Diversification and Inclusion at Sony Pictures Ent. with Brett King - Ep #17

There is a massive push for diverse talent at Sony through the diversification and inclusion program run by VP, Creative Programming, Diversity & Inclusion Brett King.  If you are trying to break in to Hollywood, this episode is packed with information as Leslie and Brett discuss Sony's Diverse Writers Program and Diverse Directors Program, what types of writers and directors Sony is looking for, mentorship and development opportunities, how to craft a personal narrative and much more...

Brett King is Vice President, Creative Programming, Diversity & Inclusion for
Sony Pictures Entertainment, where he works with both Sony Pictures Television
and the Motion Picture Group to identify and advantage opportunities for
inclusion throughout the studio.

King oversees the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program as well as
the television studio’s Diverse Writers program, both designed to provide
opportunity for women and ethnic minorities in scripted episodic television. Prior
to working with Sony, King was a producer as well as a Program Consultant for
HBOAccess and for Disney/ABC Television Creative Talent Development,
working to find the next generation of content creators.

A television veteran with oversight of literally hundreds of hours of television
under his belt, he has been a senior level executive at BET, The WB, Paramount
Television Studios and 20th Century Fox Television. His executive career
followed his work in New York, where he was a staff producer of the commercial
parodies at Saturday Night Live as well as a producer of innumerable music
videos, commercials and promos, all while moonlighting as a DJ in some of the
city’s seminal downtown clubs.

King is a proud father of two.