Biography

Lashan Browning began her career under the mentoring of Spike Lee (1990-1994). Her
productions credits include Spike's popular Nike and Levi's commercials, as well as "The
Autobiography of Malcolm X." Some other films include "Waiting to Exhale,"
"Sleepers," "Flirting with Disaster" and "Great Expectations," to name a few, where she
would continue to be trained about the business of filmmaking with mentors Ezra
Swerdlow, Barry Levinson and Peter Giuliano. She and director Spike Lee produced an
acclaimed short film directed by Lee Davis called "A Gut Feeling," starring Tony and
Emmy award-winner actor/producer Ruben Santiago-Hudson, actor Thomas Byrd and
poet/actor Saul Williams (1994-1999).

In 1999, Gayle King, Editor-at-Large of O, The Magazine was instrumental in Lashan

becoming an integral part of the start up of Oxygen Media, led by Oprah Winfrey,
Geraldine Laybourne, and Carsey-Werner-Mandabach. In 2000, Lashan was one of ten
producers selected to attend a 3 week digital video boot camp conducted by Michael
Rosenblum, a world leader in video journalism and the complete rethinking of how
television is made and controlled. She went on to shoot (sans ENG crew), produce, and
direct compelling stories for Oxygen's documentary short film block on contemporary
icons for such as, author/poet Dr. Maya Angelou, activist Cheri Honkala, multi-platinum
artist Missy Elliot, and Miriam Makeba to name a few.

In 2003, Lashan became one of two founding Principals of RedMoxie Productions, Inc.
where she Executive Produced and wrote a Lifetime Intimate Portrait about multi-
Grammy winner Missy Elliot, a documentary telling her story from abuse as a child, to
her rise to musical fame, the highest rated Intimate Portrait history. She created,
developed, sold and Executive Produced various shows, such as "Hair Trauma," which
focused on celebrity hairstylist Ellin LaVar and her siblings who help run her Upper West
Side salon. “Hair Trauma” debuted on WE in October 2006 and entered its 2nd season in
December 2007. In 2002, she began Executive Producing "Ride with Funkmaster Flex,"
the first show of its kind to focus on the "gear head" aspect of car customizing and the
stars who love them. "Ride" aired for 2 seasons on Spike TV. Internationally, "Ride" can
be seen in over 20 countries internationally. After "Ride," Lashan went on to Executive
Produce two seasons of "All Muscle," for ESPN2 a car show which focuses on sports
stars and their muscle cars and 4 seasons of “Car Wars,” a reality/competition show.

Some projects currently in development/or series under Lashan’s full-service production

company NOLA banner: “Next to Famous,” a docu-soap involving women who are

married or were married to famous men, “Gang House,” in co-production with Peabody

award winning filmmaker Marc Levin, an intervention show where gang members

voluntarily seek redemption, “The Yardley’s,” a family business who runs their

multi-million dollar teak plantation between Bucks County in Pennsylvania and Costa

Rica, "The Teasha Bivins Home Project," which shows you how to live simply and

"The Farai Chideya America Project," will follow people as they begin to heal their

relationships."