Kerstin Emhoff

Kerstin Emhoff (née Mackin; born March 18, 1967) is an Emmy Award-winning American film producer and the co-founder and CEO of the commercial production company PRETTYBIRD and creative studio Ventureland. She is a member of the DGA, PGA, and Television Academy. Under her leadership, Emhoff has built PRETTYBIRD into a prestige production company, winning multiple Grammy Awards, Emmy Awards, Cannes Lions, and Ad Age’s Production Company of Year in 2015 and 2021. She personally won a News & Documentary Emmy Award in 2012. As the CEO of Ventureland, Emhoff has executive produced documentaries including The Deepest Breath, Bobi Wine: The People's President, If These Walls Could Sing, and AKA Jane Roe. Her former husband Douglas Emhoff later married Kamala Harris. Career After film school, Emhoff moved to Los Angeles, where she got a job at a small production company and "was immediately hooked into the world of short form." By 2002, Emhoff was a principal (and executive producer) at HSI Productions. HSI creatives at that time included Paul Hunter, Hype Williams, and Diane Martel. PRETTYBIRD In 2007, Emhoff, together with director Paul Hunter, left HSI to co-found the production company PRETTYBIRD. Emhoff is PRETTYBIRD's CEO. Under her leadership, Emhoff has built PRETTYBIRD into a prestige production company, winning multiple Grammy Awards, Emmy Awards, Cannes Lions, Clios, AICPs, and MTV’s Video of the Year. Ad Age named PRETTYBIRD as Creativity's Production Company of the Year twice, in 2015 and 2021. Directors signed to PRETTYBIRD include Academy Award-winning duo Daniels, Tim & Eric, A.V. Rockwell, Miranda July, and Bryce Dallas Howard.