Shari Lynette Carpenter
Director / Producer
Award-winning writer/director Shari Lynette Carpenter says she came out of the womb with a pencil in hand, a born storyteller, and her film career all began with a fan letter written to Spike Lee. During her decade and a half tenure as script supervisor to Spike, and many other notable directors, Carpenter was building her own writing and directing portfolio, making a series of shorts and indie features. In 2021. Ava DuVernay invited Carpenter to direct her first episode of television on the critically acclaimed series, Queen Sugar. Carpenter has also recently directed three made-for-television movies, Three’s Complicated, Single Black Female and Mary J. Blige’s Strength of a Woman. Her television pilot script, TRANSLATE was selected for The Writer's Lab. Carpenter is a member of the Paramount Directors Initiative, the DGA Women’s Steering Committee Squad and is a Stowe Story Lab Board member and alumna.