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6 April, 2020Print
The Nacelle Company Promotes Cisco Henson To President Of Production
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Nacelle Company, Comedy Dynamics’ parent company, announced today that Cisco Henson has been promoted to President of Production for the company that specializes in comedy and pop cultural historical documentaries.
During his time with The Nacelle Company, Cisco has served as an Executive Producer for their hit Netflix series’ The Movies That Made Us and The Toys That Made Us, as well as a seemingly endless list of groundbreaking comedy specials such as Ali Wong: Baby Cobra, Jim Gaffigan: Noble Ape, Iliza Shlesinger: Freezing Hot, Maria Bamford: Weakness Is The Brand, Pete Davidson: Alive From New York, and more for Comedy Dynamics, The Nacelle Company’s comedy wing. In addition to the extensive catalogue of comedy specials and documentaries that Cisco has produced, he leads the production team in running multiple shows, limited series, feature films, and promotional videos that the company has produced for networks such as NETFLIX, Disney+, HBO, BET+, A&E, History Channel, Hulu, Discovery, Viacom, and more.
In recent years, the company’s growth has been substantial, with upcoming projects like Behind The Attraction for Disney + and several other unannounced projects for BET +, Amazon, Netflix, and more coming down the pipeline in 2020.
Cisco’s list of production credits include:
George Carlin: Back In Town
George Carlin: Life Is worth Losing
George Carlin: You Are All Diseased
George Carlin: It’s Bad For Ya
George Carlin: Complaints and Grievances
Dave Chappelle: Killin’ Them Softly
Dave Chappelle: For What Is Worth
Russell Simmon’s Def Comedy Jam (2 Seasons)
Comedy Central Presents… (15 Seasons)
Comedy Central’s Premium Blend (9 Seasons)
Disney +’s Behind The Attraction
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
Coming To The Stage (10 Seasons)
Kevin Hart’s Guide to Black History
Animal Nation with Anthony Anderson
Jim Gaffigan: Quality Time
Untitled Zac Efron docuseries
Untitled docuseries for BET+
“I have always taken so much pride in and been grateful to be a part of the Nacelle team. A this particular moment in time, I couldn’t be prouder for the opportunity to step up and support the company from my new position.” said Cisco Henson.
“For almost 8 years Cisco has been the rock that we could unfailing depend on no matter how many of my ideas, some good, many bad, resulted in our output doubling almost every year” said Brian Volk-Weiss, CEO of The Nacelle Company. “From over a hundred Sunday 3am airport rendezvous after a shoot to him overseeing last month’s flawless evacuation of our headquarters’ staff and equipment, he has never once let the company down.”
Founded by Brian Volk Weiss, The Nacelle Company develops, produces, and distributes feature and documentary films as well as TV shows - both scripted and unscripted. Nacelle's vast array of partnerships include: Netflix, Amazon, Disney +, HBO, Discovery, BET+, A&E Networks, Hulu, Viacom, and many more. The Nacelle Company has produced the hit Netflix docu-series, The Toys That Made Us, and it’s upcoming spin-off, The Movies That Made Us, Sony’s Mad About You reboot, CW’s Discontinued, Netflix’s Kevin Hart’s Guide To Black History, and Behind The Attraction for Disney +.