Wheelhouse Builds Out In-House Creative Services Team

Wheelhouse has hired a trio of creative services executives who will drive and execute physical production across Wheelhouse Entertainment-produced series and projects for linear and streaming platforms.

Joining Wheelhouse Entertainment are Wally Parks, executive VP of production; Janell Coles-English, senior VP of business and legal affairs; and Chelsey Trowbridge, senior VP of post-production. Parks previously served as executive VP of production at All3Media America. Coles-English transitions to Wheelhouse from Discovery Studios, where she was VP of business and legal affairs. Prior to Wheelhouse, Trowbridge was VP of post-production at Truly Original and before that served as VP of production at Original Media.

Eric Wattenberg, Wheelhouse’s chief creative officer and president of Wheelhouse Entertainment, said: “While Wheelhouse Entertainment began with a specific focus on our original content slate and partnerships with top talent, it has always been our intent to scale and produce the majority of our own projects. We’re thrilled to welcome Wally, Janell and Chelsey, a collective force and the perfect team to lead production at Wheelhouse.”

Launched in 2018 by entrepreneur Brent Montgomery, in partnership with Jimmy Kimmel, WHE encompasses Kimmelot, Spoke Studios, Campfire, Portal A and numerous media partnerships with talent and companies, including Kevin Hart and LOL and Adam Levine and his 222 Productions.