DeVon Franklin - It Takes A Woman

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Talk Radio

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Named by Variety as one of the "Top 10 Producers to Watch" and by Oprah as “a different kind of Spiritual Teacher,” DeVon Franklin is a Hollywood Producer and New York Times bestselling author blazing his own unique trail with an unwavering commitment to uplifting the human spirit through entertainment. DeVon serves as President and CEO of Franklin Entertainment, a dynamic production company in conjunction with Paramount Pictures and CBS TV Studios. He’s the driving force behind some of Hollywood’s most successful inspirational films including BREAKTHROUGH and MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN, as well as the KINGDOM BUSINESS television series for BET. In addition to his work as a producer, DeVon is also the author of multiple bestselling books such as LIVE FREE, THE SUCCESS COMMANDMENTS, THE TRUTH ABOUT MEN and his new Audible Original IT TAKES A WOMAN, which is a deeply personal look into the tragedy that transformed his family’s life forever. DeVon serves the greater Hollywood community at large as Vice-President of the Board of Governors for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences. DeVon is a graduate of the University of Southern California and lives in Los Angeles.

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0:00.0	Thanks for having me, it's honor and a pleasure to be here and it's honor to meet you.
0:28.2	This is really good stuff. I give people, the four people that don't know you, give people a little
0:34.8	bit about you and what you're dreaming about, what your life has been about. Just give us a
0:40.0	from 40,000 feet. Wow. Oh my goodness. How long do we have? Let's see here. I'm from the Bay Area
0:47.4	from Oakland, California and a middle child of three boys and you know, and always knew I wanted
0:53.2	to pursue entertainment was also raised in the church and you know, made my way to Hollywood.
0:58.5	I went to college at USC in Southern California and started interning for Will Smith when I was 18
1:03.6	years old and basically been working my way up in the business and became an executive for Sony
1:08.8	Pictures. I was there for about 10 years and while I was there, I started writing books and
1:13.1	wrote my first book called Produced by Faith and then started producing actual movies and
1:17.9	television series that I'm doing now and I'm probably on my sixth book at this point and you
1:23.2	know, to have a TV series out and a book. I don't know, you know, you mostly been just sitting around.
1:30.5	Yeah, I guess I don't know. You know, you put over it in a chiever. That's awesome. A couple of
1:35.7	these movies that you've done have done just so great breakthrough. Heaven is for real. The star.
1:42.1	Well done. Good. How does it feel to just create? I'm just thinking I was reading Genesis this
1:48.2	morning. It's like, first thing it got did is he created and the second thing he did was hover over
1:53.6	it. Yeah. The third thing he did is I gave himself his own Amazon review and say it was good.
2:01.8	So what does it feel like to create launch books and movies and things into the world
2:07.7	to hover over them a little bit and then have other people like giving feedback because maybe you
2:14.2	just hang it out. There's an entertainer like people may not understand it. It feels like there's
2:20.0	a lot of vulnerability there. You kind of pour it out and then you're like, you get input. Tell us
2:25.9	about what that feels like for you. Oh, yeah. I mean, you're hitting the nail on the head. It is
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