ALLEN HUNTSPON

FOUNDER | CEO | EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Allen Huntspon is a two-time Emmy®-nominated Executive Producer and Director, and a two-time Peabody Award-winning journalist recognized for overseeing premium, large-scale productions across streaming, digital, and cable for global media companies. He is best known for directing Street Somm (2024), the Daytime Emmy® and James Beard-nominated television series, and for his tenure at CNN as a lead writer-producer.

Allen’s career was shaped at CNN, where he progressed across three of the network’s most influential divisions. He began at the iconic Larry King Live, curating live-broadcast content and managing music clearances with BMI and ASCAP, before moving into CNN’s award-winning documentary unit, where he produced multiple films for CNN Presents, including the landmark Black in America. He later joined CNN Newsroom as a lead writer-producer, where he co-created Education Makeover, the network’s first original reality format, and scripted live global coverage for CNN’s flagship anchors during defining moments in modern history, including the national reckoning following the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and Tamir Rice.

After CNN, Allen joined VICE Media as a Director, helping launch the VICELAND television channel. He later led branded entertainment at ATTN:, where he developed premium, social-impact–driven nonfiction content for major brand partners. His work included co-directing Finding Home in America, a Streamy-nominated docuseries for Zillow exploring the U.S. housing crisis; producing cause-based campaigns with Lyft and Wieden+Kennedy that raised funds for nonprofits; and directing a Shorty Social Good Award–winning Alzheimer’s awareness campaign with CAA. He has also served as a Supervising Producer on multiple YouTube Originals, including Issa Rae’s Bear Witness Take Action 3 and Tastemade Studios’ A New Green Book.

Allen’s work has earned Emmy® recognition and honors from leading media and cultural institutions, including the Global Entertainment Marketing Academy, the New York Association of Black Journalists, the News & Documentary Emmy® Awards, the GLAAD Media Awards, and Beyoncé’s BeyGOOD Foundation.

With two decades of experience, Allen is known for leading diverse creative teams and delivering culturally resonant, high-impact nonfiction and unscripted storytelling with strategic reach.