Fenell Doremus is an award-winning producer based in Chicago.

Fenell got her start working as an assistant editor on HOOP DREAMS and went on to serve as staff producer at Kartemquin Films for the next eight years. She produced and directed A YEAR ON TEEN ST, a short documentary following a teen theater troupe over the course of a year and was segment producer/co-editor of the groundbreaking multi-part immigration series THE NEW AMERICANS. The series was nationally broadcast on PBS in 2004 and won multiple awards at festivals worldwide.

Fenell has worked as field and coordinating producer for Hedrick Smith Productions, The Kindling Group and Motto Pictures, among others. In addition to her documentary work, Fenell has been producing and directing branded and commissioned works for clients including: Cook County Bureau of Health Services, National People’s Action, Microsoft, Lycée Français Chicago, Refugees International, American Jewish World Service, The AVI CHAI Foundation and Helping Hand.

Most recently, she produced COOKED: Survival by Zip Code, directed by Peabody award winner Judith Helfand and inspired by Eric Klinenberg’s ground-breaking book, ‘HEAT WAVE: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago’. COOKED premiered at DOC NYC in 2018 and was broadcast nationally on PBS’ Independent Lens series in 2020. Prior to that, she co-produced the Academy Award® nominated and Emmy® Award winning, ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail, directed by Steve James and broadcast in 2017 on PBS’ Frontline series. 

Fenell lives in Chicago, is an active member of the Documentary Producers Alliance and serves on the Board of Kartemquin Films.