Megan Wells Email & Phone Number

Meg is an award-winning filmmaker, development executive and branded entertainment leader. She has built and led internal and stand alone content studios, has helmed creative and production teams across the globe, and is deeply experienced in authentic and human-centered storytelling. She has worked with major international brands + clients, some of which include: Red Bull, Sony Entertainment, the Olympic Games, Google, Under Armour, Gillette, Lego, Dell, Paris St Germain, BeIN Sports, the NBA, MLB, PGA, NASCAR, Fox Sports, Oakley, Gatorade, Ziploc, Delta Airlines, Acura, J&J and the Home Depot.As a filmmaker and director, she has written and directed more than a dozen multi-episodic and branded content series, and several feature length documentaries. As an Executive Producer and Development Executive, she has commissioned and produced content for major distribution partners and brands, and as a Consultant, she is sought after for her ability to deeply understand human motivation + value systems, and strategically engineer powerful, audience centric narratives for brands to engage in more uniquely authentic ways. Currently, Meg is consulting for brands and agencies looking to build studios and create original IP in the branded entertainment space, works as a Development Executive, EP and Showrunner, and takes on a limited number of commercial + short film directing opportunities for production companies across the globe. Previously, she was the Executive Producer and Head of Content House for Under Armour, where she built the Under Armour Originals brand and in-house Branded Content Studio, was an Executive Producer and Showrunner for Red Bull Media House, leading a world-wide team of producer, directors and creators supporting all of RBMH’s global broadcasts, was a Senior Producer/ Director for Turner Sports and instrumental in the launch of the NBAtv OTT and linear channels, as well as NBA Digital and NBA.com, and worked across a portfolio of additional Sports properties, developing award-winning brand and image campaigns, documentary and long-form content. She started her career as a Producer + Director in news and entertainment at CNN and TBS. She has been a featured speaker and moderator for conferences, podcasts, universities and professional organizations in the US and Europe. She sits on the jury of three global media + television film festivals, and her work has been both awarded and nominated at the Emmy Awards, the Sports Emmy Awards, the Cannes Corporate Media + TV Awards, + the New York Festivals World’s Best Awards.

• Fractional Chief Content Officer, Development Exec + Director/ Showrunner

  Www.Megangwells.Com

  Sep 2017 - Present

  Select Brands: WaterBear, Sony, Marvel, Dell, Lego, Johnson + Johnson, Gillette, Google, Merck, Acura, Under Armour, Red Bull, NBA, Ziploc, Fox Sports, Delta, Home Depot, Synchrony Bank, Bestival, EDC, Oakley & the US Marine Corps.Select Agencies + Production Companies: Crispin, Observatory, Edisen (formerly Chimney,) BBDO, Alkemy-X, BRF, Resonant, Alias, GREY, FCB Health, MullenLowe, + Wunderman Thompson.Keynote speaker and presenter at conferences, universities and live programs internationally, including: Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, Tribeca X, AdWeek NY and AdWeek London, Brand Storytelling, SVG, RevThink, Forbes, Movidiam, Cynopsis Media, Incite, Vizrt Days, Clemson University, & the College of Charleston.Previous topics have included: "Radical Collaboration in Documentary Filmmaking," "Brands and Filmmaker Funding," "Harnessing the Power of Brand Entertainment," "Cinematic Techniques and the Art of Storytelling," "Forensic Storytelling," "The Four Pillars of Story," "The History of Story," "The Content Curious Audience," "Why The Audience Cares and What to Do to Connect," "Data Driven Content Creation," "The Layers of Emotion in Filmmaking," "How to Reverse Engineer Filmmaking," "Branded Entertainment & Endemic Content Share," "Brand Journalism & Authenticity," "Adapting Brand Story in Times of Crisis," and "The Evolution of Story in Digital Media." Available for interviews, panel discussion, keynotes and guest lecture series.