Currently in the tenth year of his overall deal at Universal Content Productions, Patrick Macmanus serves as the creator, showrunner and executive producer of Peacock’s upcoming second season of DEVIL IN DISGUISE: THE NIGHTSTALKER, about Richard Ramirez. Additional projects in development include THE BOYS FROM BILOXI, an adaptation of John Grisham’s blockbuster best-selling book about the Dixie Mafia for Amazon; SPOTLIGHT, a workplace drama about the investigative journalists of the Boston Globe co-created with Nick Bilton; SKAKEL, a new true crime limited series co-created with LaToya Morgan about the Martha Moxley murders and THE WEDDING STING, a new dark comedy co-created with Georgia Pritchett, also for Peacock.

Macmanus most recently served as creator, executive producer, showrunner and director on the GLAAD and Critics Choice Awards nominated DEVIL IN DISGUISE: JOHN WAYNE GACY for Peacock, as well as creator, executive producer and showrunner of the Critics Choice Awards-nominated DR. DEATH for Peacock and as co-creator, executive producer and co-showrunner, alongside Liz Hannah, on the Critics Choice Awards-nominated THE GIRL FROM PLAINVILLE for Hulu. Macmanus has developed series at ABC, AMC, CBS, Fox Television Studios, NBC, Sony Pictures Television, Starz and many more. He previously worked on SYFY’s HAPPY! starring Chris Meloni and Netflix’s MARCO POLO.

In 2021, Macmanus expanded his production company, Littleton Road Productions, and formed Littleton Road Philanthropy with the goal of extracting cultural, social and economic themes embedded in the scripted shows and reimagining those themes as opportunities to educate and empower viewers as individuals who engage in the world around them.

Kelly Funke is currently the President of Littleton Road, the television production company for showrunner/writer/director Patrick Macmanus, currently in its tenth year of an overall deal with Universal Content Productions, a division of NBCUniversal. The company is in active development on the second season of Peacock’s GLAAD and Critics Choice Awards nominated anthology series DEVIL IN DISGUISE. Additional projects in development at Peacock include CRUSH created by Addison McQuigg and starring//to be directed by Elizabeth Banks and THE WEDDING STING, a dark comedy co-created by Georgia Pritchett and Patrick Macmanus, as well as THE BOYS FROM BILOXI, inspired by John Grisham’s international best-selling book, created by Macmanus for Amazon. Upcoming projects coming to market include THE GIMBLE FILES inspired by James Patterson’s best-selling novel COAST TO COAST created by Lavender & Ulin and Jenna Mirza; LIGHTHORSE co-created by Steven Paul Judd and Ken Kristensen and SOUTHERN DONS co-created by Beau Willimon and Stinson Carter. She started in the film industry for independent film producer Cary Woods and worked on the earliest projects of writer/directors: Jon Favreau, Doug Liman, Harmony Korine, James Mangold, Alexander Payne, M. Night Shyamalan, Gary Fleder, Ted Demme, Kevin Williamson and Scott Rosenberg. Under her own company film generator, she was the associate producer on Jonas Pate's SHRINK, as she championed the early works of international NY Times Best Selling author Gregg Hurwitz, theater and film writer Jon Hartmere and of course, television writer, Patrick Macmanus.

Prior to joining Littleton Road in 2019, Kelly spent a decade at sportswear brand FILA, most recently as Senior Vice President, Marketing for North America. She was part of the global executive leadership team who returned the company to a $5 billion enterprise that won the footwear industry’s highest award in 2018. Kelly has also had senior operation roles in a U.S. Senate campaign, at nationally renowned political ad agency Jamestown Associates, and at Furniture Co, a high-end retail store and interior design firm.

Lauren Paget is a highly creative television producer with a track record of success at both packaging new series and shepherding returning series across broadcast, cable and streaming. Prior to Littleton Road Productions, Lauren was a Vice President of Original Programming at Warner Bros. Discovery, where she was responsible for the creative development and management of scripted programming for TBS, TNT, and truTV, which included: TBS’ Emmy nominated late-night series Full Frontal with Samantha Bee; the critically acclaimed Miracle Workers: Dark Ages and Miracle Workers: End Times, ranked a top-five cable comedy; the animated sci-fi adventure Final Space; and the highly acclaimed TBS coming-of-age comedy Chad, created by and starring SNL alum Nasim Pedrad. Prior to Warner Bros Discovery, Lauren was a Creative Executive at Amblin Television where she covered all aspects of production for scripted series such as season six of Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning drama The Americans for FX, the pilot and first season of Tommy starring Edie Falco for CBS, and the Emmy nominated two-part docuseries Laurel Canyon: A Place In Time for EPIX. She previously held positions at Assembly Entertainment where she was the Creative Executive overseeing Showtime’s Jim Carrey series I’m Dying Up Here, Shine America, and William Morris Endeavor Agency, where she assisted the Head of Television Rick Rosen, after beginning her career at Last Call with Carson Daly.

Sophie Blumberg (she/her/hers) is a creative producer and dramaturg whose work spans multiple sectors of the entertainment industry, including live performance, themed entertainment, and television. Prior to joining the Littleton Road team, Sophie served as Associate Producer with Tony and Grammy-Award winning producer Mara Isaacs at Octopus Theatricals, and Associate Producer at the CalArts Center for New Performance, where she produced artist residencies, national tours, and international world premiere productions. Her theatrical work has been seen with TeatrStudio (Warsaw, Poland), Edinburgh Fringe Festival, REDCAT, The Civilians, BAM Next Wave Festival, Goodman Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Cherry Lane Theatre, The Orchard Project, and Chicago Dramatists.

In addition to her work with Littleton Road, Sophie is serving as a co-planner for the 2026 national conference of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of America (LMDA), which will take place in New Haven at the David Geffen Yale School of Drama.

Sophie is an alumna of both the Walt Disney Imagineering CalArts Educational Initiative and the Directing Internship at Actors Theatre of Louisville (where she worked on the acclaimed Humana Festival). Sophie also helped to found Producer Hub, a non-profit virtual connective space for creative and independent producers of live performance. She holds an MFA in Creative Producing from the California Institute of the Arts.

Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Yasmine studied Media Studies, French and Chinese at Scripps College in Claremont, CA before starting in the mailroom at CAA. She worked as an assistant in the agency’s TV Scripted department, before joining the Littleton Road family to support the creative team. Moved by anything left-of-center, lyrical, or dialogue-driven, she’s excited by the industry's ability to make what’s unfamiliar, beautifully proximate and aims to continue a career in development.

Ioli Filmeridis is an experienced international development professional, having served as a foreign service officer at USAID on conflict management and peacebuilding, gender and identity issues, capacity development and food security. Ioli has also worked with foundations and nonprofits supporting women's rights, literacy, education, immigrant small businesses, and entrepreneurship development. Most recently at the Kroc Institute of Peace and Justice, Ioli focused on political violence and the intersecting dynamics of power, inequality and violence.

In her advisory role with Littleton Road Productions, she advances social action and philanthropic projects, including the development of educational and awareness campaigns for Dr. Death Seasons One and Two, The Girl from Plainville, and Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy. Ioli holds a Masters in Nonprofit Management and International Development from NYU and a Masters in Urban Planning/Governance of the Large Metropolis from UCLA and Sciences Po, Paris.