Find Your Tribe: Why Sade Sellers Invests In Herself and Believes In Total Control, Honey

Oct 19, 2020

This week on the beat, we have Sade’ Sellers!

Sade’ Sellers is a screenwriter and producer based in Burbank, California. Originally from Michigan’s capital, Lansing, Sade’ has been working in the entertainment industry since 2009. In 2017, Sade’ was a finalist for Tv One’s Screenwriting competition for her teleplay The Replacement. This achievement motivated the network to hire her as a writer for their upcoming movie of the week event, Deadly Dispatch, which premiered on the platform in the summer of 2019.

            Through that production process, Sade’ met casting director Leah Daniels-Butler who was in the midst of staffing her production company, 1oneninety5. Sade’ then rose to the role of Vice President of Content Acquisitions and Development and spent the next year learning the ecosystem of film and television development from pitching to production. Using that experience, and bound at home due to COVID-19, Sade’ made a return to her first love, screenwriting, utilizing her free time to write new content.

            Currently, Sade’ is practicing social-distancing with her beloved dog, Majon, in Burbank. She enjoys cooking, baking, and catching up on programs such as The Great and Little Fires Everywhere. 

We talk about:

• the secret to directing a music video and how to make sure that it's telling the story you want
• what she has on her writer's playlist
• what happens when a network hires you to write a movie from their IP database
• the hiring disparities of Black women screenwriters in the industry
• why you should incorporate your name

and more!