Ilene Kahn Power is an Emmy Award-winning and multiple Golden Globe-nominated executive producer of movies and event series such as GIA starring Angelina Jolie, ELVIS starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, TRAFIC the miniseries, and STALIN for HBO starring Robert Duvall and Julia Ormand (for which she won the Emmy for Outstanding Motion Picture for Television). Kahn Power is a former Senior Vice President of HBO Films where she developed and oversaw the production of over sixty films.
Recently she has been actively developing and producing other event series for such cable and streaming networks as FX, Amazon, and Netflix. In 2022 she produced AN AMISH SIN for Lifetime, just nominated for six LEO Awards (2023) in Canada, including Best Picture. In 2021 she produced the Award winning GONE MOM starring Annabeth Gish, the true crime tragedy of the disappearance of Jennifer Dulos, which captured the attention of the country. She was Executive Producer of the feature documentary MEDICINE MAN: THE STAN BROCK STORY and was also Executive Producer of the award-winning documentary feature REMOTE AREA MEDICAL which played in theaters across the country. Other of her previous productions include WHITE MILE starring Alan Alda, FATHERLAND starring Rutger Hauer and Miranda Richardson, BUFFALO SOLDIERS starring Danny Glover, and ROSWELL with Martin Sheen and Kyle McLachlan. She has been a longtime Board Member of WOMEN IN FILM where she Chairs and produces the Legacy Series, and is a member of Northwestern’s C-100 organization mentoring young female NU graduates.
She is married to Derek Power with whom she is partnered in Kahn Power Pictures.