EXCLUSIVE: Veteran tv government and producer Kate Fenske, who has held high-level positions at Sister, Leisure 360 and UCP, is launching Hound, an unbiased movie and TV manufacturing firm.
Hound, whose brand relies on Fenske’s personal canine, already has constructed an preliminary growth slate with tasks arrange at a number of streaming platforms and studios within the US. Fenske has partnered with Campside Media on a podcast adaptation and is working with writers and filmmakers together with Alex Cunningham (Soiled John), Karyn Kusama (Yellowjackets), Matt Manfredi and Phil Hay (The Mysterious Benedict Society), Chris Rogers (Halt & Catch Hearth), Christos Nikou (Apples) and Zack Whedon (Southland). She is also partnered with Carolyn Strauss (The Final Of Us, Recreation of Thrones), with whom she beforehand labored at Sister, on a number of tasks, and has two movies within the works with producer Gary Foster.
“I based Hound as a result of everybody ought to have one of their nook, whether or not you’re a creator in want of a loyal champion, or a financier wanting a diligent producer to assist the artistic crew and enterprise imperatives,” Fenske mentioned. “Having labored extensively on each side of the artistic desk, as an government and a producer, I’m excited to dedicate that collective expertise to supporting gifted writers and filmmakers in bringing their distinctive voices and concepts to fruition.”
Fenske most lately served as Chief Artistic Govt at Sister LA, working for former international CEO Stacey Snider to determine the US arm of the corporate. Along with overseeing scripted growth and organising exhibits at Netflix, Hulu, HBO, FX, Apple, Peacock and Sky, she produced Dan Levy’s movie Good Grief for Netflix.
Prior ro becoming a member of Sister, Fenske was President of Manufacturing for Leisure 360, the three way partnership between MRC and Administration 360. Earlier than that, she served as SVP Improvement at UCP for seven years, working underneath Daybreak Olmstead. She shepherded such tasks as Hulu’s The Act, Netflix’s Umbrella Academy, Bravo/USA’s Soiled John, USA’s The Sinner, YouTube’s Impulse and Peacock’s Courageous New World.
Fenske’s resume additionally consists of stints as head of growth at Marti Noxon and Olmstead’s Grady Twins Productions and Head of Advertising and marketing for BBC One and Drama.
