Creative, Business-Savvy Entertainment Multi-Hyphenate: Marlene Sharp

Marlene Sharp is a creative and business-savvy entertainment multi-hyphenate who originally hails from New Orleans but is now a (San Fernando) Valley girl. Firmly ensconced in LA life, Marlene is top dawg at Pink Poodle Productions and emeritus Head of IP Strategy and Acquisitions for Rainshine Entertainment. Noteworthy clients and collaborators include Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan; WowMax Next; Dumpster Dorks; Filmocracy; BoredPanda.com; WeFixYourScript.com; ToonBo; Society Theatricals; Euramco Pictures; WeirdAss Comedy; and The Center for Learning Unlimited/Brainstorm Productions. Prior to Pink Poodle and Rainshine, Marlene served as Director, Production at LEVEL-5 abby, home of YO-KAI WATCH and other Japanese hit video game-based franchises. Formerly, as Producer, TV Series, at Sega of America, Marlene worked on much more than Teen Choice Award-nominated Cartoon Network series SONIC BOOM. For example, her extensive Hedgehog duties took her to the heights of the nerd-iverse as an official San Diego Comic-Con 2017 panelist. She also contributed to the 2020 Sonic the Hedgehog feature film. As a freelance journalist, Marlene concentrates on pop culture for noteworthy fan destinations, such as Global Toy News, GameDeveloper.com, DOGTV, ToonBarn.com, Geekified.net, Medium, and CultureSonar.com.

As a short film auteur, she has snagged recognition at La Femme Film Fest, Austin Comedy Film Festival, KIDS FIRST! Film Festival, Canine Film Festival, and San Luis Obispo Film Festival. Marlene is the proud winner of the 2019 LA Shorts International Film Fest Script Competition (an Oscar- and BAFTA-qualifying fest), at which her backdoor sitcom pilot received a staged reading courtesy of The Groundlings. As a human being, basically, Marlene Sharp loves all kinds of pups.

For proof, please see her website www.pinkpoodleproductions.com.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marlenesharp/