Damani Mangum
- Additional Crew
- Writer
- Producer
A New York native, Damani Mangum was born in the Bronx and raised on
Long Island. He received his first formal film training at The School
of Visual Arts in Manhattan. At Yale University Mangum earned a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, all the while pursuing his
passion for filmmaking. After working on Clockers as a part of Spike
Lee's 40 Acres & A Mule Internship Program, Mangum took his first
definitive step toward a career in film and television by traveling
across the country to the University of Southern California School of
Cinema-Television. While in the Graduate Production Program, Mangum
wrote and directed, The Solution, which received a Director's Guild of
America African-American Student Filmmakers Award. The Solution was
featured at Urban World Film Festival, Martha's Flava Fest, The
African-American Film Marketplace, Pan-African Film Festival and the
Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center's Reel Black Men film
festival. After receiving his Master of Fine Arts degree from USC,
Mangum worked for E! Entertainment Television as a segment producer on
The E! True Hollywood Story. Recently, Mangum and long-time partners
Orlando Bishop and Kevin Brownridge started Black & Blue Entertainment.
At present, they are writing projects for television and film.