Los Angeles Entry Specialist

RICKEY A. LARKE

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EDUCATION

Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME

Bachelor of Arts, Government (Political Theory) & Africana Studies Double Major; Cinema Studies Minor ’15 GPA- 3.5 RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

MR. THROWBACK (PEACOCK), Los Angeles, CA Feb 2024- June 2024 Supervising Producer & Staffed Writer

• Wrote the penultimate Episode 105 for Universal TV/ Peacock’s half hour comedy starting Adam Pally & Stephen Curry.

• Worked as a writer on staff entire three-month writers room. GROWN-ISH (HULU/FREEFORM), Los Angeles, CA Feb 2020- Feb 2023 Staffed Writer & Series Producer (Season 6)

• Wrote two episodes for series and acted as Staffed writer on season four, five and six of Free form’s No. 1 rated Series.

• Elevated from Staff Writer to Executive Story Editor to Co-Producer and Producer in final season.

• Produced and wrote for 36 of the 105 episodes of the series. KENAN (NBC), Los Angeles, CA June 2021- Oct 2023

Story Editor & Staffed Writer

• Wrote & Produced Episode # 205 for NBC’s Comedy KENAN staring Kenan Thompson and Don Johnson. HOTT BUTTERED SOUL Productions Inc. Los Angeles, CA Feb 2020- Present President/ Founder/ COO

• Founded the WGA & SAGA signatory film and television Production Company in 2020.

• Produced various film and TV projects including Gotham Week’s Black Bart of Taco King 17 and ABFF’s Third Wheel Material. BLACK-ISH (ABC/HULU), Burbank, CA June 2019-Feb 2020 Show-runner’s Assistant

• Assisted Show-runner Courtney Lilly in every aspect of Pre-Production, Production and Post Production on Season 6.

• Responsible for coordinating entire writers room schedule for EP’s as well as Courtney’s outside development projects. Home Box Office (HBO), Santa Monica, CA February 2015- June 2019 Executive Assistant in HBO Comedy & Drama Programming

• Responsible for office tasks such as emails, expenses, calls, and all meetings for three executives in Comedy and Drama.

• Assisted in story development on Insecure (S3), Silicon Valley (S5), VEEP (S6) and Game Of Thrones (S6) and Barry (S1).

• Viewed over 200 shorts for the American Black Film Festival and represented HBO at the American Black Film Festival ‘16-18. La Petite Mort (Psycho Films/ Sundial Pictures) Los Angeles, CA December 2017 – February 2018 Associate Producer

• Produced story and character notes during development and editing stages of film before submitting to Cannes and TIFF.

• Responsible for securing lead actor for production w/ Psycho Films & Sundial Pictures.

• Film won Beverly Hills Film Festival and served as proof of concept for Sundance’s 2024 selection Little Death. Anonymous Content -- Director Mark Romanek, Los Angeles, CA June 2017 – November 2017 First Assistant

• Assisted in development research, production, and post-production for all commercials & music videos for Mark Romanek.

• Responsible for all scheduling, travel, personal requests, and business related expenses for Mark Romanek.

• Director’s assistant on JAY Z’s THE STORY OF OJ Music Video. DIRECTING EXPERIENCE

THE BLACK BART OF TACO KING #17 Short Film, Los Angeles, CA May 2023 – May 2024 Writer/ Director/ Executive Producer

• Wrote and directed a three day shoot with six cast members, four locations and fifty-five crew members.

• Lead a team of six producers and oversaw all aspects of pre-production, production and postproduction.

• Premiered at Gotham Week 2024 Project Market in October 2024. Included in Gothan’s US Shorts to Feature Program. LIBERTY Short Film, Los Angeles, CA November 2018 - February 2019 Writer/ Director/ Executive Producer

• Wrote and directed a three day shoot with twelve crew members and three actors.

• Lead a team of three producers and oversaw all aspects of pre-production, production and postproduction over five months.

• Short Film finished Top 3 at Seattle Film Festival and Austin Comedy Shorts Film Festival Screened at over 20 Film Festivals.

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