By Alexandra T. Mitchell
Recently, Deniese Davis is known and celebrated for being one of the producers of HBO’s Insecure, starring Issa Rae. What you may not know is that Deniese has been producing for a while and has many projects in the works, both digital series and TV.
Her Work With Issa Rae Goes Back To Awkward Black Girl
Deniese produced a majority of season 2 of The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl. She even appears in season 2’s episode, “The Check”.
Tune into Issa Rae’s On Story® Conversation here.
She’s Produced Many Digital Series And Videos For Internet Talent
Deniese produced videos for Marlon Wayans’ comedy site, What the Funny, where she also served as the Head of Production in 2012. This video features YouTube star Todrick Hall. More recently, she produced Guidance, a series for AwesomenessTV starring Amanda Steele.
She’s the COO of ColorCreative.tv & a Producer With Issa Rae Productions
ColorCreative TV works to discover, produce, and sell the work of women and minority TV writers. Denise runs their pilot competitions. She works to bring in a new crop of writers while producing shorts and series for Issa Rae productions, including Rae’s celebrated HBO series, Insecure.
Her Work Is Heading to Netflix
Deniese worked as the producer on Netflix’s recent film, Burning Sands.
Deniese Has A Passion For Producing
Experience her non-insecurities at Austin Film Festival 2017!
Lots of #blackgirlmagic up in here. @MsDeniese @dramaraamla @yakirac #AFF2016 #writerslife pic.twitter.com/3q8LDrWlpP
— Brandi Nicole Payne (@creativelyb) October 14, 2016