Kerstin Emhoff

Kerstin Emhoff is the Co-Founder & President of PRETTYBIRD, a hybrid production company, and Ventureland, a creative studio producing entertainment properties and original IP alongside filmmakers, studios and brands.

For over 10 years now PRETTYBIRD has developed top filmmakers with a diverse body of work from music videos, advertising to award winning feature documentaries. PRETTYBIRD has collected Grammys, Emmys, Cannes Lions & Grand Prix for Music, D&AD Awards, AICP, Clio’s, MTV Awards and Creativity’s 2015 Production Company of the Year.

Emhoff recently finished producing Ready For War, a feature documentary that premiered in 2019 at TIFF and was acquired by Showtime. She is currently developing and producing several feature docs and series for Ventureland.

She is a member of the DGA and Television Academy, a trustee for the PHBP, serves on the boards of D&AD Impact Council and the Evolve Entertainment Fund with the city of Los Angeles.

Emhoff is also the founder of Pipelines, a mobile app designed to connect underrepresented talent with opportunities in the entertainment, tech, and creative industries, launching in 2020.