Carol Ann Shine - carol@theblackhouse.org
Carol Ann Shine is an Independent Producer/Line Producer responsible for numerous award winning shorts, documentaries and feature films. After graduating with an MFA from University of Southern California's prestigious Film and Television program, where she produced a number of award winning short films and docs, Shine went to work for Momentum Entertainment, a financing and production company founded with fellow USC alum. During her tenure at Momentum, Shine served as an acquisition and development executive in addition to independently producing films and documentaries.
Shine has produced a number of award winning shorts including: Black Like Who' and Letter to My Mother under Showtime's Black Filmmakers program; Walking Mele, a Sundance 2000 competition short and Student Academy Awards national finalist; Kings, a Slamdance 2000 competition short and winner of the Showtime Black Filmmakers Grant; Milk and Honey also for Showtime; and Stone Mansion a runner up for Showtime's Black Filmmaker Grant. In addition, Shine produced The Male Groupie which aired on HBO after being selected as a finalist for the Hollywood Black Film Festival. Shine's independent features include All the Trappings of Success, The Girls Room, Dr. Benny, Flip the Script, and Gone as well as a host of music videos.
In July of 1999, Shine was hired by Edmonds Entertainment and e2 Filmworks to serve as line producer on the acclaimed independent feature film Punks, distributed by Urbanworld. Punks debuted at the 2000 Sundance Festival and was the winner of many awards on the festival circuits both domestically and internationally including a 2002 Independent Spirit Award nomination for best low-budget feature.
In March of 2000 following her work on Punks, she landed a creative executive/line producer position at e2 Filmworks. For two years, Shine was responsible for all e2 Filmworks projects. After e2 Filmworks closed its shingle in May of 2002, Shine continued her association with Edmonds Entertainment as an independent producer, producing, writing, and developing feature films, documentaries, and television projects with Edmonds Entertainment and independently.
During this period Ms. Shine Executive Produced a trilogy of short films for Showtime Networks. These shorts were the directorial debuts of cast members from the hit series Soul Food and aired during the show's final season in 2004. Currently Ms. Shine is writing, developing, and producing a number of projects for film and television. She recently completed the second season of Noah's Arc produced in conjunction with LOGO/MTV. Noah's Arc premiered in September 2005 as the new cable network's first scripted series, and its second season bowed in August of 2006. Shine served as Co-Executive Producer on the series.
