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ANGELA BASSETT is an Honorary Oscar recipient, award-winning

actress, director, and executive producer known for captivating performances in iconic films such as MALCOLM X, WAITING TO EXHALE, HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK,

BLACK PANTHER, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT, and of course, WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT, for which she received an Academy Award nomination.

Angela returned as the beloved Queen Ramonda in BLACK PANTHER:

WAKANDA FOREVER, receiving

Golden Globe and Critics Choice awards, with Academy Award, SAG and BAFTA nominations, as well as the Variety Creative Impact in Acting Award.

She is also the star and executive producer of the Fox hit drama

9-1-1 and recently wrapped

production on the Netflix Originals feature film, DAMSEL, opposite Millie Bobby Brown.

Angela was named one of the Time 100 and Time Women of the Year in 2023, has earned multiple EMMY nominations, and is the recipient of a SAG Award, 16 NAACP Image Awards, two Golden Globe Awards,

the Black Girls Rock! Icon Award, Critics Choice Celebration of Black Cinema & Television Career Achievement Award, an AAFCA TV

Honor, and Glamour’s Women of the Year Award. She was nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for her directorial debut of the Whitney Houston biopic WHITNEY.

Courtney and Angela’s Bassett Vance Productions is in partnership with Showtime to create diverse and inclusive content for Paramount Global. Their first project, ONE THOUSAND YEARS OF SLAVERY, aired in February 2022 on the Smithsonian Channel, and HEIST 88, a feature film starring Vance, which aired on Showtime Networks in Fall 2023.

COURTNEY B. VANCE is an award-winning actor who is a powerful presence from the stage

to the screen. His debut as Spc. Abraham ‘Doc’ Johnson in Hamburger Hill launched a

prolific cinematic career that includes historically noteworthy films such as The Hunt for

Red October, The Preacher’s Wife,

and The Adventures of Huck Finn.

From Courtney’s stunning portrayal of Johnnie Cochran in FX’s The People vs. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story, to the beloved and pivotal character “Uncle George” in

HBO’s critically acclaimed drama horror series Lovecraft Country,

to his star turn in NatGeo’s

Genius: Aretha as Rev. C.L. Franklin, he has earned two EMMYs, a TONY,

a Critics Choice Award, a Black Reel TV Award, and multiple NAACP Image Awards, as well as SAG, Golden Globe, and Hollywood Critics Association nominations.

Courtney’s feature film, Heist 88, in which he stars and is produced by

Bassett Vance Productions, aired

on Showtime Networks, was one of

2023’s most watched original

films on the network, and Paramount+. The film earned three NAACP Image Award nominations, including Outstanding Lead Actor in a Television Movie for Courtney,

Outstanding Television Movie Drama, and Outstanding Writing for a Television Movie Drama.

Courtney is the recipient of the Bounce Trumpet Awards Excellence in Entertainment Honor, the ABFF Honors Award for Excellence in the Arts, and he earned a Grammy

nomination for his narration of Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s book, ACCESSORY TO WAR.

His recent project, 61st

Street, a criminal justice drama

which will air on the CW Network,

earned Courtney an AAFCA TV Honor.

Courtney’s book, THE INVISIBLE ACHE: Black Men Identifying Their Pain and

Reclaiming Their Power, with Dr. Robin L. Smith and written by award - winning journalist Charisse Jones, published in November 2023 (GCP Balance).

He is also Chairman of the SAG AFTRA Foundation.

President of Bassett Vance Productions, Lynnette Ramirez is focused on identifying and developing film and television projects with a strong emphasis on BIPOC voices both in front and behind the camera.

Named 40 Under 40 Class by Multichannel News, Lynnette is a visionary leader with over 20 years of success in the field of entertainment. Most recently Lynnette served as senior development executive for 20k, a CBS Television Studios Co. Prior to that was consulting at Very Tall Productions, producers of the Facebook Watch award winning series, “Red Table Talk.” 

From 2012 to 2016, Lynnette was the SVP of Original Content for Fuse Media. In this role she oversaw all new and returning series for the network – including Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce, Fluffy Breaks Even and Transcendent – as well as

additional programming from Jennifer Lopez, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias. 

In 2007 Lynnette became SVP of development and production for George Lopez Presents. During her tenure with Lopez, she produced several projects including the Nickelodeon hit original movie Mr. Troop Mom.

Loni Rodgers is a senior development executive with a tailored passion for telling stories from unique perspectives with entertainment, nuance and relatability at the forefront.With a career stemming across 4 continents, she previously served under the Amazon Studios Local Originals umbrella following the studio's expansion into Canada. There she developed Canadian Originals and helped spearhead a program tailored to pairing high level writers with local talent across Europe, South America and Asia with the goal of developing key skills to get their projects over the finish line.Prior to Amazon, Loni worked under prolific film and television producers Scott Rudin and Eli Bush where she served two years in a high volume production company. There, she assisted across multiple award winning films and television shows including Past Lives, Causeway, Uncut Gems, Everything Everywhere all at Once and What We Do in the Shadows.On her free time, Loni has successfully produced 6 residencies under The Ghostlight Residency, a program featured in the Los Angeles Times that began during the pandemic activating performance arts theaters in Los Angeles and allowing underrepresented dance artists the resources to create filmed social pieces. Loni currently serves as Director of Development at Bassett Vance Productions where she aims to tell impactful stories and promote inclusivity behind and in front of the camera.

Eric Parker Reid is a Creative Executive across Film & TV. Originally from New York, Eric pursued his passion for storytelling at Boston University, where he studied Film & TV and graduated Cum Laude in 2020. He previously served on the development teams at NorthSouth Productions, Stampede Ventures and HBO Max. In 2021, Eric joined Bassett Vance Productions and assisted in developing the company's feature HEIST 88. Eric is passionate about discovering and supporting underrepresented voices bring their artistic visions to life.

Chelsea Maloney is a Creative Executive at Bassett Vance Productions, where she works alongside the development team to identify, develop and create Television & Film Projects that speak to the mission and ethos of Bassett Vance Productions.

She is an alumna of Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU) and of EICOP's HBCU in LA Program. Chelsea interned with Jesse Collins Entertainment for the 2018 BET Awards, United Talent Agency and Bad Robot Productions. 

Previously, she was Executive Assistant to Lynnette Ramirez, President of Bassett Vance Productions. Before joining BVPro, Chelsea was the Executive Assistant to Katie McGrath and Annie Watkins at Bad Robot Productions.