Prince Harry And Meghan Markle’s ‘Archewell’ Names Disney+ Exec Chanel Pysnik Head Of Unscripted

Archewell Productions, the entertainment studio founded last year by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, has hired former Disney+ exec Chanel Pysnik as its head of unscripted content.

Pysnik will oversee docuseries and documentary features, Deadline reports, working in close tandem with Netflix, where Archewell operates a development deal. (Archewell Audio, its podcast division, similarly has an exclusive agreement in place with Spotify). Pysnik will report to Archewell’s head of content, Ben Browning

, and joins another recent hire, Bennett Levine, who was named production coordinator in April.

In addition to its entertainment endeavors, Archewell Inc. also comprises a nonprofit foundation.

Archewell’s first two projects at Netflix are the docuseries Heart Of Invictus — about the international sporting event for wounded, injured, or sick servicemen and women — and Pearl, an animated series executive produced by Markle about a 12-year-old girl who finds inspiration in influential women throughout history.

Prior to joining Archewell, Pysnik served as director of international content for Disney+, overseeing unscripted series and docs in all non-U.S. markets. Prior to that she led development for original series at CNN and HLN.