Kerstin Emhoff is an American film producer and the founder and CEO of Prettybird, a production company. Additionally, she also serves as president of the “film craft” jury for the Cannes Lions International Creativity Festival in 2020. Emhoff is president of Prettybird. The company’s films have received Grammy Awards, Emmy Awards, and Cannes Lions under her leadership, while she personally received an Emmy Award for News & Documentary in 2012. Emhoff was the executive producer of Manhunt: The Quest for Bin Laden (2013), which won the Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special Primetime Emmy Award. The producer also created The Tillman Story, the recipient of the Emmy Award. She was also the producer of AKA Jane Roe’s 2020 documentary AKA.
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Kerstin Emhoff: Early Life, Education, and Family
Emhoff was born to her parents on 18 March 1967 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She belongs to a family of predominantly Swedish descent. Talking about her educational qualification, she attended California State University, Northridge for BA. Similarly, she also attended the University of Southern California for JD.
Kerstin Emhoff: Career and Achievements
Emhoff moved to Los Angeles after film school, where she got a job at a small production company. There she quickly hooked into the short form world. However, by 2002, at HSI Productions, Emhoff was a principal and executive producer. At the time, HSI developers included Paul Hunter, Hype Williams, and Diane Martel.
In 2007, together with director Paul Hunter, Emhoff left HSI to co-found Prettybird, a production company. Ad Age named Prettybird as the 2015 Production Company of the Year for Innovation. In 2020, she joined two of her partners at Prettybird (Ali Brown and Paul Hunter) with long-time collaborator John Battsek to co-found Ventureland, a new multi-platform entertainment company. Adventureland will produce both documentaries and scripted material, based in Los Angeles and London.
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Similarly, Emhoff was elected to the first Advisory Board when Ava DuVernay joined with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Netflix, HBO, and others to set up the Evolve Entertainment Fund that is EEF. According to Billboard, “The EEF is a public-private partnership between the City of Los Angeles, entertainment and digital media industry leaders, non-profit organizations and educational institutions dedicated to building career paths for women, people of color and low-income Angelenos through paid internships, focused mentoring and an ongoing series of career paths in film, television, and music.”
Kerstin Emhoff: Personal life and husband
Emhoff married American lawyer ‘Douglas Emhoff’, with whom she has two children. However, the couple divorced and her former husband married Kamala Harris. Harris is the 2020 vice-presidential candidate.
Kerstin Emhoff: Net Worth and social media
The film producer has a total net worth of $5.8 Million US dollars. Her main source of income is her profession as a film producer. Similarly, talking about her social media availability, she is available on Instagram as kemhoff. Likewise, Emhoff is also accessible on Twitter as keprettybird. Emhoff has more than 2 k followers on Instagram and 6 k followers on Twitter.
Kerstin Emhoff: Body measurements
The 53-year-old producer is very beautiful to look at. She holds charming facial features, dazzling brown eyes, and has fair skin. Additionally, he stands 1.83 meters tall and weighs around 68 kgs. Besides, her other body measurements are 40-32-37.
