EXCLUSIVE: Former Le Train Train and YouTube executive Nicole Emanuele has been appointed head of development and production for Kaley Cuoco’s Yes, Norman Productions.
Additionally, the company has promoted Zayda Exeliz to creative executive. Emanuele most recently was a partner at Le Train Train Productions, the production company founded by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack.
During her two-year tenure, she produced the Oscar-shortlisted documentary A Swim Lesson and handled the company’s first look deal with Lionsgate TV.
Prior to that, Emanuele was a founding member of the YouTube Originals team where she developed and oversaw several scripted projects, including On Becoming a God in Central Florida (which moved to Showtime), Step Up High Water (which ended up at Starz), Doug Liman’s Impulse, Season 3 of Cobra Kai, and the Eminem-produced film Bodied.
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