Chanelle Aponte Pearson
Chanelle Aponte Pearson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Bronx, New York, New York |
| Occupations | Writer, producer director |
| Notable work | 195 Lewis |
Chanelle Aponte Pearson is an American writer, producer, and director. She is a member of the New Negress Film Society. She is best known as the director of 195 Lewis, a scripted web series about Black queer women living in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn. The series won the 2017 US Narrative Audience Award at the BlackStar Film Festival and received a Special Mention at 2017 Outfest.[1][2]
Career
[edit | edit source]Pearson began producing short films independently in the early aughts.[3] Her first job on a feature film was as co-producer for Terence Nance's 2012 film An Oversimplification of Her Beauty.[4] Pearson is currently the COO of Nance's production company, MVMT.[2][5]
In 2015, Pearson won a grant from the Gotham Awards for her directorial debut, a web series called 195 Lewis.[1][6] 195 Lewis is a scripted series that centers four Black queer women who live in Bed Stuy, and stars co-creator Rae Leone Allen, Trae Harris, D. Ajane Carlton, Sirita Wright, Roxie Johnson, and Taja Lindley.[7] It debuted online on November 16, 2017.[8] Latonya Pennington of Wear Your Voice magazine wrote in a review, "Whether in themselves or others, Black queer viewers will recognize the characters and love them. Through the efforts of the creators, director, and the cast, 195 Lewis tells a wonderful coming-of-age story of love, lust, and life in one of America’s blackest and queerest cities."[9] It received a Special Mention at 2017 Outfest for "highlighting the contemporary life of queer black woman with flair, vibrancy and substance.”[10]
Pearson is an executive producer for the 2018 HBO series Random Acts of Flyness.[11] She is a member of the New Negress Film Society, a collective of Black women filmmakers founded in 2013 to "create community and spaces for support, exhibition, and consciousness-raising".[12][13]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Pearson is queer.[2] She was born and raised in the Bronx.[5]
Accolades
[edit | edit source]- 2015 Gotham Awards’ Spotlight on Women Filmmakers Live The Dream grant[1]
- 2018 Gotham Award for Breakthrough Series – Short Form, 195 Lewis[14]
Filmography
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | Producer | |||
| 2012 | An Oversimplification of Her Beauty | No | No | Yes | |
| 2017 | 195 Lewis | Yes | Yes | Executive | Web series |
| 2018 | Random Acts of Flyness | No | No | Executive | |
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Chanelle Aponte Pearson at IMDb
- New Negress Film Society—Official website
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- Living people
- African-American directors
- Film producers from New York City
- American women screenwriters
- LGBTQ television producers
- African-American LGBTQ people
- Filmmakers from New York (state)
- Writers from the Bronx
- American LGBTQ screenwriters
- LGBTQ television directors
- American queer women
- Queer screenwriters
- 21st-century African-American people
- 21st-century African-American women
- 21st-century American LGBTQ people