Evette Vargas, From Rent to Red Carpets: The Hustle That Took Over Cannes; S3 E9

Evette Vargas is an award-winning writer, director, and producer featured in Forbes and named an Artist to Watch by The New York Times. She’s created content for Amazon, MTV, Bravo, and interactive experiences for Fast and Furious, Lord of the Rings, Madonna, and Wu-Tang Clan. Her digital series Dark Prophet, starring Henry Rollins, was Emmy-contending. Vargas currently serves as TV Development Executive at Hidden Empire Film Group, and hosts the New Hollywood Clubhouse podcast. A champion for inclusion, she founded The Writers Room 5050 to empower underrepresented voices. Bronx-born and storytelling-obsessed, she’s also a recovering NYC ad art director with a killer shoe collection.Credits Include...Wu-Tang Clan: Wu-Chronicles: Chapter 2 starring Method ManDark Prophet starring Henry RollinsThe Lord of the Rings: The Third Age starring Cate Blanchett and Sir Ian McKellenBottle Monster starring Claudia WellsConfessions starring Cherise Boothe, and Winner of the Cannes Short Film Audience AwardEvette’s Official site is https://www.IndigoReignfilms.com/HOW TO CREATE A STORY FRANCHISE with JEFF GOMEZ and EVETTE VARGAS! - https://www.instagram.com/theevettevargas/p/CkZkEkcp_YR/Follow her on IG: @theevettevargasFollow her on TikTok: @theevettevargasFollow her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evette-vargas-361394/Please like and subscribe, it helps us out a lot.You can also check out our accompanying article this week entitled “5 Creative Advocacy Lessons I Learned from Rebecca Sugar (And Why They Matter for Your Brand)” at https://greaterandgrander.com/5-creative-advocacy-lessons-i-learned-from-rebecca-sugar-and-why-they-matter-for-your-brand/Music is Sideways Samba by Audionautix.Episode still image is from Confessions by Digital Reign Productions.Follow Us on Social Media!Greater & Grander on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/GreaterGrander  Greater & Grander on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/GreaterGrander Greater & Grander on Twitter - https://twitter.com/GreaterGrander  Greater & Grander on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/GreaterGrander    Register and Get a Free List of Special Info on Jobs in Hollywood - http://greaterandgrander.com/special-job-openings-giveaways  Check out past episodes and bonus content on the Greater & Grander website - https://greaterandgrander.com/tag/the-producers-lounge-podcast/  Sideways Samba by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Artist: http://audionautix.com/Support the show