Maria Kennedy
Producer
Profile Details
- Country: Canada
- City: TORONTO
- Experience Level: Established
- Field of Work: Comedy Series, Drama Series, Kids, and Animation
- Union: Non-Union, DGC, WGC, IATSE, NABET, and ACTRA
- Interested In: Other
- Recent Credits: Owner, EP: Cutie Pugs (live-action 26x7'), Cutie Pugs ABC (2D animated 30x2'), Now You Know (live-action hybrid 78x7'), Canada Crew (live-action hybrid 26x7')
- Favourite Movies: various
- Authorized to work in the USA?: No
- Contact Information: maria@littleengine.tv
- Link: https://www.littleengine.tv/
- Link 2: https://www.linkedin.com/company/little-engine-moving-pictures
- Link 3: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0448203
Bio
Maria Kennedy is owner, co-founder and executive producer of Little Engine Moving Pictures, where she oversees all business aspects of Little Engine’s creative properties. Since 2014, she has secured 5 million dollars in financing for Little Engine’s series and digital content, and has worked with Canadian funding partners TVO, SRC, TFO, Knowledge, SuperChannel, OMNI, CMF Canada Media Fund, Shaw Rocket Fund, COGECO, Bell Fund, Rogers Telefund and Ontario Creates. Maria has produced TV series, feature films, commercials, branded content, and companion Interactive websites and games. Her debut series Now You Know was licensed to over 100 territories worldwide. In 2009, she was one of four emerging producers in Canada to be accepted into the National Screen Institute for the Feature Film program, NSI Features First. She is a Youth Media Alliance board member. A strong advocate of gender, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ equity in the workplace, Maria encourages creators, storytellers, producers, animators, newcomers and veterans in the kids media industry to reach out and say hello.
Intro
Seeking:
- co-pro opportunities for kids and family series.
- International service production on live-action and live-action hybrid series for companies seeking to work with experienced Canadian full-service prodco’s.
Reel/Clips
Starseeker development pitch trailer: https://vimeo.com/390169663