Monarch Kaleidoscope is a New York City-based entertainment studio founded by producer Emily McCann Lesser . Specializing in narrative and documentary projects across the globe, we collaborate with diverse writers and directors who bring unique visions and a passion for telling powerful, entertaining, and deeply personal stories. Our mission is to create work with heart that sparks meaningful conversations about our shared humanity and offers strong market appeal.
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How their work is rated
1 win from 1 nominations across all awards
- Mostly
- short, comedy, romance
- Active
- 2019–2026
Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 5 of 5 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.
Credits5
5 films
Before I Do
2026 · Film
Produced
How to Shoot a Ghost
2025 · Film
Produced
Anniversary
2022 · Film
Produced
The Black Disquisition
2021 · Film
Produced
Next Level Shit
2019 · Film
Produced
5 titles across 8 years, averaging 0.6 a year. The last five years hold at 0.6 a year. 3 of those 8 years carry no credit on file.
Who they work with
- Gary Jaffe2
- Gary Jaffe2
- Short4 of 5
- Comedy3 of 5
Names appearing on two or more of Monarch Kaleidoscope’s produced titles, across the 5 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.
Works with2 companies
Companies that appear alongside Monarch Kaleidoscope on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.
Film offices covering New York
- NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME)New York · 30% base (40% upstate counties)
- New York State Governor's Office of Motion Picture & Television DevelopmentNew York · 30% base (40% upstate counties)
- Fort Lee Film CommissionFort Lee
- New Jersey Motion Picture & Television CommissionNewark · 30% standard; up to 35-40% with studio partner bonus
Offices near this location, and the one covering the whole state. Proximity is not jurisdiction: confirm with the office before relying on it for permits.
Other companies near New York
- 25th FrameNew York · 5 titles
- 305 Media GroupNew York · 5 titles
- ABKCO Music and RecordsNew York · 5 titles
- AllblkNew York · 5 titles
- Alphaville Films-NYCNew York · 5 titles
- Alternate Plan ProductionsNew York · 5 titles
- Angelika FilmsNew York · 5 titles
- Arista RecordsNew York · 5 titles
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