ColorCreative, the management/production company founded by Issa Rae and Deniese Davis, is revealing the inaugural cohort for its Find Your People Program, first announced in February.
Fypp is unique in that it provides training, resources and mentorship to creatives from seven different filmmaking fields, grouping them together to form interdisciplinary production teams to develop, pitch and ideally eventually create a short film to screen next year.
Twenty-eight creatives were chosen from more than 1,500 applicants around the world and matched by ColorCreative managers into four production teams, with one representative from each of the seven disciplines:
Writers: Brian Cohen, Cassandra Hunter, Nzinga Kadalie Kemp, Yolanda Morgan Costume designers: Jalissa Jackson, Kaij, Raquel “Rocky” Avalos, Salina Hernandez Directors: Aisha Amin, Ifeanyi Ezieme, Jeremie Cander, Yeajoon (Joon) Cho Producers: Chidi Amadiume, Fabiola Rodriguez, Maia Miller, Vivy Yupanqui Cinematographers: Anna Mendes, B.P. Edwards, Matt Kleppner, Rayna Rasamee Production Designers: Chidinma Dureke, Jolien Louis,...
Fypp is unique in that it provides training, resources and mentorship to creatives from seven different filmmaking fields, grouping them together to form interdisciplinary production teams to develop, pitch and ideally eventually create a short film to screen next year.
Twenty-eight creatives were chosen from more than 1,500 applicants around the world and matched by ColorCreative managers into four production teams, with one representative from each of the seven disciplines:
Writers: Brian Cohen, Cassandra Hunter, Nzinga Kadalie Kemp, Yolanda Morgan Costume designers: Jalissa Jackson, Kaij, Raquel “Rocky” Avalos, Salina Hernandez Directors: Aisha Amin, Ifeanyi Ezieme, Jeremie Cander, Yeajoon (Joon) Cho Producers: Chidi Amadiume, Fabiola Rodriguez, Maia Miller, Vivy Yupanqui Cinematographers: Anna Mendes, B.P. Edwards, Matt Kleppner, Rayna Rasamee Production Designers: Chidinma Dureke, Jolien Louis,...
- 8/15/2023
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Ask any Hollywood star or wardrobe stylist for their onscreen or offscreen fashion secrets, and they’ll likely reveal that thrifting and borrowing are among their favorite pastimes.
“I appreciate the recycling aspect of previously-owned clothing,” Westworld costume designer Shay Cunliffe has told The Hollywood Reporter, while April Napier (Lady Bird), Ayanna James (Insecure) and Staci Greenbaum (Broad City) have also revealed that treasures from thrift stores and vintage markets have helped to tell characters’ sartorial stories.
Others who have promoted sustainable retail therapy include celebrity stylist Karla Welch, Olivia Wilde and designer Christian Siriano, who previously collaborated with online resale platform ThredUp. And Hollywood stylist Mimi Cuttrell (who dresses Priyanka Chopra), Monica Rose and Dani Michelle has opted to borrow pieces from designer rental showroom Janet Mandell,...
Ask any Hollywood star or wardrobe stylist for their onscreen or offscreen fashion secrets, and they’ll likely reveal that thrifting and borrowing are among their favorite pastimes.
“I appreciate the recycling aspect of previously-owned clothing,” Westworld costume designer Shay Cunliffe has told The Hollywood Reporter, while April Napier (Lady Bird), Ayanna James (Insecure) and Staci Greenbaum (Broad City) have also revealed that treasures from thrift stores and vintage markets have helped to tell characters’ sartorial stories.
Others who have promoted sustainable retail therapy include celebrity stylist Karla Welch, Olivia Wilde and designer Christian Siriano, who previously collaborated with online resale platform ThredUp. And Hollywood stylist Mimi Cuttrell (who dresses Priyanka Chopra), Monica Rose and Dani Michelle has opted to borrow pieces from designer rental showroom Janet Mandell,...
- 3/22/2023
- by Danielle Directo-Meston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Costume designer Ayanna James has worked on two television series so far, under two of today’s hottest content creators: Issa Rae and Ava DuVernay.
She designed for Rae's Insecure for seasons one, two and part of three on HBO, before beginning with DuVernay’s Queen Sugar for season four (which premiered June 12). For both series, her goal has been to shop locally and dress the characters from stores where the characters would have shopped.
For Rae’s character, who lives in South Los Angeles and works at a middle school nonprofit, James pulled from places like L.A. thrift ...
She designed for Rae's Insecure for seasons one, two and part of three on HBO, before beginning with DuVernay’s Queen Sugar for season four (which premiered June 12). For both series, her goal has been to shop locally and dress the characters from stores where the characters would have shopped.
For Rae’s character, who lives in South Los Angeles and works at a middle school nonprofit, James pulled from places like L.A. thrift ...
- 6/18/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Bow down! Following the release of Jay-Z’s “Family Feud” music video, Beyonce shared stunning behind-the-scenes photos from the set on her website, including intimate snaps with her husband and their 5-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy. In the first set of pics posted on her Instagram, Beyonce dons custom Ayanna James, a Zana Bayne belted corset with a JGerard belt and […]...
- 12/30/2017
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
If you haven’t heard of Issa Rae by now, block out your weekend to catch up on the actor/producer/writer’s credits to date, including her viral web series and book The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl – and of course, her new smash hit HBO show Insecure which has already garnered her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a TV Comedy or Musical. But while it seems like there’s nothing Rae can’t accomplish, she couldn’t get it all done while looking so effortlessly put-together without the help of her longtime friend and stylist Ayanna James,...
- 1/6/2017
- by Emily Kirkpatrick
- PEOPLE.com
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