TV / Film Writer
Felicia is currently a writer on Ava DuVernay’s QUEEN SUGAR and the co-writer and executive producer of the upcoming 2019 feature film REALLY LOVE, starring Kofi Siriboe alongside Naturi Naughton and Emmy-winner Uzo Aduba, produced by Charles D. King’s MACRO.
Pride began her writing career as an entertainment journalist, penning stories like this. After graduating from Emerson College with her master’s degree in writing, literature and publishing, she worked in New York’s book publishing scene, pre-Kindle era, before carving out a niche for herself advocating for and covering the literary world from an African-American perspective. Soon after, she landed her own blog on AOL Black Voices, became a regular contributor to Publishers Weekly, and a columnist for The Root.
Pride eventually became an author herself in 2008, penning six books, including the young adult novel, PATTERSON HEIGHTS recognized by the American Library Association. She was tapped by Simon & Schuster to pen two books in their EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS book series based on the hit show. Her acclaimed essay collection, THE MESSAGE: 100 LIFE LESSONS FROM HIP-HOP'S GREATEST SONGS was taught in several institutions around the country from New York University to the Chicago Public Library system. The book, including a foreword by Chuck D., was eventually reissued digitally by the book arm of NBCUniversal.
In 2010, Felicia launched Pride Collaborative, a consultancy which specialized in impact and engagement for critically-acclaimed films like SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME and MIDDLE OF NOWHERE in addition to working with organizations like Participant Media, PBS, and NPR. Pride’s consultancy also developed youth media programs, including The Walbrook Project, a six-week filmmaking workshop for Baltimore youth in partnership with the city’s Enoch Pratt library system and a creative writing lab for the SEED School of Washington, DC. Pride’s media and education work led her to be selected as a Hip-Hop & Education Fellow at New York University and a Media Fellow at American University.
Pride is the founder of The Create Daily, a resource for underrepresented creators, which she’s been running since 2012 and touts nearly 5,000 members. A rising leader among creative content creators, Pride became an in-demand speaker at universities and events around the country, including SXSW, TEDx, Film Independent Forum, AFI Docs, and more.
In 2014, Felicia wrote and produced the short film THE END AGAIN, which was featured in Shadow & Act, The Root, and Okayplayer. After refocusing her talents on writing more dynamic content for TV, film and digital, Pride took a leap of faith and moved from DC to Los Angeles in 2015. By day, she served as the Director of Independent Film at a distribution company, acquiring films for theatrical and educational distribution and assisting dozens of filmmakers develop distribution / release plans, while writing screenplays at night.
By 2016, she was selected as a Film Independent Screenwriting Fellow and in the following year, Pride was chosen as one of eight writers for NBC’s Writers on the Verge program for television writing. Shortly after, she was tapped by Sean “Diddy” Combs’ communications team for her writing, and she also worked with the mogul on Season 1 and 2 of the FOX show, THE FOUR. Now, she’s setting her sights on building her production company Felix & Annie, that’s dedicated to creating dope film, TV, digital, and book projects for Gen X audiences of color.
Felicia is represented by CAA and Industry Entertainment.
Stuff her mom wants you to know:
Pride began her writing career as an entertainment journalist, penning stories like this. After graduating from Emerson College with her master’s degree in writing, literature and publishing, she worked in New York’s book publishing scene, pre-Kindle era, before carving out a niche for herself advocating for and covering the literary world from an African-American perspective. Soon after, she landed her own blog on AOL Black Voices, became a regular contributor to Publishers Weekly, and a columnist for The Root.
Pride eventually became an author herself in 2008, penning six books, including the young adult novel, PATTERSON HEIGHTS recognized by the American Library Association. She was tapped by Simon & Schuster to pen two books in their EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS book series based on the hit show. Her acclaimed essay collection, THE MESSAGE: 100 LIFE LESSONS FROM HIP-HOP'S GREATEST SONGS was taught in several institutions around the country from New York University to the Chicago Public Library system. The book, including a foreword by Chuck D., was eventually reissued digitally by the book arm of NBCUniversal.
In 2010, Felicia launched Pride Collaborative, a consultancy which specialized in impact and engagement for critically-acclaimed films like SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME and MIDDLE OF NOWHERE in addition to working with organizations like Participant Media, PBS, and NPR. Pride’s consultancy also developed youth media programs, including The Walbrook Project, a six-week filmmaking workshop for Baltimore youth in partnership with the city’s Enoch Pratt library system and a creative writing lab for the SEED School of Washington, DC. Pride’s media and education work led her to be selected as a Hip-Hop & Education Fellow at New York University and a Media Fellow at American University.
Pride is the founder of The Create Daily, a resource for underrepresented creators, which she’s been running since 2012 and touts nearly 5,000 members. A rising leader among creative content creators, Pride became an in-demand speaker at universities and events around the country, including SXSW, TEDx, Film Independent Forum, AFI Docs, and more.
In 2014, Felicia wrote and produced the short film THE END AGAIN, which was featured in Shadow & Act, The Root, and Okayplayer. After refocusing her talents on writing more dynamic content for TV, film and digital, Pride took a leap of faith and moved from DC to Los Angeles in 2015. By day, she served as the Director of Independent Film at a distribution company, acquiring films for theatrical and educational distribution and assisting dozens of filmmakers develop distribution / release plans, while writing screenplays at night.
By 2016, she was selected as a Film Independent Screenwriting Fellow and in the following year, Pride was chosen as one of eight writers for NBC’s Writers on the Verge program for television writing. Shortly after, she was tapped by Sean “Diddy” Combs’ communications team for her writing, and she also worked with the mogul on Season 1 and 2 of the FOX show, THE FOUR. Now, she’s setting her sights on building her production company Felix & Annie, that’s dedicated to creating dope film, TV, digital, and book projects for Gen X audiences of color.
Felicia is represented by CAA and Industry Entertainment.
Stuff her mom wants you to know:
- Felicia is the best writer ever. Period.
- Oprah will love her work, you know, once she reads it.
- Jay-Z should do something with her hip-hop book.
- Felicia did a TEDx talk.
