Polly Allen has worked at Lightbox for 4 years. First as Production Executive and now as Head of Production in the UK. Most recent credits include Camden for Disney Star, The Diamond Heist for Netflix and Bad Host: Hunting the Couchsurfing predator for Sky Documentaries. Prior to Lightbox, she set up and ran independent premium documentary companies making series and feature docs. Before that she was acting Head of Production at Quicksilver Media.
Gabby is Vice President and Head of Development in the London office. She joined the Lightbox team in 2021 and developed the upcoming Netflix series Millennium Dome Heist, which is being Executive Produced by Guy Ritchie. Before Lightbox, Gabby spent three years in the BBC’s in-house TV Current Affairs department, developing series and singles such as the Grierson-nominated Climate Change: Ade on the Frontline, Return of the Taliban and The Unbelievable Story of Carl Beech. Prior to the BBC, Gabby spent three years at Pulse Films, working in both the unscripted development team and on productions, as well as freelancing as a factual drama consultant.
Prior to her current role as Production Coordinator, Erin began her time at Lightbox in 2018 as Jonathan Chinn’s executive assistant. During her time in Los Angeles, she also previously worked as a Documentary Feature Film Screener for the Sundance Institute/Film Festival.
Before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in documentary films and television, Erin spent nearly five years managing national arts education programs at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. She holds a B.A. in theatre from Northwestern University and a Graduate Certificate in documentary filmmaking from George Washington University.
Kraemer joined Lightbox in 2017. While at Lightbox, Kraemer has line produced features such as Tina, Torn, Blood Brothers, and Yusuf Hawkins:Storm Over Brooklyn. Originating from the Midwest, he began his career working in scripted film and television, before accidentally ending up in documentary. Prior to joining Lightbox, Kraemer worked in production on projects such as National Geographic’s Story of God with Morgan Freeman and Breakthrough, as well as on all seven seasons of Discovery/Science Channel’s Through the Wormhole.
Alexis Gomez-Garcia is the Vice President and Head of Development in the Los Angeles office. She joins Lightbox from Critical Content, where she served as senior director of development, helming projects for Netflix, Amazon, HBO Max, Discovery +, Bravo, E! and National Geographic. Prior to that, she was a manager of development at Bunim Murray Productions, where she developed and produced the four-part documentary series, Citizen Rose for E!, and was a former development executive for NBCUniversal’s Wilshire Studios where she developed and produced shows such as Live from the Red Carpet, Comment Section, Fashion Police on E!, and Reactor for Syfy.
Ben joined Lightbox in 2019. He was previously Director of Development at Dragonfly, where he led the development on a raft of major series including BBC1’s Life and Birth and BBC2’s Last Chance Clinic, and films such as the multi award-winning My Dad, The Peace Deal and Me.
Prior to this, Ben was Head of Development at Minnow Films, where he developed series including Channel 4 espionage format Spies, and BBC2 true crime investigation The Chillenden Murders, as well as single films such as the Grierson award-winning The Last Survivors and the HBO feature documentary The Mystery of D.B. Cooper.
Ben has also worked in development teams at some of the UK’s top production companies, as well as at the BBC, and spent a number of years in production on series including Who Do You Think You Are?
