Emerald Cut Productions is an independent media production company devoted to compelling human stories—stories that move us, inspire us, challenge us, and remind us of what matters.
From original concept and story development through production and delivery, Emerald Cut Productions combines creative vision, real-world production experience, and a deep understanding of emotional storytelling.
Founded in 2007 by CEO and Executive Producer Jill Lanese, Emerald Cut Productions is entering a new period of expansion across documentary, scripted entertainment, radio, podcasts, and emerging media.
Because the most powerful stories do more than entertain.
They stay with us.
Featured Projects
Bogart’s Journey™Documentary in Development
Bogart’s Journey™ is the story of an extraordinary dog, the woman who loved him completely, and the fight to save his life.
When Bogart became ill, Jill Lanese fought for him with everything she had. She was told they had time. They did not.
Even during that fight, she believed that what she was learning might one day help another dog.
Jill could not save Bogart. But the work they began together did not die with him.
Through love, grief, courage, and purpose, Bogart’s Journey™ carries his story—and everything he taught her—forward. The documentary explores how profound loss can become meaningful action and how one beloved life can continue creating change long after death.
The Lover’s AlibiFeature Film in Preproduction
Set against the seductive wealth and political power of Lake Norman, The Lover’s Alibi is a sophisticated erotic thriller about an enviable marriage drawn into a dangerous web of desire, deception, and suspicion. As private choices collide with public consequences, two people must confront the forces determined to expose, control, and divide them—before the secrets surrounding their marriage become impossible to survive.
TAKANASSEEEight-Part Limited Series | Historical Family Drama | In Development
Inspired by true events and the life of Harris Levinson.
At the dawn of America’s grand-resort era, Russian Jewish immigrant Harris Levinson transforms his responsibility for a sprawling family into a celebrated hotel empire stretching from the Jersey Shore to the Catskills. But as the magnificent Takanassee becomes the ultimate symbol of their arrival, Harris’s determination to secure his family’s future draws him into dangerous alliances, crushing financial pressure, and moral compromises that threaten the very people he built it all to protect.
Inspired by true events, TAKANASSEE is a sweeping historical family drama about ambition, loyalty, power, and the price of the American dream.
99% CompatibleOriginal Media Experiment | In Development
An original media experiment exploring what happens when artificial intelligence is asked to stop assisting with the dating search—and conduct the search itself.
Beginning with one woman’s highly specific request to find the real-world counterpart of her ideal man, the project follows AI’s attempt to translate personality, values, emotional compatibility, lifestyle, attraction, and non-negotiables into a small number of genuine, mutually compatible candidates.
Funny, revealing, and deeply human, the project asks a larger question: AI may be able to identify a promising match—but can an algorithm find the person we are actually capable of loving?
An Expanding Development Slate
Emerald Cut Productions is expanding its slate of original projects across feature film, documentary storytelling, character-driven comedy, romance, and digital-first vertical formats. New concepts are being developed alongside our established properties as we continue building the creative and production partnerships needed to move each project forward.
Additional projects and development updates will be announced as the slate evolves.
Don’t Buy the DomainFeature Film | High-Concept Character Comedy | In Development
When successful entrepreneur Vivian Mercer decides to take one night off, an innocent conversation with AI turns a joke into an idea—and the idea into something much bigger. As businesses, creative projects and unlikely possibilities begin multiplying around her, Vivian discovers that artificial intelligence may accelerate the way she thinks, but the real engine has been hers all along. Set against contemporary Miami, Don’t Buy the Domain is a fast, sophisticated comedy about pattern recognition, reinvention, execution—and what happens when “I was resting” somehow becomes another business plan.
Original Verticals in DevelopmentMobile-First Original Content | In Development
Emerald Cut Productions is developing a growing slate of original vertical content created for today’s mobile-first audience. From comedy and romance to character-driven stories and select short-form storytelling from Bogart’s Journey, each project is being developed with a focus on strong concepts, memorable characters and stories that connect quickly.
Our vertical slate is currently in development, with additional original properties to be announced.
Cole Unfiltered™Podcast in Development
A direct male-perspective relationship and culture podcast built around the emerging Cole Unfiltered™ media property.
Conversations with Lady Fontaine™Live Podcast
A live program featuring candid conversations about relationships, personal transformation, intuition, and the experiences that shape our lives.
Lady Fontaine After Dark™Radio Program in Development
Love, intuition, and what’s next. A sophisticated new live radio program marking Lady Fontaine™’s return to broadcasting.
Additional original properties may be announced as development progresses.
Work With Us
Emerald Cut Productions is assembling a small, results-oriented creative team for its next chapter. We welcome capable collaborators who can take clear creative direction, produce completed work, communicate reliably, and grow with promising original projects.