Tendo Nagenda
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Tendo Nagenda (born 1975) is an American film producer and former studio executive.
Career
Born in Los Angeles to a Ugandan father and a Belizean mother, Nagenda graduated from Claremont McKenna College in 1997 with a double major in accounting and government. He worked at Deloitte for a year and a half before spending four months at the New York Film Academy.[1]
Nagenda held positions at HBO, Good Universe, Warner Independent Pictures, and Plan B Entertainment before an eight-year stint at Disney. At Disney, he became executive vice president of production and oversaw the production of Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, A Wrinkle in Time, Dumbo and Mulan.[2] [3]
In 2019, Nagenda was hired by Netflix to serve as Vice President of Original Films as part of Netflix’s move towards self-produced content. During this time he oversaw Da 5 Bloods, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Hillbilly Elegy, The Harder They Fall, The Gray Man, and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.[4] [5]
In August 2022, Nagenda departed Netflix. He founded his own production company, 10 by Ten Entertainment, with the stated aim of “creat[ing] culturally relevant, big-event entertainment, reframing on and centering underrepresented perspectives.”[6]
References
- ^ https://www.cmc.edu/campaign-for-responsible-leadership/impact/tendo-nagenda-97
- ^ https://variety.com/exec/tendo-nagenda/
- ^ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-movie-team-shuffle-tendo-nagenda-leaving-1235208293/
- ^ https://variety.com/2022/biz/news/netflix-tendo-nagenda-exits-1235354050/
- ^ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-movie-team-shuffle-tendo-nagenda-leaving-1235208293/
- ^ https://www.10byten.com/