ABOUT US

VP, HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT

A native of Baltimore Maryland, LaVern Whitt, aka “Whitt” attended Morgan State University and moved to Los Angeles, California producing content for clients of Journey Entertainment, a Los Angeles Film production company she founded. She recently opened Gateway Media Productions a Maryland Film Production company to continue expanding her market for storytelling. Whitt brings a longstanding track record of strategic networking and project leadership resulting in successful content development and production across multiple media platforms to include film, television, and music. Whitt was recently the Vice President of Creative and Production at DCTV Public Access Corporation in Washington, DC where she served as a member of the Executive Team and reported directly to the CEO. She was also the Vice President of Diversity and Development at Cinema Libra Film Studios in Burbank California. She motivates and manages teams devoted to film, television & video productions, original content creation and creative services. Her extensive knowledge of Budgeting, Acquisitions, Directing, Producing, Writing and Stunt work has made her a well-seasoned Veteran. She has worked with some of the greatest talent in the industry like Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg, Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Diana Ross, Queen Latifah, Uma Thurman, Regina King, Jamie Foxx, Will Smith, and more. Whitt completed a producer & director’s shadowing juncture that allowed her the opportunity to shadow the directors on ABC “Grey’s Anatomy” including the infamous Debbie Allen, and FOX’s hit drama “Empire”, as well as shadowing producers on the film “Hitch”. As an award-winning independent filmmaker Whitt’s projects included a short film titled “Prey”, which she Executive Produced, Co- Wrote and Directed. Prey was also voted Best New Director and Best Youth Actress at the Los Angeles International Film Festival. Whitt also won a Telly Award for Best Director of the same film. She Executive Produced and Directed a feature film which also won two Awards, including Best Feature Film from the Prince Georges County Film Festival. “A Family Matters Christmas” is currently on Amazon Prime starring Kelly S. Williams and Jo Marie Patton of the hit sit-com “Family Matters”. Whitt will often team up with Independent Production Companies as a Director, Executive Producer and more. She sold 2 scripted dramas to NBC Universal and continues to work, create and pitch shows to network studios, productions companies, and streaming platforms.