Kellyn Parker Email & Phone Number

Kellyn Parker has been named Vice President, Comedy Development, ABC Signature, it was announced today by Jonnie Davis, President, ABC Signature. Parker will report to Senior Vice President, Comedy Development, Melanie Frankel. His responsibilities include identifying and developing talent and material, and shepherding ideas from pitch to series order.“We have been huge admirers of Kellyn for a long time and Jonnie, Tracy and I know he’ll be a major asset to our Studio,” said Frankel. “He has fantastic relationships, a keen eye for talent, and his track record speaks for itself. We’re incredibly lucky to have him on the team."He joins the studio, a part of Disney Television Studios, from Comedy Central, where he served as Vice President, Original Programing & Development, since 2016. Parker was responsible for overseeing development and production for west coast-based original series including “South Side,” “New Negroes,” “Taskmaster,” “Gorburger” and Comedy Central’s “Colossal Clusterfest.”Prior to that, he managed the award-winning Partner Content Department for Funny Or Die beginning in 2011, where he executive produced over 150 campaigns including hundreds of videos, live events and marketing activations with notable brands such as Fiat Chrysler, Universal Pictures, Adidas, Microsoft, Pepsi and Sony Electronics. He led the creative development and production efforts for Funny Or Die D.C. including the Everybody Votes! Project executive produced by Judd Apatow and the Jokes for Votes comedy tour headlined by Sarah Silverman. Parker has received nominations and awards for several of his projects including three 2019 Peter Lisagor awards for the podcast South Side Stories, Digiday Awards winner, multiple Webby nominations, Key Art Awards finalist, Streamy Award nominee, among other honors.Parker began his career at United Talent Agency in the agent trainee program. He’s a graduate of the University of Michigan with a degree in film, television and media.-- ABC Signature –

Listed skills include Digital Media, Film Production, Social Media Marketing, Entertainment, and 13 others.

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  University Of Michigan

  Film/Cinema/Video Studies