Effie Brown

Effie T. Brown is a film and television producer known for such films as Rocket Science, Dear White People, and But I'm a Cheerleader.

Background

Effie Brown grew up in the greater Los Angeles area. She attended the all-girls St. Lucy's Priory High School in Glendora, California. She received a degree in film production from Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in Los Angeles.

Upon graduation from LMU, Brown quickly rose up in the ranks in the film industry to become Director of Development for Tim Burton's production company in 1995. A few years later, she became one of the first participants in Project:Involve, a fellowship program sponsored by the Independent Feature Project/Los Angeles (now Film Independent). She completed the program in 1999 and with numerous feature films and television productions to her credit, Brown has become one of Project:Involve's major success stories. Damon responded that "when you're talking about diversity, you do it in the casting of the film, not the casting of the show. He also pointed out that the most diverse directorial candidate didn’t have a problem with the parts of the script that Effie deemed problematic. " Critics of Damon's comments stated that he was "mansplaining" and "whitesplaining" diversity to Effie Brown and accused him of being racially tone deaf.

Selected filmography Desert Blue (1998), line producer But I'm A Cheerleader (1999), line producer Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000), line producer Stranger Inside (2001), producer Real Women Have Curves (2002), producer In the Cut (2003), executive producer Everyday People (2004), producer Rocket Science (2007), producer Dear White People (2014), producer The Inspection (2022), producer

Awards and recognition Distinguished Young Alumni Award, Loyola Marymount University Motorola Producer's Award, Film Independent Spirit Awards