Jeanne Elfant Festa | Co-President, White Horse Pictures
Jeanne Elfant Festa is the Co-President and Partner at White Horse Pictures, responsible for overseeing all aspects of the company’s creative content, production, and development.
She has produced Emmy-winning films three years in a row: THE APOLLO, directed by Roger Ross Williams, THE BEE GEES: HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART, directed by Frank Marshall and LUCY AND DESI, directed by Amy Poehler.
Before joining the White Horse Pictures creative producing team, she operated her own production company, Piper Cub Productions. With Piper Cub Productions, she had a first look deal with Exclusive Media and joined forces there with Nigel Sinclair, executive producing the Grammy-winning documentary FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH, directed by James Moll.
Since joining White Horse Pictures, she has served on the producing team for the Grammy & Emmy-winning, and BAFTA-nominated THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK - THE TOURING YEARS, directed by Ron Howard and his Imagine Entertainment. She also produced the critically acclaimed PAVAROTTI, also directed by Ron Howard. Jeanne produced the Emmy-winning, IDA & NAACP-nominated and Oscar-shortlisted THE APOLLO, directed by Oscar-winning director Roger Ross Williams. She also produced six-time Emmy-nominated, & multi-Emmy-winning, THE BEE GEES: HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART,
directed by Frank Marshall of Kennedy/Marshall. Jeanne produced, with Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite, the six-time Emmy-nominated & multi-Emmy-winning, Hollywood Critics Association Television-winning, as well as Critics Choice, PGA, WGA, and Peabody-nominated, LUCY AND DESI. Jeanne is one of the producers of the Emmy-nominated, THE BEACH BOYS directed by Frank Marshall of Kennedy/Marshall. Jeanne is a co-producer of the multi-Emmy- nominated STAX: SOULSVILLE, U.S.A. directed by Jamila Wignot. Jeanne is also an executive producer on an upcoming documentary about LILITH FAIR, directed by Ally Pankiw and produced by Dan Levy. She also produced, alongside PGA President Stephanie Allain and her company Homegrown Pictures, BILLY PRESTON: THAT’S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT directed by Emmy-winning director Paris Barclay. Jeanne is a producer on a feature film about KEITH MOON, the eccentric drummer of The Who, and she is also producing a number of other not yet announced high-end documentaries and projects now on White Horse Pictures’ slate.
She serves on the board of Step Up a nation-wide non-profit organization that propels girls living or going to school in under-resourced communities to fulfill their potential by empowering them to become confident, college-bound, career-focused, and ready to join the next generation of professional women.
