Trevite A. Willis is the founder/producer of Southern Fried Filmworks and BIG. SHADE.
TREE., an on-demand video streaming website. At Southern Fried Filmworks, Ms. Willis is
responsible for production from the conceptual stage through completion; and at BIG. SHADE.
TREE., she handles negotiating and securing projects geared toward diverse audiences. She
holds an MBA in International Business and has been continuously engaged in film production
since 1999.
 
Ms. Willis has produced independent music videos and feature films including the romantic
comedy What a Man Wouldnt Do for a Woman, and the African-American gay coming-of-
age Blueprint, which enjoyed success at festivals such as the London Lesbian and Gay Film
Festival, OutFest, NewFest, Frameline as well as others around the world. The 2008 Columbia
University short film, Uncle Killa, she produced earned the director a DGA Best Student Film
African American award. Also Uncle Killa was selected as an HBO finalist at the American Black
Film Festival, and picked up by HBO.
 
She produced the award-winning Bahamian drama, Children of God, which was released
theatrically in Spring 2011 and is airing on Showtime. In 2010, Children of God enjoyed an
amazing festival circuit, opening and closing film festivals, such as the Closing Night film for
the British Film Institutes London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival of God in front of 850 people in
famous Leicester Square. 
 
Currently, she is developing her next film based on the James Earl Hardy novel, The Day Eazy-
E Died. Her music video productions have included works with Grammy nominees and winners
including Shawn Mullins and Speech of Arrested Development.