Effie T. Brown
Biography
Biography
Effie T. Brown was an American film and television producer who was best known for producing the critically-acclaimed 2014 comedy "Dear White People." Born and raised in New Jersey, Brown loved movies as a childhood. But having grown up with a strict military father (she was born on a military base) and social worker mother, Brown never saw professional moviemaking as a viable career option. That all changed, however, when she became aware of Loyola Marymount University, which offered an undergraduate program in film production. Brown convinced her parents to let her attend the university in sunny Los Angeles, where she would spend the next four years absorbing everything there was to know about film production. Upon graduating, Brown nabbed a high profile job working as the Director of Development for Tim Burton Productions. Brown stayed at the job for a few years, where she learned the ins and outs of the film industry from one of its most visionary directors. She left Burton's company in the late '90s to become a line producer on such films as "Desert Blue" (1998) and "Speedway Junky" (1999), and eventually worked her way up to producer on such titles as "Real Women Have Curves" (2002) and "Everyday People" (2004). Then in the early 2000s Brown founded her own production company called Duly Noted, Inc., which quickly made a splash in Hollywood. As the head of Duly Noted, Brown produced such acclaimed films as "Rocket Science," "The Inheritance" (2011) and "Dear White People," thus establishing herself as one of Hollywood's most respected indie producers. In 2015 Brown joined the third season of "Project Greenlight" (HBO, 2001- ), alongside Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, as herself, and subsequently produced the HBO film "The Leisure Class," which was greenlit on the series. The following year, in 2016, Brown served as an executive producer on the series "Star" (Fox 2016- ). The music drama, created by Lee Daniels and Tom Donaghy, premiered in late December of 2016, and starred Jude Demorest and Queen Latifah.
Filmography
Producer (Feature Film)
Film Production - Main (Feature Film)
Film Production - Unit (Feature Film)
Post Production (Feature Film)
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
Life Events
1995
Became Director of Development for Tim Burton Productions.
1998
Worked as a line producer on the film "Spark."
2002
Produced the feature film "Real Women Have Curves."
2003
Executive produced the thriller "In the Cut."
2007
Produced the feature comedy-drama "Rocket Science"
2011
Worked with Jon Avnet and Rodrigo Garcia to create Wigs, an original content channel for YouTube.
2012
Was the producer of the TV series "Jan"
2013
Produced the satire "Dear White People."
2015
Appeared on the filmmaking reality series "Project Greenlight."
2015
Produced the HBO original movie "The Leisure Class."
2016
Was the executive producer on the Fox music drama "Star"
