Debra Wilson

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ABOUT THE ARTIST - Debra Wilson is CEO of MOYO Entertainment, an Oakland-based production company. She also is the director and producer of Inside Blast, a news and entertainment show highlighting the LGBT community of color.

An award-winning filmmaker, Wilson’s most recent work Jumpin’ the Broom: The New Covenant premiered on SHOWTIME Networks Inc. and is part of the channel’s Black Filmmaker Showcase.

Wilson's latest film highlights Black lesbian and gay couples, who share personal and heartfelt stories that challenge levels of intimacy between two people. Their commitment redefines and honors love, family values, politics and religion in today's society. Best-selling author and educator Michael Eric Dyson is the film’s featured on-camera narrator.

In 2003, Wilson’s Butch Mystique documentary opened to critical acclaim at the San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. Her 30-minute film about butch identified African American women currently airs on MTV Logo and on Showtime. She also won the 2003 San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival and the Showtime Black Filmmakers Showcase Award.

Wilson’s 2001 film NIA: A Gathering of Our Sisterhood received honorable mention from the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame for producing her first short documentary, which made the festival rounds in New York, Atlanta and San Francisco.

A native of California, Wilson has worked in the film industry for 15 years in a variety of roles, including Talent Coordinator for news and entertainment where she recruited sports, weather and on-air personalities for CBS NEWS, FOX News and Disney as well as network affiliates. She also worked as Casting Assistant at Reuben Cannon and Associates in Los Angeles; where she worked on such projects as Mama Flora’s Family, and countless other Movies of the Week and television specials.

At Tam Communications as Associate Producer she produced several corporate training videos, sales and marketing videos, TV commercials, and Direct to Video projects.

Debra earned a B.A. degree in Television Film Production at Cal-State University Northridge. She is the programming director of the annual Oakland International Black Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. She also is the executive producer of Inside Blast, an online LGBT arts and entertainment news program.

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