Brown’s dream is to change the world through film and TV-celebrating our differences while bringing us all closer together. Prior to Gamechanger, Brown founded Duly Noted Inc., a company dedicated to ground-breaking narratives that use genre to challenge and advance our culture in a disruptive way. Brown is the CEO of Gamechanger, which launched in 2013 as the first film financing fund by and for women and now under Brown’s leadership includes projects by and about people of color, LGBTQ+ and people with disabilities as well as its expansion into television and digital content. Brown also served as an executive producer on Lee Daniels’ STAR on FOX and Disney Channel’s Zombies. Brown has produced several critically acclaimed films and award-winning projects, including Real Women Have Curves (directed by Patricia Cardosa) Dear White People (2015 Independent Spirit Awards, Best First Screenplay), and HBO’s Project Greenlight (Executive Produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck), among several others. Now under Brown’s leadership, it also includes projects by and about people of color, LGBTQ+ and people with disabilities, and has expanded into television and digital content.īrown is also an award-winning film, television, and digital producer known for her highly acclaimed, multi-platform repertoire as well as championing inclusion and diversity in Hollywood, both behind and in front of the camera. Brown is CEO of Gamechanger, which launched in 2013 as the first film financing fund by and for women. New Gamechanger founder Robinson was responsible for assembling a group of African American investors for the project, in addition to investing her own money.SFTV Executive Council member Effie Brown ’93Įffie T. Starring Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, Andre Holland, Alexander Skarsgård, and Bill Camp, the 1928 Harlem-set drama recounts the story of two African American women, each of whom can “pass” as white, but choose to live on opposite sides of the color line. Actress Rebecca Hall makes her directorial debut with the adaptation of the Nella Larsen novel of the same name.

Upcoming projects on Gamechanger’s slate include the previously announced “Passing,” led by Nina Yang Bongiovi and Forest Whitaker’s Significant Productions, which is currently in post-production. Robinson and Pham Lockwood are investing their own money, ensuring that Gamechanger is both headed by and has significant financing from women of color. Other new additions to the Gamechanger team include producer Nina Yang Bongiovi (“Fruitvale Station,” “Dope,” “Sorry to Bother You”) and Arturo Barquet, EVP and Chief Financial Officer of Global Production Operations at Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, who have joined the fund as advisors Jennifer Kushner, previously Director of Artist Development at Film Independent, joins as Chief Content Officer and Brenda Robinson (“Won’t You Be My Neighbor,” “Icarus”) and Naja Pham Lockwood (“Last Days in Vietnam,” “Gook”) join the original founding team that includes Geralyn Dreyfous, Dan Cogan and Wendy Ettinger. The 15 Best Survival Movies, from 'Cast Away' to 'The Revenant'Ģ022 Emmy Predictions: Who Will Win at the Primetime Emmy Awards? 'Wonder Woman' Star Lynda Carter: Leave Trans Women Alone and 'Focus on the Real War on Women' Our investors understand that it is going to take all of us pooling our monies together to ensure that these inclusive voices are given the opportunity to own their story from script to screen.”Ĭhristian Group Demands 'Thor: Love and Thunder' Boycott Over 'Pushing LGBTQ Agenda' What also makes us different is that the diversity of our content is as diverse as our investor pool. “I am beyond thrilled to join Gamechanger as CEO and help level the playing field by providing equity financing for production, development monies as well as strategic partnerships for people with disabilities, LGBTQ+, women, and people of color.

“As a black female producer who’s been in the business for over 20 years, I know how hard it is to not only get into the room but to then secure financing when you have a culturally diverse or gender specific point of view,” said Brown. Brown (“Dear White People,” “Project Greenlight,” “Real Women Have Curves”) has been named the new CEO of Gamechanger, the first film financing fund by and for women, which launched in 2013. Under Brown’s leadership, Gamechanger will broaden the fund’s scope to also include projects by and about people of color, the LGBTQ+ community, and people with disabilities. Gamechanger will also expand into television and digital content with a new, fully monetized development fund that will enable it to buy, option, and develop IP for those platforms.

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