McKendrick was born and raised in San Francisco, California. While studying at Chapman University she wrote, produced, directed, and acted in a number of short films and stage plays and graduated in 2008 with a BFA in theatre performance.

In 2014, McKendrick wrote, produced and starred in the pop musical web series Destroy the Alpha Gammas. The series was critically acclaimed, and she was made a Webby Award honoree and received a Streamy Award nomination. In 2017, she wrote, produced and co-starred in her feature debut, M.F.A., which premiered at South By Southwest. In 2019, she was hired to write Paramount's Grease prequel, Summer Lovin', which was later cancelled. In 2020, she wrote, directed and starred in the short film Pamela & Ivy, a feminist origin story for the supervillain Poison Ivy. The film premiered on Collider. The film was a Webby Award honoree for best writing.

In 2022, McKendrick wrote, directed and starred in the feature film about a broke, single 34-year-old woman that decides to freeze her eggs following a breakup. The film was based on her own experience with egg-retrieval in 2021. The film premiered at South by Southwest in March 2023 and was released theatrically by Lionsgate in 2024. She was named one of IndieWire's "28 Rising Female Filmmakers to Watch" in 2023.

Ali Dee Theodore has over 3 decades of experience in the entertainment industry as a songwriter, producer, composer, artist and Executive Music Producer. In 1989, Dee signed a recording deal with Chrysalis Records for his group The Next School, which was the first African American & White rap duo. Dee would go onto joining the famed Hip Hop production juggernaut, The Bomb Squad, from 1990 to 1993. During the Golden Era of Hip Hop, Dee wrote and produced for Big Daddy Kane, Eric B & Rakim, YBT, Arron Hall, Slick Rick, Dana Dane, Mary J Blige, Natasha Bedingfield, Kool G Rap, andM.O.P, among many others.

In 2002, Dee saw tremendous opportunity in music for film and television and migrated from working with recording artists to creating songs & music for film & television. He has written songs and produced music for over 250 feature films and is ranked the #3 highest grossing Executive Music Producer on Worldwide box office receipts. Songs that Dee has written and produced have garnered in excess of two billion streams on Spotify & two billion views on YouTube.

In 2008, Dee won the American Music Award for his original songwriting and production for the blockbuster franchise film, Alvin & The Chipmunks. Dee went on to Executive Music Produce the second and third films in the franchise, The Squeakquel and Chipwrecked.

Dee has written and produced songs for countless hit Disney franchises and films, including Z-O-M-B-I-E-S, Descendants, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Shake It Up, Kickin’ It, Teen Beach Musical, and Hannah Montana. In 2013, Dee produced the triple-platinum #1 Billboard chart single “Cups”, by Anna Kendrick. In 2015, Dee was brought on by Nick Jr to write and produce 52 original songs for the animated series ALVINNN!!! And the Chipmunks. featured Dee’s 52 original songs for seasons 1 & 2.

Highlights of Dee’s three-decade career in entertainment include producing the cast of NBC’s RISE in an epic cover of Macklemore’s smash hit “Glorious”, which was a featured commercial in Super Bowl LII; producing Rachen Platten’s single “Wonder” for the feature film Wonder Park; writing and producing JoJo Siwa’s single “D.R.E.A.M.”, which became the title song for her album and first national tour; co-writing and producing the Snoop Dogg / MonstaX single “How We Do” for the latest SpongeBob Squarepants feature film, Sponge On The Run which Dee had the role of Executive Music Producer; writing and producing five songs for the hit Netflix series Julie & The Phantoms; writing and producing the theme song for the new “He-Man: Masters of the Universe” reboot for Mattel/Netflix; writing and producing original music for Nickelodeon’s “Bubble Guppies” and “Noggin”; writing and producing the 2023 basketball playoff season theme songs for the Golden State Warriors and New York Knicks; and producing and performing the hit song “Mario Brothers Rap” for Universal Pictures’ The Super Mario Bros. Movie which has garnered over $1 billion at the box office, making it one of the most successful animated franchise films of all time.

EMILY WRIGHT is a Grammy-nominated vocal producer, engineer and songwriter. She has written a number of top 40 songs and worked with some of the biggest artists in the world. Her production credits include Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Kelly Clarkson, Flo Rida, One Direction, Linkin’ Park and other superstar pop artists. She is a diverse songwriter with additional credits including Britney Spears, Owl City, Cher Lloyd, Ben Rector, COIN and more. Emily graduated from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Playwrights Horizons Theater School and subsequently taught at NYU as an adjunct professor. Her work as a female engineer and producer has been widely recognized in the music business, as only 2% of the industry’s producers are women, only 3% engineers.