Exclusive: Marya Bangee has been hired as Disney Studios Content’s VP of Multicultural Audience Engagement.
Bangee will be working as a creative thought partner with the different studios under the Disney Studios umbrella on telling culturally representative stories. Her team is responsible for furthering representation across the Studios through content advisement; market strategies; talent acquisition and retainment; and Disney’s Launchpad, which is an incubator for diverse emerging filmmakers that just announced its second season.
Bangee replaces Julie Ann Crommett who left the role in February to pursue a career in public service.
Previously, Bangee was the Executive Director of Harness, an organization started by America Ferrera, Wilmer Valderrama, and Ryan Piers Williams to center the stories of underrepresented communities in Hollywood. Through her work at Harness, she worked with networks, studios, and culture shapers...
Bangee will be working as a creative thought partner with the different studios under the Disney Studios umbrella on telling culturally representative stories. Her team is responsible for furthering representation across the Studios through content advisement; market strategies; talent acquisition and retainment; and Disney’s Launchpad, which is an incubator for diverse emerging filmmakers that just announced its second season.
Bangee replaces Julie Ann Crommett who left the role in February to pursue a career in public service.
Previously, Bangee was the Executive Director of Harness, an organization started by America Ferrera, Wilmer Valderrama, and Ryan Piers Williams to center the stories of underrepresented communities in Hollywood. Through her work at Harness, she worked with networks, studios, and culture shapers...
- 5/6/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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