Cameron Penn is an English and Spanish speaking Writer, Director, and Producer best known for Executive Producing the Sony Pictures Television & Oxygen True Crime documentary, Married to El Chapo, now streaming on Peacock. To develop the documentary, Penn spent years interviewing El Chapo’s Wife and researching her husband’s cartel.
Penn’s other projects have screened at several Oscar Qualifying Film Festivals, including Tribeca, HollyShorts, the Austin Film Festival, the Rhode Island Film Festival, and the St. Louis International Film Festival. Penn has also sold an original series to Paramount Plus.
Cameron began his first foray into the entertainment world as a magician, and quickly transitioned to theatre where he performed in and directed various plays and scenes at regional theatre competitions. In 2014, he was nominated for a National Youth Arts Award and in 2015 he won 1st place at the Drama Teachers' Association of Southern California Shakespeare Festival. Past winners include Sally Field, JJ Abrams, Jason Bateman, and Nicolas Cage.
Penn wrote and directed a pilot entitled 'The Roommates,' which stars Golden Globe Winner Barry Bostwick, Oscar Nominee Bruce Davison, and Martin Kove from Cobra Kai and Karate Kid. The Roommates won the Late-Night Audience Award at SeriesFest, 2025. Penn also Co-Produced the short film Molly Robber, an Official Selection at Tribeca and an Audience Award Winner at the Austin Film Festival. While making acclaimed projects, Penn has also worked for top studios including MRC and Legendary Entertainment. He also worked on season 4 of the hit Freeform/ Hulu series, Good Trouble. In 2019, Penn graduated magna cum laude from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He has also served as a mentor to college students through Academy Gold, a selective career advancement program offered by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
