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.
Maddie Hausberg joined Lightbox in July 2021 where she helped develop Brandy Hellville & The Cult of Fast Fashion for HBO, which topped the Max charts when it came out at the beginning of 2024. She now works across a number of different developing projects, specifically in the true-crime and pop culture genre.
She joined Lightbox from NBC Universal, where she served as a development and production coordinator for Oxygen and Peacock, developing Oxygen’s top hit Living with a Serial Killer, and many other true-crime series. Prior to that, she began her career at The Players’ Tribune, working as a development assistant for the critically acclaimed Netflix Untold sports series.
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.
