. I then spent a couple years as a production manager running through the streets of New York on independent films, before starting line producing at Radical Media on several series.

I left the freelancing world in early 2012 to become head of production for part2 pictures, a production company in Brooklyn, where most recently we have been producing television series for Animal Planet, OWN, National Geographic, and Discovery. In two years so far at part2, I have overseen staff growth from 30 to 80 employees, built accounting and budgeting systems from the ground up, and conceived and hired a production management department. I oversee our company's day-to-day production, which averages three series, 60 employees, and revenue totaling $21 million.

In addition to overseeing production and post-production on all in-house projects, approving project cost reports, and supervising line producers, I was concurrently the supervising producer on a seven-hour landmark documentary series for Oprah Winfrey entitled Belief that explores the idea of belief, spirituality, and religions in 35 international locations, shot and edited over the course of 28 months. I created and manage this 13-million dollar budget in addition to managing a team of 20 people in both production and post. I also helped launch part2 Filmworks, which allows independent documentary filmmakers a space to finish their films amid a community of supportive and talented peers. I just returned from Filmworks' first premiere at the True False festival and am excited to attend the Tribeca Film Festival's opening weekend for our second documentary.

From part2 pictures, I left to become the Executive in Charge at Leftfield Pictures where I oversaw production management on dozens of shows, for a large variety of networks.

I am currently the Executive of Charge at Lucky 8 TV, a two-year old production company in downtown New York. We create non-fiction programming for A&E, Scripps, and Discovery Networks, and we are also working on digital series and documentary films. We have most recently produced 60 Days In, a 12-episode series for A&E Networks.

Professional Credits
Most Recent credits include:

EIC, Lucky 8 TV (2015 - recent)
EIC, Leftfield Pictures (2015)
Head of Productions, part2 pictures (2012 - 2014)
LP, Radical Media (2010 - 2012)
Industry Awards
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