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Patrick Macmanus

Starting the 9th year of his overall deal at UCP (Universal Content Productions), a division of Universal Studio Group, Patrick Macmanus serves as writer, executive producer and showrunner of the upcoming Peacock limited series, DEVIL IN DISGUISE: John Wayne Gacy starring Michael Chernus and due to be released in 2025. His next projects include VIGILANTE, a modern Western crime show for producers Matti Leshem and Lynn Harris at Peacock and SPOTLIGHT, a contemporary ongoing workplace drama about the investigative journalists at the award winning division of The Boston Globe, and THE ADVANCE MAN, a contemporary drama about the men and women orchestrating the world of global political stagecraft for Noah Oppenheim and Sara Bremner. Macmanus recently served as writer, executive producer and showrunner on the Critics Choice Awards-nominated Dr. Death, for Peacock and as writer, executive producer and co-showrunner, alongside Liz Hannah, on the Critics Choice Awards-nominated The Girl From Plainville for Hulu. Macmanus has developed series at AMC, Starz, ABC, Sony Pictures Television, Fox Television Studios, NBC, Tribeca, CBS, and more. He previously worked on SYFY’s Happy!, starring Chris Meloni and Netflix's Marco Polo. In 2021, Macmanus expanded his production company, Littleton Road Productions, and formed Littleton Road Philanthropy with the goal of extracting cultural, social and economic themes embedded in the scripted shows and reimagining those themes as opportunities to educate and empower viewers as individuals who engage in the world around them.

Kelly Macmanus Funke

Before returning for her third tour of duty in Hollywood, Kelly spent a decade at sportswear brand FILA, most recently as Senior Vice President, Marketing for North America. She was part of the global leadership team who returned the company to a $5 billion enterprise that won the footwear industry’s highest award in 2018. Prior to FILA, Kelly had senior operations roles in a U.S. Senate campaign, at nationally renowned political ad agency Jamestown Associates, and at Furniture Co, a high-end retail store and interior design firm. But Kelly’s career is rooted in entertainment; she got her start working for Cary Woods as he produced the first projects of writer/directors Jon Favreau, James Mangold, Alexander Payne, Scott Rosenberg and M. Night Shyamalan, among many others. Under her own company, Film Generator, she was associate producer on Jonas Pate's SHRINK and championed the early works of author Gregg Hurwitz, Broadway dramatist and screenwriter Jon Hartmere, and television writer Patrick Macmanus.

Lauren Paget

Lauren Paget is a highly creative television producer with a track record of success at both packaging new series and shepherding returning series across broadcast, cable and streaming. Prior to Littleton Road Productions, Lauren was a Vice President of Original Programming at Warner Bros. Discovery, where she was responsible for the creative development and management of scripted programming for TBS, TNT, and truTV, which included: TBS’ Emmy nominated late-night series Full Frontal with Samantha Bee; the critically acclaimed Miracle Workers: Dark Ages and Miracle Workers: End Times, ranked a top-five cable comedy; the animated sci-fi adventure Final Space; and the highly acclaimed TBS coming-of-age comedy Chad, created by and starring SNL alum Nasim Pedrad. Prior to Warner Bros Discovery, Lauren was a Creative Executive at Amblin Television where she covered all aspects of production for scripted series such as season six of Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning drama The Americans for FX, the pilot and first season of Tommy starring Edie Falco for CBS, and the Emmy nominated two-part docuseries Laurel Canyon: A Place In Time for EPIX. She previously held positions at Assembly Entertainment where she was the Creative Executive overseeing Showtime’s Jim Carrey series I’m Dying Up Here, Shine America, and William Morris Endeavor Agency, where she assisted the Head of Television Rick Rosen, after beginning her career at Last Call with Carson Daly.

Sophie Blumberg

Sophie Blumberg (she/her/hers) is a creative producer and dramaturg whose producing work spans multiple sectors of the entertainment industry, including live performance, themed entertainment, and television. Prior to joining the Littleton Road team, Sophie served as Associate Producer at Octopus Theatricals, and Associate Producer at the CalArts Center for New Performance, where she produced artist residencies, national tours, and international world premiere productions. Her theatrical work has been seen with TeatrStudio (Warsaw, Poland), Edinburgh Fringe Festival, REDCAT, The Civilians, BAM Next Wave Festival, Goodman Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Cherry Lane Theatre, The Orchard Project, Chicago Dramatists, and Cold Basement Dramatics. In addition to her work with Littleton Road, Sophie is a producer with Producer Hub, a virtual connective space for creative and independent producers of live performance. Sophie holds an MFA in Creative Producing from the California Institute of the Arts.

Yasmine Razzak

Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Yasmine studied Media Studies, French and Chinese at Scripps College in Claremont, CA before starting in the mailroom at CAA. She worked as an assistant in the agency’s TV Scripted department, before joining the Littleton Road family to support the creative team. Moved by anything left-of-center, lyrical, or dialogue-driven, she’s excited by the industry's ability to make what’s unfamiliar, beautifully proximate and aims to continue a career in development.

Ioli Filmeridis

Currently, Ioli Filmeridis is the Research and Policy Manager, Violence Inequality and Power Lab at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego. Prior to Kroc, she was a foreign service officer at USAID, covering programs on economic and community development, food security and conflict mitigation. Ioli has also worked with foundations, and nonprofits in the areas of women's rights, literacy, education, immigrant small business and entrepreneurship development. Her advisory role for Littleton Road Productions focuses on their social action and philanthropic objectives, including developing educational and awareness campaigns for Dr. Death Seasons One and Two and The Girl from Plainville.

Ioli holds a Masters in Nonprofit Management and International Development from NYU and a Masters in Urban Planning/Governance of the Large Metropolis from UCLA and Sciences Po, Paris.