About

Hol­ly­wood Career Strate­gist Tanya Kersey is best known as the Founder and Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of the Hol­ly­wood Black Film Fes­ti­val; Founder, Pub­lisher and Editor-in-Chief of the enter­tain­ment trade pub­li­ca­tion, BlackTalentNews.com; host and pro­ducer of the pop­u­lar Inter­net radio show, “Inside Urban Hol­ly­wood;” and a sought-after pub­lic speaker and work­shop leader.

As as Hol­ly­wood Career Strate­gist, Tanya helps every­one from begin­ners to vet­er­ans start, build and grow their career in Hol­ly­wood.  She pro­vides career infor­ma­tion and tal­ent devel­op­ment resources to film­mak­ers, actors, writ­ers, direc­tors and pro­duc­ers that will help edu­cate, enlighten and empower them to achieve their goals in the enter­tain­ment indus­try and accel­er­ate the process.

For more info:  TANYA’S BIO, PRESS CENTER, PHOTO GALLERY

Rave Reviews …

“Tanya Kersey is an amaz­ing per­son. Savvy and per­sis­tence has taken her to the top. When we first made a MOBE con­nec­tion I knew she was an excep­tional per­son, then we wit­nessed the pas­sion, knowl­edge and pro­fes­sion­al­ism she exuded from any forum and knew it would be only a mat­ter of time before she would be in demand as a speaker. Per­sonal or busi­ness, Tanya cer­tainly has some­thing impor­tant to say and says it like no other.”

- Yvette Moyo, Pres­i­dent, Mar­ket­ing Oppor­tu­ni­ties in Busi­ness & Enter­tain­ment

“Tanya, I would like to extend our thanks to you for your thought-provoking and inspir­ing pre­sen­ta­tion. Your topic sparked great inter­est among our mem­bers and helped cre­ate one of the best con­fer­ences yet.” We cer­tainly learned a lot from you.”

- Los Ange­les Black Busi­ness Expo Enter­tain­ment Summit

“In an indus­try that’s laden with gos­sip and trivia, Tanya Kersey is a source of gen­uine news and insight. Her depth of knowl­edge on devel­op­ments con­cern­ing African-Americans in the film, tele­vi­sion and enter­tain­ment indus­tries is unique. She con­sis­tently deliv­ers on what’s going on behind the scenes and, more impor­tantly, why it matters.”

- Ken Smikle, Pub­lisher, Tar­get Mar­ket News

“Thank you again. It was so ben­e­fi­cial and i have been dili­gent today just eval­u­at­ing the info and just refo­cus­ing my goals in a more orga­nized format.”

- Angela M. Gor­don, Actress-Writer

“I found the ses­sion to be very help­ful and am look­ing for­ward to devel­op­ing my strat­egy to become suc­cess­ful in Hol­ly­wood. I am begin­ning a career as a film pro­ducer and believe this infor­ma­tion will be valu­able towards cre­at­ing progress in my career.”

- Adam Cock­rell, Producer

“Thank you so much for your gen­eros­ity in pre­sent­ing the infor­ma­tive “Tanya Kersey’s Strate­gies for Hol­ly­wood Suc­cess Tele­class.” I always enjoy “Black Tal­ent News,” and learned so much from your inter­view with Screen­writer Sunny Fuller on “Blog Talk Radio with Tanya Kersey.” You are a gift, and a shin­ing exam­ple of the phrase that “A Can­dle Is Not Dimmed By Light­ing Another Can­dle.” I wish you much suc­cess in your endeavor to ‘Encour­age and Aspire’ oth­ers in their pur­suits in the enter­tain­ment industry!”

- Hermione Beard