66: An Entrepreneur in Hollywood: ‘Black Love’ Co-Creator Codie Elaine Oliver

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🗓️ 18 October 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Today, I’m happy to welcome into the guest chair, a woman who is putting #BlackLove on display for people to see on television screens across the country. Her name is Codie Elaine Oliver, and she is the filmmaker and creator of the #BlackLove documentary series on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network. If you’ve ever wondered how producers, screenwriters and filmmakers of color get their work in front of a mass audience and on major networks or movie studios, this is the episode for you.

Codie is a graduate of Howard University and the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC. Before becoming an independent filmmaker, she worked in feature film development at Fox Searchlight Pictures, then produced events and supported filmmaking programs at Film Independent, The Los Angeles Film Festival, and the Independent Spirit Awards. She also co-produced the feature film, DESTINED, starring Cory Hardrict and Jesse Metcalfe which will be released in fall 2017.

On this episode, we get into:

Her journey from Howard to independent filmmaker
How she recruited some of Hollywood’s biggest names to participate in #BlackLove
The road to pitching OWN network
And how to make money as a filmmaker in Hollywood

You will love and learn from what Codie had to share.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Side Hustle Pro, the podcast that teaches you to build and grow a Side
0:05.8	Hustle from Passion Project to profitable business.
0:09.2	And I'm your host, Nikkala Matthews.
0:11.7	So let's get started.
0:12.8	Hey, guys,
0:28.9	hey guys, welcome back to the show. Today I am happy to welcome into the guest chair, the woman who is putting black love on display for people to see on television screens across the country.
0:35.8	Her name is Cody Elaine Oliver, and she is the filmmaker and creator of the Black Love documentary
0:41.6	series on Oprah Winfrey's own network.
0:45.0	If you've ever wondered how producers, screenwriters, and filmmakers of color get their work
0:50.0	in front of a mass audience and on major networks and into movie studios. This is the episode for you.
0:57.0	Cody is a graduate of Howard University and the Peter Stark producing program at USC. Before becoming an independent the produced events and supported filmmaking programs at Film Independent,
1:13.9	the Los Angeles Film Festival, and the Independent Spirit Awards.
1:18.8	On this episode, we get into her journey from Howard
1:22.4	to Independent Fil filmmaker, how she recruited some of
1:25.6	Hollywood's biggest names to participate in Black Love, the Road to Pitching Own Network,
1:32.0	and how to make money as a filmmaker in Hollywood.
1:36.2	Let's jump right into it.
1:37.8	So welcome to the guest chair Cody.
1:44.0	Hi, how are you?
1:46.0	I'm doing well. I'm excited to chat with you.
1:49.0	I love Black Love and what you are building alongside your husband and I just really want to know
1:56.4	how your life experiences influence your career path. So tell us a little about that.
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