MACRO Television Studios Adds Five New Executives

MACRO Television Studios President Marta Fernandez has announced the addition of five executives to the studio— Inga Dyer as Senior Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs, Aisha Corpas Wynn as Vice President of Alternative Programming, Ahmadou Seck and Khalid Jordan as Directors of Development and Ilayda Yigit as Manager. 

“As MACRO Television Studios continues to grow and expand, I am so excited to work alongside all of these truly talented individuals that further the mission at the company to elevate artists of color and bring real change to the industry,” said Fernandez.  “Our new team members will support the studio’s robust slate of programming along with our expansion into the scripted space and launch of our alternative programming slate that will include unscripted, reality and podcasts.”

Dyer has 20+ years of success in business and legal affairs.  She comes to MACRO from REVOLT Media & TV where she was General Counsel.  Prior to that, she served in various roles in business and legal affairs at BET Networks, Spike TV and Magic Johnson Enterprises, negotiating competitive and precedent setting deals.  Dyer received her BA in Communications from Howard University and her Juris Doctorate from Howard University School of Law.  She is a member of the California Bar and the Beverly Hills County Bar Association and a board member for The Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association (BESLA).

Wynn was most recently Head of Development for Anthony Anderson and Bunim/Murray Productions’ partnership, where she oversaw unscripted and animation programming.  Her production company, A Wynn Wynn Production, produced HBO’s After the Thrones where she was showrunner/co-executive producer.  She created/executive produced VH1ʼs Iʼm Married To A..., A&Eʼs Flipping Miami and Snapchat’s Road Trippin’ with Rickey Thompson and Denzel Dion.  Wynn is a graduate of The University of California, Santa Barbara and holds a BA in Film. 

Seck most recently was a Creative Executive with Will Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment. He began his career at CAA before landing a development position at Participant Media.  While at Overbrook, he was part of the development team for the critically acclaimed Netflix series Cobra Kai, where he was also an associate producer.  He has also held leadership positions with CAA’s Multicultural Committee, Colour Entertainment and AfroBrunch.  Raised by Senegalese parents in Seattle, Seck has a BA from St. Martin’s University.

Jordan joins from Warner Horizon, where he was the Manager of Drama and Comedy Development.  While there, he worked with showrunners and creators including Stephanie Allain, Roberto Aguirre Sacasa, Janine Sherman Barrios and Bill Lawrence.  Previously he was the Development Manager for Mass Appeal under multi-hyphenate filmmaker Sacha Jenkins and helped bolster the group’s scripted and non-scripted development.  Jordan began his career as a former agent trainee at WME and spent time in both the West and East coast offices.  Jordan holds a BA in Television Production from Howard University.

Yigit, raised in North Carolina by Turkish parents, comes to the studio from the literary packaging department at WME, building out her expertise in tracking, acquiring and adapting IP for television.  Earlier in her career, she worked on the support staff for the Narcos:Mexico writers room.  In addition to her regular executive duties as manager, she will continue to shepherd literary adaptations driven by authors and television writers of color for the studio’s slate.  She graduated from the University of North Carolina with a BFA in Filmmaking.

All will report to Fernandez.

MACRO Television Studios is owned by MACRO, the multi-platform media company representing the voice of Black, Indigenous and people of color, founded by Charles D. King in 2015.  The company has produced Raising Dion, which debuted on Netflix in 2019 and went on to become the streaming platform’s number one Kids and Family show that same year and was renewed for a second season.  In 2020, it produced the Latinx dramedy Gentefied that was recently greenlit for a second season on Netflix as well.  

The studio also has many projects in development including Dawn.  Amazon Studios and MACRO Television Studios partnered with Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Filmworks to develop, with a script to series commitment, Octavia E. Butler’s 1987 science-fiction novel for television.  Victoria Mahoney will create, adapt and direct the series.  UCP and MACRO Television Studios are also developing MISS NG for HBO Max with Carlos Portugal attached to write and executive produce the one hour drama/mystery. The studio also inked a development deal with multi-hyphenate creative – actress/writer/director Numa Perrier for her Toxic television series.  Perrier will executive produce the half hour erotic thriller series, write and direct the pilot via her House of Numa production banner.  In addition, Kevin Jordan has signed a first look deal with MACRO Television Studios.  Under the deal so far, two series are being developed for Jordan to executive produce, Thirst and Cordoba.  

MACRO’s multiple business verticals also include film, a talent and influencer management division, a representation firm, a branding and creative agency and a venture firm.