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Stephanie Allain

  • Producer
  • Actress
  • Writer
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Stephane Allain Director of the Los Angeles Film Festival Producer
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Stephanie Allain produces award-winning films by women and writer-directors of color that make headlines, launch careers and shape the cultural landscape.

Allain founded Homegrown Pictures in 2003 and produced Hustle & Flow, Something New, Beyond the Lights, Dear White People, Burning Sands, French Dirty, Leimert Park, Juanita and upcoming The Weekend. Her television credits include Dear White People and Life-Size 2.

From 2011-2016 she served as Director of the LA Film Festival turning it into the most diverse film festival in the world, attracting celebrated artists and tens of thousands of attendees. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Writers Guild of America, Producers Guild of America and Dramatists Guild of America. She sits on the board of Women in Film and is a founding member of ReFrame. She teaches at the USC Peter Stark Program.
BornOctober 30, 1959
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BornOctober 30, 1959
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 1 win & 7 nominations total

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Stephanie Allain
Courtney Love, Haley Joel Osment, Stephanie Allain, Elvis Mitchell, Eli Roth, Daryl Sabara, Josh Welsh, Lily Collins, Kumail Nanjiani, Lorenza Izzo, Roya Rastegar, Nik Keswani, and Logan Paul
Danny Glover and Stephanie Allain at an event for Consumed (2015)
Forest Whitaker and Stephanie Allain at an event for Dope (2015)
Stephanie Allain at an event for Dope (2015)
Stephanie Allain at an event for 30th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards (2015)
Stephanie Allain at an event for Beyond the Lights (2014)
Danny Glover and Stephanie Allain at an event for Beyond the Lights (2014)
Diane Warren and Stephanie Allain at an event for Beyond the Lights (2014)
John Singleton and Stephanie Allain at an event for Beyond the Lights (2014)
Stephanie Allain and Nate Parker at an event for Beyond the Lights (2014)
John Singleton and Stephanie Allain at an event for Beyond the Lights (2014)

Known for

Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Ludacris, and Taryn Manning in Hustle & Flow (2005)
Hustle & Flow
7.3
  • Producer
  • 2005
Samuel L. Jackson and Christina Ricci in Black Snake Moan (2006)
Black Snake Moan
6.9
  • Producer
  • 2006
Sanaa Lathan and Simon Baker in Something New (2006)
Something New
6.6
  • Producer
  • 2006
Dear White People (2017)
Dear White People
6.3
TV Series
  • Producer

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Producer

  • The Exorcist
    • executive producer
    • Post-production
    • 2023
  • Untitled Billy Preston Documentary
    • producer
    • In Production
  • Ashley Blaine Featherson-Jenkins in Leimert Park (2021)
    Leimert Park
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Kofi Siriboe and Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing in Really Love (2020)
    Really Love
    • executive producer
    • 2020
  • Women in Film Presents: Make it Work!
    • executive producer
    • TV Special
    • 2020
  • The Oscars (2020)
    The Oscars
    • producer
    • TV Special
    • 2020
  • Dear White People (2017)
    Dear White People
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2017–2019
  • Juanita (2019)
    Juanita
    • producer
    • 2019
  • Tyra Banks in Life-Size 2 (2018)
    Life-Size 2
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2018
  • Kym Whitley, DeWanda Wise, Tone Bell, Sasheer Zamata, and Y'lan Noel in The Weekend (2018)
    The Weekend
    • producer
    • 2018
  • Burning Sands (2017)
    Burning Sands
    • producer
    • 2017
  • Crushed
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2016
  • French Dirty (2015)
    French Dirty
    • executive producer
    • 2015
  • Nate Parker and Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Beyond the Lights (2014)
    Beyond the Lights
    • producer
    • 2014
  • Tyler James Williams in Dear White People (2014)
    Dear White People
    • executive producer
    • 2014
  • Una Y Otra Y Otra Vez (2013)
    Una Y Otra Y Otra Vez
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2013
  • David Alan Grier, Craig Robinson, Kerry Washington, and Tyler James Williams in Peeples (2013)
    Peeples
    • producer
    • 2013

Actress

  • French Dirty (2015)
    French Dirty
    • Ma (uncredited)
    • 2015
  • A Boy Called Hate (1995)
    A Boy Called Hate
    • Waitress
    • 1995
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache
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Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché - official US trailer

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  • Alternative name
    • Stephanie Allain Bray
  • Born
    • October 30, 1959
    • USA
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      Stephen BrayDecember 31, 2005 - present (3 children)
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