Kendra MacLeod

Kendra Macleod is a creative producer, showrunner, and content creator. She took a Bachelor of Arts (B.A) in sociology at the University of California, Berkeley (1999 – 2003). After that, she finished her Master's degree in Broadcast Journalism at Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism (2005 – 2006). Kendra Macleod was a production assistant at ABC News (Apr 2005 – Oct 2005). She then worked as an editor at BBC – Talking Movies (2006) and as an editor & reporter at BBC World (Jan 2007 – Jul 2007). She was a freelance producer at Current TV for almost two years (Mar 2006 – 2008).

As a co-producer, segment producer, and associate producer, Kendra Macleod worked in the English television documentary series, "True Life" (2007 – 2009). She then became a co-producer at Gigantic Productions for MTV's Camp Out (Jun 2007 – Jan 2009). Kendra Macleod field directed a special for MTV Networks Baby High at September Hills (Jan 2009 – Feb 2009). She worked at Viacom for over six years. As a senior producer, she worked for the reality television series "16 and Pregnant" at Viacom. From April 2011 to Mar 2013, Kendra Macleod supervised field and story teams to produce the episodic docudrama “Teen Mom 2” for MTV.

As an executive producer, Kendra Macleod worked in Sharp Entertainment (Jun 2015 – Jul 2017), Halfyard Productions Inc (Dec 2016 – Jul 2020), Critical Content (Jun 2017 – Jul 2020), and VICE News (Jul 2020 – Jul 2021). In 2014, she worked as a producer and director in the television special “Being Tyler Posey.” The following year, she worked as an executive producer and director for the television special “Being Victoria Justice.” In 2017, she worked in the television show “Transitioning.” In 2018, Kendra Macleod featured as an executive producer for the television series “Catfish: Trolls.” She then worked in the television series, “Teen Mom: Young and Pregnant” in 2018.

Kendra Macleod was a development director unscripted at Anxious Eleven for more than six years (Sep 2016 – Jun 2023). She has been the Principal Owner of Dear Desperado in Brooklyn, New York Click to look into! >> Read More... , since Jun 2013. Dear Desperado is a full-service production company specializing in producing ground-breaking series, scripted, innovative branded content, and documentary programming. She has worked with TLC, MTV, A&E, Lifetime, Oxygen, Bravo, Sundance, Spike, TRU, and Discovery. Kendra Macleod has been working as an executive producer at MTV in New York since Nov 2017. She is also an executive producer at Crazy Legs Productions since September 2023. As creative director, showrunner, and executive producer, she has more than fifteen years of experience, including development, casting, budget management, and overseeing all aspects of production.