Katie McNeill, a native North Carolinian and a UNC-Chapel Hill alumna, serves as the Vice President of Development & Production at Electric City Entertainment. Under the Electric City banner, she has co-produced Focus Features’ THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE, directed by Niki Caro and starring Jessica Chastain; A24’s MISSISSIPPI GRIND, directed by Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden and starring Ryan Reynolds and Ben Mendelsohn; and LEVITATED MASS, a documentary film from director Doug Pray.
McNeill produced THE OFFSEASON: KEVIN DURANT, a documentary for HBO, as well as ESPN 30 for 30 documentaries SOLE MAN and THE DAY THE SERIES STOPPED, for which she received a Sports Emmy Award in 2015.
Earlier in her career, she served as an Associate Producer on Derek Cianfrance’s THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES, starring Bradley Cooper and Ryan Gosling, as well as Sundance Lab project, LITTLE BIRDS, from writer/director Elgin James.