The Brakefield Company is an independent production and marketing boutique uniquely structured with two separate creative teams - one for production, the other for marketing.
The Brakefield Company has the ability to deliver both high quality productions and comprehensive marketing campaigns. Our PRODUCE & PROMOTE Divisions work in synergy or independently based on the specific needs of the project or client.
PRODUCE DIVISION develops and produces motion pictures, television, documentaries, special features and web content.
PROMOTE DIVISION known for its innovative and tailored independent film marketing campaigns - provides a full range of marketing services to a wide range of entertainment clientele.
CEO | PRESIDENT
Shawna Brakefield currently serves on the Emerging Producers Outreach Committee for the Producers Guild of America and is a 20-year veteran of the entertainment business. She began her career as an assistant at MTM Entertainment, and quickly rose in the ranks to run the day-to-day operations for the studio at the age of 23 and next assisted producer Gilbert Cates on the 65th Annual Academy Awards.
She went on to work for New Line Cinema Productions during the largest expansion in the company’s history, served as production coordinator on the 3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, was the Supervising Producer on The Disney Channel network special Earth Day at Walt Disney World and produced several award-winning independent films including Super Fans (Finalist SXSW Film Festival), The Piece (Winner Gold Prize Award Houston World Fest, Winner Audience Award The New York Film Festival) and the documentary SAG Goes Indie (Finalist at New York Festivals). She directed and produced the behind the scenes documentary of Masked & Anonymous directed by Larry Charles and co-written with and starring iconic rock legend Bob Dylan.
She is widely respected for making industry history by conceiving and implementing the largest independent film outreach program in the history of any entertainment union – SAG Indie for Screen Actors Guild, which remains the Guild’s single most effective organizing campaign.
Brakefield served as marketing consultant on the Warner Bros. International release campaigns for The Last Samurai, Troy and Constantine and went on to become VP Public Relations and Marketing for Cruise/Wagner Productions at Paramount, where her projects included The Last Samurai, Collateral, Ask the Dust, Suspect Zero and Elizabeth Town.