Jessie Henderson
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Jessie Henderson is a film and TV producer and executive, and currently leads a team at Apple Original Films.
Early life and education[edit]
Henderson was born in Michigan and raised in Massachusetts. She graduated magna cum laude from Emerson College in 2004. While there, she interned for Joe Drake and Nathan Kahane at Senator International.
Career[edit]
After graduation, she moved to New York City and worked as the receptionist on the last season of Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn. While there, she fell in love with the world of stand-up comedy, and went on to work as Neal Brennan’s assistant on the last season of Chappelle’s Show.
She moved to Los Angeles in 2008 to be an assistant at Universal Pictures, and in 2009 became one of the early employees at Peter Chernin’s Chernin Entertainment, where she was promoted from Creative Executive to Director of Development and set up and co-produced The Heat, which became the top grossing domestic comedy of 2013.
After Chernin Entertainment, she spent 6+ years running Paul Feig’s Feigco Entertainment, where she produced films including the Golden Globe and Critics Choice nominated Spy, A Simple Favor, Someone Great, Last Christmas, and executive produced 2016’s Ghostbusters, Holler, and Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. She started the company with Paul Feig and spearheaded an expansion from film to film + television in 2018. She led the company through two feature term deals with Fox and later Universal Pictures and Lionsgate Television.
She then became Head of Original Films for HBO Max, where she was hired in 2019 to build a slate of films under the AT&T ownership period of WarnerMedia. In 2021, she started at Apple Original Films.
Personal Life[edit]
Henderson and her husband Colin Olsen have one son together.
References[edit]
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- ↑ Kroll, Justin (2021-04-09). "Jessie Henderson Tapped As Feature Executive At Apple Studios". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ↑ Donnelly, Matt (2021-04-09). "Apple Studios Names Jessie Henderson Feature Executive in Original Films". Variety. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ↑ Kit, Borys (2021-04-09). "Jessie Henderson Joins Apple as Features Executive". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
