EXECUTIVE PROFILE
I am a creative thinker -- looking for solutions far outside the box and turning conventional wisdom and processes on its ear. I have the knack for looking at things differently than my colleagues, using underutilized materials or assets to achieve unpredicted success. I have the ability to think of a project from tip to stern, ensuring that the smallest of details are accounted for and that there’s always a contingency plan B,C and D. I’m a collaborator and a co-conspirator with a clear creative vision, and I do believe that “teamwork makes the dream work.” I’m a risk taker, skilled at leveraging my larger-than-life persona to sell ideas and concepts to skeptics. When my back is against the wall I am able to make tough decisions rooted in the best outcome for my ultimate goal. I have the confidence, presence and charisma needed to convince the toughest of critics to see a situation my way.

IT ALL STARTED WHEN…

After spending her senior year serving as Executive Producer of the “Best Show” winning Telecasters soap opera “Six’s Wild” Leona Whitney Beatty graduated from MSU in '00 with a degree in Theater, then went on to receive her MFA in filmproduction/directing from Loyola Marymount University.  Her thesis film, Last Chair, won the prestigious DGA Award for Best African AmericanStudent Film in 2004, which also afforded her the opportunity to screen her film at the Cannes Film Festival.   She was also chosen as a fellow with two highly competitive programs: the Producers Guild Diversity Workshop and the FIND:LA’s Project Involve Independent Filmmakers program.