Your producing career starts here
About Us
In the race for success, people have always jockeyed for “a piece of the pie” – their fair share. This idea presumes that there’s just ONE gigantic pie and we must fight each other to get a slice. The select few with wealth, connections, and power get the most, while the rest are only left with crumbs.
But this is not true. We know:
there is opportunity for everyone
we are stronger together
hungry audiences want diverse content
In fact, there's plenty of pie for all of us.
Founder
Sasheen R. Artis
Founder/Producer-in-Residence
Sasheen is a two time Emmy award winning producer with over 25 years experience in the industry. As former Chair of the Producers Guild of America Power of Diversity Master Workshop, Sasheen led the program to transformative impact, increasing participants' success rate of acquiring representation, funding or work from 60% to 100% in only four years.
Invited by HRH Princess Rym Ali and the Royal Film Commission, Sasheen led a week-long seminar for emerging creatives in Amman, Jordan, teaching key producing skills combined with one-on-one mentoring and access to some of the top executives from Hollywood's major studios.
Having overcome homelessness herself, Sasheen was named a Wayfinder Foundation Fellow in 2019 and produced a webinar for creatives, “Ground Zero: Narratives on Homelessness”, to help change the depiction of homelessness in media.
Sasheen began her career in Marketing & Creative Services at Paramount Home Entertainment, working on blockbuster campaigns for Titanic, Mission: Impossible, and TV series like Star Trek: The Next Generation and Nickelodeon’s Rugrats. She segued into television production as the Assistant to the Showrunner of Lifetime’s hit police drama, The Division, starring Nancy McKeon, Taraji P. Henson and Jon Hamm.
In addition to the Producers Guild, Sasheen is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
Originally from Harlem, Sasheen earned her BA in Psychology from Stanford University.
Plenty of Pie is 100% Black Woman Owned!
Advisory Board
Andrea Foggy-Paxton
Development Strategist
Andrea Foggy-Paxton is the Principal of Foggy-Paxton Consulting and former Managing Director of Partner Strategy at The Broad Center. Prior to joining The Broad Center, Andrea Foggy-Paxton was Executive Vice President at Reasoning Mind where she successfully orchestrated enrollment campaigns for research projects and State of Texas Education funded contract, resulting in 34,000 new students served and curriculum adoption in Texas and California. Andrea also served as a program officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for six years, where she was responsible for developing and launching a $25 million Innovative Professional Development portfolio. Andrea is a board member of LA Promise Fund and Coro Southern California, and a recipient of the National Urban Fellowship which includes earning a Master in Public Administration from Baruch College. Andrea earned her BA in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley.
Toni Y. Long
Legal Advisor
Toni Y. Long is the Managing Partner and the founder of The Long Law Group, PC, with a practice focused on entertainment and business transactions. Toni’s entertainment practice focuses on production, talent representation, motion picture, television and new media development, distribution, licensing, and private equity investment. Toni’s business and corporate practice focuses on corporate governance, maintenance and formation, asset / stock purchases and sales, securities, as well as serving as general corporate counsel to many of her clients. Toni has collaborated with other attorneys and counseled clients on complex M&A and financing transactions totaling more than $400 million. Toni was recognized as a “Top Attorney” for Corporate & Entertainment Law by Pasadena Magazine and a “Rising Star” by Los Angeles Magazine. Toni earned her JD from UCLA School of Law and her BA from Stanford University.
Jay Tucker
Marketing Strategist
Jay Tucker is the Executive Director of the Center for Entertainment, Media & Sports at UCLA Anderson School of Management. Jay Tucker is a marketer, educator, and strategist with more than 20 years of experience in the entertainment, technology, and academic sectors. He is passionate about helping executives, organizations, and entrepreneurs embrace disruption, drive innovation, and build powerful solutions. Jay has forged partnerships with globally recognized companies and academic institutions, creating game-changing experiences like Silicon Beach @USC as well as leadership development programs focused on innovation in entertainment and technology. Jay currently advises several organizations in the rapidly evolving entertainment sector including The Hollywood Post and Versus Systems [NASDAQ: VS]. He has also provided advisory and program development services to organizations in the entertainment research, media, and social impact sectors.
What we do
We provide creatives the skills, access and resources to produce, license and
earn money from their projects.
Talent Incubator
Knowledge is Power
Build community with other creatives. Access on-demand courses online and attend virtual seminars with live Q&A on pitching, line producing, film finance, distribution, deal making & leadership development. Develop your pitch and learn from the pros using insider information not found in any text book or film school. Refine your project using a culturally competent lens. Complete weekly homework, midterm & final. Create a production plan for your film, TV series or documentary in this intensive incubator. Receive exclusive invitations to VIP networking opportunities.
Production Accelerator
Collaboration is Key
Using our Collaborative Production model, you will enter into a producing agreement with one of our Mentor-Producers, who will work with you through the development process all the way to delivery. Your project will also have access to our financier relationships. Mentor-Producers offer guidance on your production plan and script, make introductions, help to attach talent and champion your project to get it made.
Distribution Partnerships
License Your Content
Build relationships with our distributor partners and acquisition executives at hosted screenings, receptions and other invitation-only events.
Alumni Community
Find Your Tribe
Stay connected with your cohort and meet other fellows through our networking events and salons. Alumni receive continued guidance and mentor support.
Ready to get started?
Who we serve
Emerging Creatives
Starting Out
Grow with an exclusive community of creatives and learn how to navigate the entertainment industry. We welcome those aspiring content creators eager to learn the business of producing.
Mid-Career Creatives
Ready to Pivot
Experience another side of the business and finally follow your passion. We welcome professionals who have decided to make a career change and need a springboard to grow their network and learn the fundamentals of producing.
Studios, Networks & Streaming Platforms
Impact the Bottom Line
Utilize our Talent Incubator training modules to help create safe & productive work environments and position your production teams to deliver on time and on budget. We welcome studios, networks & streaming platforms that seek to increase their ROI by supporting and cultivating Hollywood's new guard of Producers. Our Production Accelerator is an agile full service production partner to meet the demand for diverse content and grow your audiences.
Plenty of Pie welcomes all communities of color and their allies, all genders, all religions, all sexual orientations, all abilities and veterans.
Testimonials
Sasheen has a keen eye for talent and freely shares her passion for amplifying unheard voices. She is a thoughtful leader, a strategic thinker and a gifted motivator who uses every resource available to champion people and projects.
Sylvia L. Jones
TV/Film Writer, "The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel"; "Power Book IV: Force";"The Endgame"
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