A Conversation with Sharon D. King | Producer, Casting Director, Author

"A Conversation with Sharon D. King," a live talk on producing, casting and building a career in film and television.
About this Event

Sharon D. King began her career as a student at Columbia College Chicago, interning at Harpo Productions' The Oprah Winfrey Show. She entered the industry as an extras casting associate and rose to casting director. Her Chicago casting credits include Straight Outta Compton, Roll Bounce, Elektra and Fat Albert, and she has also worked on extras casting for films including Proof, The Ice Harvest and Cheaper by the Dozen 2. Earlier credits include casting department work on Juice and Mean Girls.

As a casting director, she has cast independent shorts and features including Serving for 4, Clippings and Of Boys and Men. As a producer, she has credits including White History Month, Serving for 4 (executive producer and producer), Clippings, E-Day, The Truth and (Mis)Leading Man. Serving for 4 received a Best Actress award at the Colorado International Cannabis and Hemp Festival.

In 2022, she and producing partner Blake Roberts released the children's book My Beautiful Brown Rainbow! She is currently developing a YA sports feature, a horror feature and a limited series adapted from a best-selling book trilogy.