Nigel Lopez-McBean
is an Emmy® nominated storyteller and
co-founder of Narrative Muse, a content discovery and audience intelligence platform for publishing and screen.

I'm from Derbyshire, England, of Jamaican heritage, and I've worked across London, Los Angeles and Sydney, in studios, agencies, and technology.

I was co-founder of DBP Donut, an award-winning Los Angeles creative studio with filmmakers Mark & Jay Duplass, named one of Fast Company’s 'World's Most Innovative Companies.’

My Emmy® nomination, for Outstanding Young Adult Program, was for Disney's multi-platform original series SHOOK. Other credits include The Ride (Sundance Film Festival Official Selection), Co-Ed (Snap Originals/NBCUniversal), and a Cannes Lion with Netflix.

Narrative Muse maps the emotional and thematic patterns in how people connect with stories, built on preferences they choose to share. It was recognised by UNESCO as a Global Top 100 AI innovation, and is in the founding cohort of Runway’s Builders Program.

I'm a BAFTA member and juror for the 2026 BAFTA Student Awards.

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nigellopezmcbean(at)gmail(dot)com