- Born
- Stephanie Allain produces award-winning films by women and writer-directors of color that make headlines, launch careers and shape the cultural landscape.
Allain founded Homegrown Pictures in 2003 and produced Hustle & Flow, Something New, Beyond the Lights, Dear White People, Burning Sands, French Dirty, Leimert Park, Juanita and upcoming The Weekend. Her television credits include Dear White People and Life-Size 2.
From 2011-2016 she served as Director of the LA Film Festival turning it into the most diverse film festival in the world, attracting celebrated artists and tens of thousands of attendees. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Writers Guild of America, Producers Guild of America and Dramatists Guild of America. She sits on the board of Women in Film and is a founding member of ReFrame. She teaches at the USC Peter Stark Program.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Homegrown Pictures Official Site Bio
- SpousesStephen Bray(December 31, 2005 - present) (3 children)Mitch Marcus(1988 - 1999) (divorced, 2 children)
- President of production for Jim Henson Pictures.
- Wade Allain-Marcus is her son.
- Married to songwriter/composer Stephen Bray who co-authored The Color Purple on Broadway. Stephen wrote and produced songs for Tina Gordon Chism's Peeples, which Stephanie produced.
- Has worked with John Singleton on five feature films - Boyz N the Hood, Poetic Justice, Higher Learning, Hustle & Flow and Black Snake Moan.
- French Dirty co-directed by her sons, Wade Allain-Marcus and Jesse Allain-Marcus, premiered at LA Film Fest, American Black Film Festival and Mixed/Remixed Film Festival on the same weekend - June 11-14, 2015.
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